Last weekend Frank and I made the last minute decision to savor & celebrate one of our final long weekends for a while and make a visit to Walla Walla. We booked an AirB&B on Thursday, hooked up our bikes to my car, and left as soon as I got off work on Friday. We…
Kimchi Hash with Gochujang Tofu & Poached Eggs
My favorite thing about this kimchi hash is how easy it is, and how impressive you look serving it. It’s fragrant, savory, spicy & one of my favorite ways to prepare tofu. The gochujang red pepper paste adds a deep sweet & salty flavor profile that’s hard to find elsewhere & learning the process of…
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Salads, Pizzas & Smashed Potatoes, it’s CSA Sunday!
And this week makes 3 weeks since my first CSA of the season showed up at my door! It’s been fun getting pushed out of my comfort zone and trying new things. Here is what we had to work with this week: lacinato kale- aka dino kale, dark leafy green that takes well to sautéeing,…
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Green Radish Leaf Curry with Sweet Potato & Fried Tofu
Recently on Instagram, I asked for inspiration on what to make with my recent CSA delivery. The CSA contained an abundance of radishes, which didn’t seem too daunting… except with the radishes came the abundance of radish greens. I didn’t want these greens to go to waste, considering they are rich in vitamin C, B6,…
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Another Week, Another CSA
Once again, delivered fresh to our door by the wonderful Prairie Oak Farms, another Spring CSA! Here’s what we have this week: collard greens- hearty leafy green member of the cabbage family, known most for being bacons more healthy counterpart mustard greens- aka Chinese mustard, found all over in Asian, Indian & African American cuisine….
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Let’s Get Stoned (Fruit)
This week I’d like to focus on stone fruit. I got inspiration for this subject when Frank and I were on our way back from a recent weekend spent in Eastern Washington. Frank had taken on a small catered dinner for some friends at Alexandria Nicole Cellars Winery on Destiny Ridge, which allowed us to…
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What’s Cookin’ in this Weekly CSA?
Last week my boyfriend Frank and I received our first CSA box delivered by a friend of Three Magnets Brewing (the brewery & pub house where Frank is the head chef & I am the events coordinator), Joy of Prairie Oak Farms. We had signed up for her CSA last year and after hearing last…
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Nearing the End of Asparagus Season
When I think of spring, I typically think of flowers blooming & berries ripening. I don’t think of asparagus. Asparagus, much like green beans, makes me think of limp, boiled, undersalted & fibrous sides that are only meant to meet the bare minimum vegetable serving requirement for dinner… but after ending up with many handfuls…
