Tag: carrots
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Herby Whipped Ricotta with Peas and Garlic Scapes
Hello! Second week of June. What a joy. May was green, strawberries, flowers, lots of cooking, long days on set. June is shaping up to be much the same. Which is completely fine with me. I don’t have too many more things to say, other than: have you been to the market lately? You should…
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Herby Quinoa with Roasted Carrots, Pomegranate, and Pistachios + A Passover Guide
It’s easy to view Passover as a burden. With grains, rice, and even seeds and legumes completely verboten*, the restrictions can feel overwhelming and the options few. But instead of viewing the eight day holiday with dread of deprivation, I view it as a time to rediscover basics. To pare back, to simplify and to…
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Moroccan Saffron and White Wine Tzimmes Chicken
In all honesty, the idea of tzimmes has never much appealed to me. I say idea and not dish because I am pretty sure I have never actually tasted it- the concept of cooked dry fruit, accompanied by honey and cinnamon and mushy, stewed carrots, has always seemed overly saccharine to me and I’ve thus…
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Honey and Za’atar Roasted Carrots with Cumin Aioli
The problem with holiday meals is that the classics can get old, fast. The brisket is repetitive, the honey cake’s too dry, and the elaborate dishes you once thought were new and exciting are suddenly, due to the realities of life, too time consuming to attempt. To remedy that, here are these carrots. Carrots are…
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Blackened Salmon with Parsley Powder and Purple Cabbage Slaw
My love of baking is well documented on this blog, as nearly every single recipe I post is dessert. But slowly (thanks to many Top Chef episodes watched with my mom) my appreciation for cooking is blossoming too, and I’ve begun to enjoy the process as much as I enjoy baking. One of the things that…
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