Arugula Pesto

Summer’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

Roasted Tomato and Pesto Puff Pastry Tart

An Easily Prepared & Healthier Holiday Hors d’Oeuvre Fast, easy to work with and versatile. Puff pastry’s delicious buttery taste and flaky-crisp texture goes with most everything savory or sweet. Wanting to include a savory item in a recent class I taught on Pies & Tarts, I remembered a puff pastry hors d’oeuvre from my … Continue reading Roasted Tomato and Pesto Puff Pastry Tart

Carrot Top Pesto – Say Yes to Carrot Tops

Carrot Top Pesto — No Waste, More Taste I overheard a woman at the farmers’ market on Saturday asking to have the carrot greens removed from the bunch of carrots she just bought. That woman could have been me just a few short years ago. That was before I knew about adding carrot tops to … Continue reading Carrot Top Pesto – Say Yes to Carrot Tops

Tuscan Kale Pesto

Tuscan Kale Pesto — Six Ingredients & Six Minutes Amazingly fresh tasting, vibrant and versatile kale pesto. Just finely chopped kale with garlic, olive oil, salt, pepper and pecorino cheese. This deep green Tuscan Kale Pesto makes a delicious alternative to the more traditional basil pesto during the cold and colder days of late fall … Continue reading Tuscan Kale Pesto

Roasted Broccoli Pesto–Part 1 in a Series

To make poignant; to give zest, flavor or interest to; to set off; to vary and render attractive. A great definition of sauce from BrainyQuote.com—and a most fitting description of pesto. But it’s still winter and my garden basil is a distant memory and a future dream. What is in abundance

Cauliflower Steaks, Cauliflower Purée, Tuscan Kale Pesto

Cauliflower Steaks You Eat w/ a Knife and Fork Until he tasted these Cauliflower Steaks w/ Cauliflower Purée & Tuscan Kale Pesto, Paul avoided cauliflower, preferring most every other vegetable instead. Really, though, who knew cauliflower could be so tasty and attractive?  After loving fermented Giardiniera for the past year and enjoying Roasted Cauliflower Salad

Lemon-Cured Salmon w/ Arugula Pesto

Thank you, Thomas Keller We enjoyed the most amazing fillet of salmon yesterday with every bite a revelation. The fresh, wild salmon had a firm, tender and moist texture, crisp-skin and subtle lemon flavor