It’s official. I have too much basil. It won’t stop growing. I keep cropping it and cropping it, and it keeps coming back at me like some unstoppable rebel force. It’s getting hard to come up with ways to use it up. You can only cram so many leaves of basil onto a sandwich before [...]
Monthly Archives: June 2011
Heidi’s Avocado and Mustard Seed Dip
It’s my 100th post! (chirp… chirp). And I’m celebrating by posting someone else’s recipe. I’ve been wanting to make Heidi’s avocado dip ever since I bought her cookbook Super Natural Everyday last month. And yes, I like to pretend that Heidi and I are on a first name basis. We’re not. It’s Heidi Swanson, to [...]
Posted in Appetizers, Side Dishes
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Cucumber Salsa
So I’ve really been craving cucumbers lately. With lime. And Salt. And something spicy. They’re so refreshing and fresh and I’m assuming good for you, right? The standard go-to snack of cucumber wedges with salt and lime juice is always delicious. But today I thought that cucumbers might make a great salsa as well. No [...]
Posted in Appetizers, Side Dishes, Vegetables
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Summer Squash and Pea Pizza
Pizza is my number one, all time, love of life, favorite food ever. Granted I used to say that about orange juice in the fourth grade so these feelings miiiiight change. But for now, pizza holds the gold medal in my heart/stomach/muffin-top. I’ve been wanting to make a pizza post for a while now but [...]
Posted in Appetizers, Lunch
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Pea Salad with Basil and Shaved Pecorino
Why is it that pea season is so dang short! Fresh peas are so ridiculously delicious but I feel like I only see them for a few minutes before they’re gone. If you go to the bathroom in late May, you might miss pea season. Is there somewhere that they DO have a season? I’m [...]
Posted in Lunch, Salad
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(Memorial Day?) Cocktails
Hellooo June! Apparently Memorial Day happened over a week ago? I guess vacation weekends can really slip by when you’re getting man-handled by the restaurant industry… but no matter! This will be my non-memorial-day cocktail for a plain old Tuesday night. Cocktails are fun, are they not? Every once in a while it’s great to [...]
Posted in Drinks
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