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I knew I wanted to make some kind of pilaf thing to go with some lamb chops. The lamb chops recipe was sort of moroccan–braised in a sauce of onions, tomatoes, coridander, cinnamon–so I wanted to complement that. Quinoa Pilaf w/ Mint & Jalapeno 1 cup quinoa 2 cups chicken broth 1 jalapeno, small, minced [...]

I got inspired watching Chef John Bull rock some delicious looking Jerk Chicken on Sunday. His recipe was a bit hard to follow, so I took one out of Chris Schlesinger’s License to Grill and adapted for what I had on hand.

I haven’t even made this yet but it sounded good. The idea hit me on the way to work this morning. Chive-Walnut Pesto: a bunch of fresh chives 1 small clove garlic 1/4 cup toasted walnut pieces 1/4 cup olive oil a couple grinds of salt Sear the scallops on both sides. Place on a [...]

It’s one of the things that got us through the winter up here. I hope I can still enjoy it as the weather heats up. Just before you go to bed put the following in the crockpot. 2 cups steel cut oats 1 tsp cinnamon 1 tsp vanilla 1/3 cup brown sugar pinch of salt [...]

When I saw the pack of country-style pork ribs in the CSA cooler last month I was a bit nervous about what I’d do with them. The smoker is covered in snow, plus Jenny isn’t into ribs anyway. I figured some kind of braise would be best, but the thought of exactly how to cook [...]

This is a really simple recipe that’s help me recently get over the intimidation factor of working with whole chickens. I’ve done this twice now; once with a kosher bird from Empire and more recently with a whole chicken from my January Meat CSA share. I’ll let you guess which one was tastier. What you [...]

Like most enchilada recipes, this one has more steps than I typically prefer for a weeknight meal. I was, however, perfect for a pre-holiday vacation day. The recipe is slightly tweaked from the original in Didi Emmon’s Vegetarian Planet. For the filling: 4-5 medium russet potatoes 1 medium butternut squash 2 T olive oil 1 [...]

Mine doesn’t look like this Originally uploaded by jayluker It’s actually been a few months since I made Chilequiles, but Pam was asking for recipes for good, healthy, week-long-leftovers dishes. This one’s a staple. For the greens I’ve used both spinach and chard. I also really like it with the addition of poached and shredded [...]

Béa asks for favorite eggplant recipes. I only have one way I like to cook it these days. It’s a recipe shared verbally by an Israeli co-worker. Simple Grilled Eggplant I’ve got no measurements for you, but it’s simple enough. The ratio of lemon juice to tahini is the only part that took some experimentation. [...]

I’ve been working on this one for a few years and I think I got pretty close to perfection yesterday afternoon with the latest batch. I’m only using homegrown tomatillos which makes for for a limited number of chances to evolve the recipe. I like a nice, fresh-tasting salsa, but I also learned recently from [...]