This month’s Recipe ReDux theme is “The First Shoots of Spring,” and what better exemplifies a spring veggie than asparagus? We’re big fans of asparagus over here. I love it because, well, I pretty much love every vegetable, especially the green ones. Funk too, though we’re still working on brussels sprouts with him. If you [...]

I didn’t think I’d love Pinterest as much as I do, but I’m hooked. I’ve been slowly adding recipe pictures to my boards of things I want to cook, and love the image inspiration. When I came across a photo for this Quinoa Kale and Apple salad, I knew I’d love it (sans feta cheese [...]

Happy Hanukah / Hanukkah / Chanukah / Chanukkah / Hannukkah! However you spell it, if you celebrate, I hope your 8 days are warm and bright. *Up until this year, I had never made real Hanukah latkes from scratch. One year I made Eating Well’s muffin tin latkes, but baked latkes just aren’t the same. [...]

While at Wegman’s, I picked up this bag of shredded brussels sprouts. Brussels sprouts are one of the few veggies that I absolutely love, but Funk does not. He’ll eat them, but not too happily. I thought if I prepared them in this shredded form, instead of my usual roasted brussels sprouts, he either a) [...]

Recently my parents, who lost power for a few days due to the unusual October snowstorm in New England, gave us some of their refrigerator-only foods so they wouldn’t go to waste with the power outage. Included in the grocery goodies were two 20 ounce containers of pre-cubed and peeled butternut squash. When it comes [...]

Here is a simple veggie recipe that made a good side dish to bring to a potluck-style dinner Funk and I went to. Ingredients: 2 heads of broccoli, cut into bite-sized florets 1 container cherry tomatoes 1 16-oz container cherry tomatoes 1 3.8-oz can sliced black olives, drained 1 Tbsp capers juice from one lemon [...]

Usually it takes me weeks to finish a big bag of apples from an apple picking trip. I’m an apple-a-day kind of girl nearly year round, but when apples are busting at the seams of my refrigerator, it’s a little overwhelming! I was trying to come up with a savory dinner dish that would help [...]

Take me to a salad bar and you’ll see me load up my plate with mounds of artichoke hearts. I love them. As a pizza topper, dip enhancement, or accompaniment to a pasta salad, artichokes add a toothsome bite to many meals. I remember a few years ago when I had an amazing appetizer at [...]

This is a simple post for a simple squash recipe. Let me cut right to the chase. I picked up this Delicata squash beauty at Shaw’s recently: Delicata squash is a long oblong-shaped squash with a cream colored, orange or green striped outer skin and a golden fine-textured inner flesh. It’s not too difficult to [...]

Two things get a lot ‘o love in our apartment: avocados and baseball. Funk holds the title of baseball lover and is a huge Red Sox fan and he has made it clear that I will be too, once we’re married. (Is that in the vows???) And I’m a huge avocado fan. Not only do [...]