Sauces and Dressings Quick, Fresh Tomato-Basil Sauce This is the tomato sauce I make most often. It has a clean, bright flavor thanks to fresh tomatoes and basil, and it comes... Continue Reading Quick, Fresh Tomato-Basil Sauce»
Fall Pressure Cooker Tomato-Basil Sauce + Eggplant Involtini (Again) ** This post is sponsored by Kuhn Rikon, whose products I have loved for years. Thank you for the support.** In past years, all... Continue Reading Pressure Cooker Tomato-Basil Sauce + Eggplant Involtini (Again)»
Vegetables Large Batch Basil Pesto I’ve been trying to get this post out for weeks and almost, in fact, didn’t publish it because I feared at this point in... Continue Reading Large Batch Basil Pesto»
Gluten-free Shaved Kohlrabi Salad with Basil and Parmesan Kohlrabi once was a vegetable I stared at blankly. Now I seek it out. Last Sunday, I spotted a basket of the alien bulbs... Continue Reading Shaved Kohlrabi Salad with Basil and Parmesan»
Vegetables CSA Week 3: Chatting Strategy with Margaret Roach + Storing Basil | Salted Cucumbers | Sugar Snap Pea Salad Awash with greens, this week’s CSA share had me turning to some old favorites: shallot vinaigrette for the tender lettuces, pasta carbonara for the... Continue Reading CSA Week 3: Chatting Strategy with Margaret Roach + Storing Basil | Salted Cucumbers | Sugar Snap Pea Salad»
Vegetables Melissa Clark’s Creamy (No-Cream!) Corn Pasta with Basil Nothing beats corn on the cob for its ease and simplicity, but if I had my way, it would be corn off the cob... Continue Reading Melissa Clark’s Creamy (No-Cream!) Corn Pasta with Basil»
Vegetarian ‘Nduja Grilled Cheese with Wisconsin Fontina & Basil Pesto This past winter, Colu Henry, author of Back Pocket Pasta, introduced me to ‘nduja – a smoky, spreadable salami from Calabria. ‘Nduja is Colu’s... Continue Reading ‘Nduja Grilled Cheese with Wisconsin Fontina & Basil Pesto»
Salads Chickpea Sauté with Basil and Pine Nuts Skip to Recipe Last fall I learned a bean-cooking method that — and forgive the hyperbole — changed my life. It came from the... Continue Reading Chickpea Sauté with Basil and Pine Nuts»
Bread Recipes Sautéed Zucchini with Mint, Basil & Pine Nuts It has been my experience for years that on eves of CSA pickups, we get by with what we have, cobble together dinner with... Continue Reading Sautéed Zucchini with Mint, Basil & Pine Nuts»
Pizza Summer Squash Pizza with Burrata & Basil In this summer pizza, thinly shaved zucchini top a thin layer of olive oil, garlic and crushed red pepper flakes. As it bakes, the... Continue Reading Summer Squash Pizza with Burrata & Basil»
Pizza Lemon, Smoked Mozzarella & Basil Pizza As much as I love lemons, the thought of placing them atop pizza never would have crossed my mind. Squeezing a wedge of lemon... Continue Reading Lemon, Smoked Mozzarella & Basil Pizza»
Pasta Linguine with Roasted Red Peppers, Crabmeat & Basil This time of year, all I want to eat is fresh fish. Grilled whole, pan-seared, raw — I don’t care. Unfortunately, the markets in... Continue Reading Linguine with Roasted Red Peppers, Crabmeat & Basil»
