Category: Food

Grilled salmon sandwiches + roasted potatoes + corn on the cob= summer perfection! Perhaps you will make it this Memorial Day? If you have no go-to summer salmon recipe, please make this it. It’s perfect for company, easy (if not preferable) to make the sauce ahead of time, and is a sure crowd-pleaser. My friend … Continue reading “Yummy Stuff: Ina Garten’s Salmon Sandwiches”

One of my favorite breakfast or snack foods is granola. Go figure. I had never made my own, but it seemed so easy, plus I wanted to make a homemade gift for a friend of mine who recently had her second baby (congrats, Bethany!) that was not casserole-y. Behold: Honey Almond Coconut Granola. Or Flaxseed … Continue reading “Yummy Stuff: Homemade Granola”

Can you believe it? May 5th, Cinco de Mayo, first day of the Tower Grove Farmer’s Market, and there they were. Delicious, fragrant, juicy strawberries. Ah. I’m ready for summer. It was the perfect kick-off to a hot 90-degree weekend, and despite certain someones being slightly melty and unpleasant in the heat… I meant me, … Continue reading “Tower Grove Farmer’s Market 2012”

We often have the strangest banana situation around here. As in, we go through a ridiculous amount of bananas, but there always seem to be a few that go brown more quickly than anticipated and we are left with the ever-pressing question of what to do with the mushy bananas? There is banana bread of … Continue reading “Yummy Stuff: Banana Sour Cream Cupcakes”

In an effort to eat a more plant-based diet (for general health and just to feel better), we have been trying out quite a few new vegetarian dishes around here. The latest was soooooo delicious, I had to share it. And the wonderful thing about many of these plant-based meals is that they are so … Continue reading “Beautiful Food: Roasted Root Vegetable Salad”