Spicy Corn Chowder with Sauteed Shrimp
Use sweet end-of-summer corn and sustainable shrimp to make a tasty seasonal chowder.
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Hot-Smoked Arctic Char with Mixed Greens and Golden Beets
A sustainably farmed fish, Arctic char has a luscious fatty quality that makes it an ideal candidate for smoking and star element in this summery entree salad.
Wheat Berry Salad with Middle Eastern Spices and Grilled Tomatoes and Eggplant
This salad always wows those new to whole grains. The smokiness of the vegetables, creaminess of the eggplant and haunting complexity of the spice paste create quite a sensation.
Corn and Quinoa Pasta Salad
There's a lot to love about this pasta salad: a healthy dose of whole grains in the form of quinoa and whole grain penne, a break from basil with chives and parsley, and a lip-smacking tart-sweet balance from the corn and lime juice combo.
Glass Noodle Salad with Spicy Sweet Shrimp
Holy smokes is this yummy! Is about all I have to say. And ridiculously easy to pull together, too, especially if you have extra Spicy-Sweet shrimp on hand--or substitute other leftovers, like Mohogony Grilled Chicken. Packed with flavor yet light and refreshing, it's a go-to, one-dish meal for the dog days of summer.
Mississippi “Caviar” with Cider Vinaigrette
This zesty, summery dish comes together in a flash when you use steamed, ready-to-eat black-eyed peas and precooked brown rice. A perfect summer salad or side.
Spring Soupe au Pistou
Pistou is the Provencal cousin of Italian pesto (difference: the French version doesn’t include pine nuts), and it’s used as a condiment as well as in a soup that bears its name. This spring rendition of the typically summery soup adds a touch of fresh mint to the traditional basil in the pistou (just enough basil to “borrow” from your new seedlings), and substitutes leeks for onions and sugar snaps for haricots verts in the soup itself. As spring turns to summer, adapt the recipe to use whatever produce is available. Add zucchini or other summer squash. Trade the snap peas for green beans, use fresh shell beans instead of canned, and swap canned tomatoes for peeled, seeded summer-fresh tomatoes (you’ll need 1 1/2 cups). Serve with grilled bread.
Devilish Egg Salad
My husband claims to not be very fond of egg salad . . . but he loves deviled eggs. I, on the other hand, can't be bothered with filling those fragile egg white shells. So this is my compromise. An egg salad that tastes like deviled eggs (with a little added heft from minced celery). Heaven.
Mama Kourtesi’s Beet and Green Salad
This salad, which I learned from Mama Kourtesi in Greece, is the essence of "whole eating." She boils both beets and their greens and tosses it all in a simple dressing of oil and vinegar for a surprisingly tasty, super-versatile salad or side dish.
Frisee Salad with Lentils and Duck Confit
It's amazing what you can pull together when you've spent time creating tasty basics. Long-roasted duck legs with fall-of-the-bone meat can live in the freezer until you're ready for them, and lentils come together in a flash and can keep nearly all week. The result? One nourishing meal.
Colcannon Soup with Oven-Roasted Kale
This soup is inspired by colcannon, a traditional Irish dish of mashed potatoes and cabbage or kale. Buttery Yukon golds are medium-starch potatoes, which makes them particularly versatile. You could use russets or fingerlings instead. Leeks, too, have a wonderfully complex flavor and are a traditional component in colcannon. If you can’t find them, sub two yellow onions in the recipe. Yellow onions have more intricate flavor than white onions (and they tend to be cheaper). Roasting the kale enhances its flavor and yields a crunchy texture that makes it a pretty garnish for the soup. Use any variety of kale you find, from curly to dinosaur (also known as lacinato).
Fennel and Granny Smith Salad with Blue Cheese
A mandolin makes easy work of this salad. Use the flat blade to thinly slice the fennel and onion as thinly as possible, and the julienne blades to cut the apples; or slice the apple and then cut lengthwise into long planks. I like to use Point Reyes Blue Cheese, which is a farmstead cheese made locally in Marin County.
Slow Cooker Carrot Soup with Warm Spices and Blood Orange
In wintertime especially, there’s nothing more comforting than coming home to a pot of simmering soup. This carrot version has a secret ingredient–a cup of diced, kabocha squash–which plays beautifully with the spices and citrus drizzle.
Simple Udon Soup
This soup is simple, satisfying and comes together in about 20 minutes from broth to bowl. Mix it up as much as you like--sub spinach for the bok choy, toss in some shrimp, or and add any type of roasted meat you might have on hand.
Asian Turkey Salad
This fresh, bright salad is quite a departure from the usual all-American Thanksgiving leftovers. But after the big day, it's a nice, light respite. This salad would also be great any time of year with shredded chicken.
Lentil Soup with Roasted Pumpkin
Lentils are a staple food in Eritrea, and every time I prepare them I recall my years there. Adding cubed roasted pumpkin lends this soup vibrant color and transforms it into an ideal Thanksgiving starter.
favorite finds
Spicy Hatch chiles have begun to arrive in markets across the country! These babies are key to Southwestern cooking, and they have a very short season. Stock up now, roast 'em and stash 'em in your freezer to enjoy throughout the year.
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