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Warm White Bean Radicchio Endive Salad with Kalamata Olives, Capers & Pecorino

Radicchio and Belgian EndiveWarm White Bean Radicchio Endive Salad Tossed with Warm Red Wine Vinaigrette

Delightfully sharp and peppery radicchio and Belgian endive add color and textural crunch to salads and appetizers. In this Warm White Bean Radicchio Endive Salad, they also contrast perfectly with the mild tasting, creamy-soft white beans. The tangy, warm Red Wine Vinaigrette Continue reading Warm White Bean Radicchio Endive Salad with Kalamata Olives, Capers & Pecorino

Parsley Scallion Pesto for Fall, Winter and Throughout the Year

Parsley Scallion Pesto for Fall, Winter and Throughout the YearParsley Scallion Pesto with Roasted Delicata Squash

With a 29 degree evening forecast last week, the remaining parsley and scallions in our garden had to be harvested. Loving fresh pesto and knowing I’d soon have lots of parsley, I had a parsley pesto recipe at hand just waiting for this day. I saw the recipe on the cover of the small pamphlet Continue reading Parsley Scallion Pesto for Fall, Winter and Throughout the Year

Tortino w/ Green Beans, Caramelized Onions, Fresh Herbs

Tortino w/ Green Beans, Caramelized Onions, Fresh HerbsTortino di Fagiolini – Italian Savory Pie w/ Lots of Green Beans

Long, hot days of August go hand-in-hand with the incredible diversity of ripening summer produce. Our farmers’ market has its tables overflowing with a profusion of colors, shapes and selection. With perfect temperatures, occasional rain and long days of sunshine it’s been a great growing season here in southwest Montana. Having lots and lots of green beans Continue reading Tortino w/ Green Beans, Caramelized Onions, Fresh Herbs

Asparagus Ribbon Salad w/ Almonds & Pecorino

Asparagus Ribbon Salad w Almonds & Pecorino“You know, when you get your first asparagus, or your first acorn squash, or your first really good tomato of the season, those are the moments that define the cook’s year. I get more excited by that than anything else.”  Mario Batali

Celebrate the End of Asparagus Season 2012

There’s another equally important and defining moment. It comes at the end of each season Continue reading Asparagus Ribbon Salad w/ Almonds & Pecorino

Arugula Pesto

Arugula Pesto RigatoniSummer’s First Pesto

Arugula grows so beautifully in our tiny garden. During the cooler spring weather it grows into a compact, deep green plant with many long leaves. As soon as the warm weather hits Continue reading Arugula Pesto

Raw Kale Cabbage Jicama Salad

Raw Kale, Cabbage & Jicama Slaw To Market, To Market to Buy Some Fresh Greens
Home Again, Home Again for Salad it Seems

Greens were certainly the stars at yesterday’s farmers’ market—everything from mustard greens to arugula, green garlic to lettuce, spinach to kale. I came home with a most beautiful Continue reading Raw Kale Cabbage Jicama Salad