I had bag of luscious apricots in my veg box and I didn’t quite know what to do with them. Apricots are something I would order in a restaurant or buy in a jam, but not something I would normally buy a bag of. I decided to try half this recipe from smitten kitchen, being…
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butternut squash pie
Happy thanksgiving! Continuing on with my butternut squash adventures, I roasted and puréed some butternut squash to make pie for thanksgiving. I wasn’t sure how it would go, but I had enough squash so that if it were a disaster, I could try again. That is the joy of the giant butternut squash. About a…
luscious laban
I had some beautiful courgette/zucchini in my veg box this week and I’ve been on a “try new things” kick, so I decided to try a recipe by a chef named Noor, who is part of Ottolenghi’s test kitchen. She has been spending her lockdown in Bahrain and has been sharing excellent and easy lockdown…
easy chocolate chip cookies
These are my new favourite small batch chocolate chip cookies. They make a dozen big cookies, the perfect size for ice cream sandwiches. The dough is fine as make and bake, but even better if it rests overnight in the fridge. The original recipe by Tara O’Brady is here: https://www.taraobrady.com/recipes-in-full/2019/5/1/tara-obradys-basic-great-chocolate-chip-cookies The recipe below is for…
garden quiche
This is the prettiest quiche I’ve made in a long while. It is an asparagus and herb quiche, but really any quiche works in this cheater hashbrown crust. I basically crumbled and mashed tater tots into a crust. It is cheap, yummy, and easy. Ingredients 4 cups frozen tater tots or frozen hashbrowns 1/2c optional…
savoury french toast
This is so easy and a good use of stale bread and a few lonely veg. Here is what you do: mix 2 eggs, about 1/2c of milk, lemon pepper, sumac, and salt in a small pie plate. Let the stale bread soak in a pie plate (flip it over to make sure both sides…
really good brownies
My go to brownie recipe is Mark Bittman’s which you can get here: https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1018653-brownies. It isn’t for everyone, but if you include dairy, eggs, and gluten in your diet, it is a solid recipe. It works best with good quality dark chocolate and can be made well in advance. It tastes good warm, room temperature,…
creamy leeks
During the time of many veg box leeks, I decided to try this recipe for leek gratin. It is absolutely amazing, but super rich. As you can see above, it is fantastic on crusty bread, and I have brought it as a side dish to potluck dinners. The recipe is forgiving, so you can scale…
pudding, but not the british kind
So, things to know about this pudding. It has ALL the dairy in ALL the forms, so you’re making a commitment to dairy. It is amazing with or without the whisky, and it might be important for some people to know that you aren’t burning the alcohol off. The original recipe (https://food52.com/recipes/9706-kick-butt-erscotch-pudding) calls for dark…
adventures with my veg box 