Corn & Sweet Potato Chowder Here's an idea for leftover, roasted sweet potatoes… simply saute a mire poix and add corn, vegetable stock and cream. The immersion blender comes into play here and voila… you have a warm chowder to combat the chilly weather.
Skate Wing with Cucumber, Heirloom Tomato & Seaweed Salsa As a recent owner of Chef Ludo Lefebvre's cookbook Crave: The Feast of the 5ive Senses, I just couldn't wait to try out one of the recipes from his gorgeous book. The pictures literally make you want to lick the book. Here's my attempt at his […]
Seared Scallops with Black Truffles & Fresh Linguine
My Menu I am participating in a 100-mile bike ride from Irvine to San Diego to fight against Multiple Sclerosis. As part of my fund raising efforts, I hosted a charity dinner, naturally. I love eating, especially in groups and I love cooking, especially for groups. There's just something so wonderful and communal about eating […]
New Caledonian Blue Prawn I was quite taken by these blue beauties at the market. They were so damn cool looking and really outshone the muddy black tiger shrimp. I scooped up a pound and decided to plan dinner around these eye-catchers. It's just a shame they don't stay blue once they're cooked! Grilled New […]
Grass Fed Bison Osso Buco with Creamy Herbed Semolina Since B was out of town camping for the weekend, I took this as the perfect opportunity to indulge in my carnivorous cravings (he's the true vegetarian out of the two of us. I'm just a wannabe). I have probably passed by the Lindner Bison stand […]
Sprouted Purple Barley & Roasted Vegetable Cakes
Coconut Lemongrass Curry with Florida Pink Shrimp For my impromptu girls night last week, my friend Jamie was in charge of the girlie drinks, so naturally, I was in charge of the eats for our soiree. And it couldn't have come at a more perfect time, since I had just made a recent trip to […]
Whole Wheat Pain Perdu with Strawberry Balsamic Syrup I can never resist indulging in the strawberries at the FM. Big, red, juicy and oozing with sweetness. Yum. This weekend I found three, I repeat three, whole baskets of organic strawberries for $8.00… come on… how can you beat a deal like that? The only downfall […]
Plum Cobbler Every summer I look forward to plum season. Tart and sweet, but totally delicious. My parents have a tree in their yard that yields an incredible amount of fruit. This is the same tree that I had so many adventures climbing in search of the best plum in the tree. Very fond memories! Due […]
