Recipe Blog
Sumac-Espresso Rubbed Lamb Chops w/ Garlic Scape Pesto
Tangy sumac and rich espresso-coated lamb chops atop a zingy garlic scape pesto for your springtime tables!
Ghee Butter Wild Mushrooms and Pearl Onions
Ghee butter, aromatic spices, and wild mushrooms over rice. A perfect comforting bowl of warmth and a kick of spice to hold you over during this final push of colder weather!
Harissa Roasted Carrots with Carrot Top-Pine Nut Gremolata
Harissa roasted rainbow carrots with hot honey ricotta AND carrot top pine nut gremolata. YES, CHEF! Let’s get cookin’ team!
Beetroot Goat Cheese Pasta
Beetroot Goat Cheese Pasta is basically heaven on Earth. Make this for your Valentine this year and they will be singing your praises!
Crispy Pork Chops
Crispy pork chops with homemade mashed potatoes, apple fennel salad, and dijon mustard sauce. Easy weeknight meal and can be plated and “fancified” for a weekend dinner party!
Pesto Lasagna
Two ingredients that make this recipe shine are homemade pesto sauce and cottage cheese. Substituting cottage cheese for ricotta adds protein and enhances the overall texture of the lasagna. This lasagna is perfect to make ahead for hosting and holidays because you can make ahead and then pop it in the oven in advance while you drink and eat and be merry :)
Cornbread Stuffing with Apples and Fennel
Upgraded stuffing recipe for your holiday table (or a hearty side dish for the colder months)! This elevated “dressing” recipe is all things autumn complete with sage, cornbread, apples, and fennel. You could easily add sausage or bacon and make this a more complete meal-casserole-situation a lazy lunch or dinner.
Acorn Squash Soup
Sweet, nutty acorn squash gets combined with umami shiitake mushroom soy glaze and the result is a silky, thick and comforting soup for the cold months ahead. I topped with crispy fennel bits, freshly chopped parsley, and dunked with fresh grilled baguette. This soup is too good not to love.
Grilled Plum Autumn Salad
Plums are underrated and need to become the star of the show! This autumnal salad is my beginning effort in that endeavor. Simply grilled with coconut oil spray and a pinch of salt, plums become slightly charred and ever so slightly sweeter. Add in candied (or smoked!) nut of your choice, pomegranate seeds, and cilantro atop a mix of spinach and arugula and you have yourself a great salad with a variety of different textural notes that celebrate autumn.
Cider-Braised Turkey Meatballs with Apple Slaw
A Food and Wine-inspired recipe with a Thanksgiving flare: apple cider-braised turkey meatballs with apple, turnip, and fennel slaw. Easy enough for weeknights and fancy enough for your next Friday night get together.
Lasagna Rollups
Lasagna, vertically. This dish was inspired by Massimo Bottura’s “The Crispy Part of the Lasagna” dish. Classic lasagna components such as a delicious bolognese-style sauce, various types of shredded cheese, and hearty lasagne noodles come together and are baked and broiled in the oven until you get that “crispy part of the lasagna” on the top of every rollup. How incredible is that?!
Pumpkin Miso Risotto
Autumnal pumpkin risotto with a little nudge of miso for extra umami. Yes, it is heavenly, and yes, you will want to eat the entire pot.
Heirloom Tomato Galette w/ Fennel & Calabrian Chili
Heirloom Tomato Galette with Fennel & Calabrian Chili. This is pizza’s older, wiser, and more complex sister and she goes crazy. This recipe mixes the humble tomato and transforms it into a beautiful, lovely galette with a savory and buttery dough that puffs up and creates an airy pocket of deliciousness.
Grilled Caesar Salad
Elevated Caesar salad with grilled romaine lettuce, fried capers, homemade breadcrumbs and croutons, finished with a lemony Caesar dressing.
Hawaiian BBQ Salmon Tacos with Mango Salsa
Hawaiian BBQ Salmon Tacos with Mango Salsa! Could these get more summer-y? These flavor combinations are exemplary for summer BBQs chock full of sweet and tropical notes with the added zing and kick of Mexican cuisine.
Cilbir: Turkish Eggs
Fluffy poached eggs against garlicky, herby tart yogurt smothered in spicy warm butter sauce. C’mon.