I love a good sandwich and I may have mentioned that I love spicy things. I'm a huge fan of buffalo sauce, whether it's on cauliflower wings, in a pasta salad, or used as a dipping sauce. It's just a great burst of flavor. I've recently been using a product called hempeh, instead of tempeh... Continue Reading →
Recipes
Penne Pesto Pasta with Harissa Chickpeas
There's something so earthy and delicious about an herbaceous pesto. As I was looking in the fridge and cupboards yesterday to figure out what to make for dinner, I saw that I had all the ingredients for a pesto. However, I didn't just want pesto and pasta. I wanted to amp it up a little so I cooked up some chickpeas in harissa sauce. I also had some radish sprouts hanging out in the fridge that I put on top as a garnish/topping. This meal tastes of springtime!
Tropical Tango Green Smoothie
Spring has sprung! Flowers are starting to pop their sleepy heads up from the ground and things are looking greener. In the spirit of things turning green and waking up from a long winter's sleep I made a green smoothie. Green smoothies are a great way to start your day. It's also a great way to cram in a bunch of good for you tasty ingredients into one delicious concoction.
Shishito Peppers
I have an obsession with peppers; hot peppers, sweet peppers, floral tasting peppers, pick a peck of pickled peppers and give them to me! I recently have jumped on the shishito pepper train. The shishito is a more floral pepper, but one in every ten peppers or so surprises you with a wake up call... Continue Reading →
Roasted Garlic Potatoes with Yogurt Harissa Sauce
Potatoes go great with a variety of flavors and sauces. I've been rediscovering my love of harissa lately, and I wanted a vehicle for the minty harissa yogurt sauce that I created. I decided to do some simple garlicky roasted potato wedges with the sauce.