Peanut . . . Peanut Butter!I love peanut butter and I am not alone. We Americans annually eat 700 million pounds—that’s just over 2 pounds per person per year! Good thing that peanuts, having the qualities of both nuts and legumes Continue reading Peanut Butter Cookies—Gluten-Free, Honey-Sweetened, Crisp & Chewy
“Everything is Great with Soba Noodles.”That is a direct quote from my husband, Paul. Our introduction to soba noodles came while we lived in Los Angeles and frequented an area around Sawtelle & Olympic Boulevards that has many Japanese shops and restaurants. We discovered what was soon to become our favorite restaurant, a “noodle bar” named Mishima. Continue reading Mint & Scallion Soba Noodle Salad w/ Cucumber, Carrot & Green Bean Threads
“Money can’t buy love, but it can buy pesto.”This anonymous quote says it all—pesto is love itself. I admit to sometimes taking a spoon to my jar of homemade pesto and eating it plain, savoring the complexity of flavor and texture from the basil to the garlic to the nuts to the cheese to the velvetiness of the olive oil. Continue reading Pesto Genovese
