Spiced Sweet Potato Ice Cream

Your mom always told you to eat your vegetables, so why not eat them for dessert?! The inspiration for this one came from David Lebovitz, but I wanted a bit more spice in my recipe, and to give it a shot as a dairy-free ice cream. Sweet potatoes and coconut milk are fabulous together, so [...]

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Mango Salad with Spicy Lime Pepita Dressing

This is my favorite Spring salad, and cements my undying love for the culinary genius that is Rick Bayless. His cookbook Mexican Everyday, is definitely one of the few cookbooks I own that I’ve cooked multiple recipes out of. Living in Chicago, we’ve been lucky enough to eat in his restaurants, but I prefer the [...]

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Strawberry Rhubarb Sauce

I am thrilled that the farmer’s markets have finally re-opened for the season in Chicago. The last couple of Saturday mornings have been like a joyous reunion, as all of the market shoppers greet their favorite farmers and catch up on news from the farm and chat about what’s good at the market this week. [...]

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Curry Fried Quinoa

I really enjoyed the curried quinoa salad I made a couple of weeks ago, so I wanted to do something a little different with curried quinoa this week. I made up a batch of quinoa with curry powder early Sunday morning, cooled it quickly in the fridge so that it would be ready for a [...]

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Emily’s Green Goddess Tuna Spread

My friend Emily saved my lunch last night. We had the same sort of Sunday, spending the day at the American Cancer Society Walk & Roll – though Emily was working, and I was participating. But spending Sunday away from home left me woefully behind in planning meals and lunches for the week ahead. Once [...]

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Sweet Success: Chocolate Peanut Butter Ice Cream

It’s been a rough week in our house, with a wonderful end to the weekend. All month we’d been looking forward to participating in a 30-mile bike ride for the American Cancer Society’s Walk & Roll event, and today was the big day. We rounded up a few friends to join us on the ride, [...]

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Enchiladas

The first time I had homeade enchiladas was at my first boyfriend’s house when I was 16. They had lived in Texas for a few years, and his favorite dinner was his mom’s green chile chicken enchiladas. At the time, I thought they were great…but now, I think that a recipe with cream of chicken [...]

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Intermission: Help Me Fight Cancer

Dear beloved blog readers, I’m going to take a break from food writing today to tell you about something that’s important to me – and to ask for your help. Many of you know me personally, and know that I am an avid cyclist, and a few of you may know that I spend my [...]

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A Taste of Heaven: Morels

I have really good friends. I already knew that, but today, my friend Karli brought me the equivalent of culinary heaven. Morels. WOW. How did I get to be so lucky?! I haven’t tasted morels in at least 10 years, but growing up, they were the annual taste of spring. The home I grew up [...]

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Happy Mother’s Day, Mom

I’m a little late on my Happy Mother’s Day post, but what can I say – I’ve been playing in the kitchen all day, and just sitting down late to catch up on blogging. I did call my momma this evening to wish her a Happy Mother’s Day, even if I wasn’t there to celebrate [...]

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