How could we have left these behind at the market? They were just too cute and colorful to resist. Patty pan squash, or flying saucer squash as it is also known, is a summer squash much like zucchini or yellow squash. We loved the shape and color and couldn’t wait to get them home. […]
Vegetables
Open Faced Tomato & Tarragon Sandwich
It is finally tomato season here in New England and one of us couldn’t be happier…the other…well the other can’t really look at a raw tomato due to a childhood memory of eating a bad one. So we eat a lot of roasted, grilled or cooked tomatoes. A couple of weeks ago we […]
Herbal Ice Cubes
With summer’s end not far off we have been cutting back our herbs left and right in hopes of saving them for the dreary winter months when we’d rather not spend $3-5 to purchase herbs in the market. This week we focused on the thyme. We love to freeze it in ice cubes. It […]
The Real Housewives of…
Thumbing through my great grandmother’s handwritten recipe book I came across this clipping titled “Housewives Ask Short Cuts in Preparing Summer Dishes“…because of course, what housewife would want to be stuck behind a stove in the summer?! Clearly…a bit dated…although I speak those words having just dropped off my husband’s shirts at the dry cleaners […]
Chioggia Beet Salad
As we’ve mentioned…we’ve been a bit obsessed with beets lately. These fantastic Chioggia beets were a find at the market and were a great addition to a simple spinach salad for lunch the other day. Chioggia beets are an Italian heirloom variety beet which were established around 1840 or so, and were named […]
La Piana Squash Ravioli with Coconut Milk Sauce, Leeks & Golden Beets
When my husband came home from work he said “oh wow, this is really good…did you make the pasta?” We often do…but this time I happened across a huge selection of my favorite filled dried pastas from La Piana. I have not seen this brand since spending some time in Chicago quite a few […]
Pears with Stilton…the Perfect Summer Lunch!
In this house we are getting ready for the Olympics…which as you know is in England this year! We plan to watch the events and eat British food for two weeks straight. To get ourselves ready (and in the true British spirit) we thought we’d make a simple lunch using Stilton cheese. […]
Roasted Cippolini Onions with Linguini
We have early dinner plans tonight at the iconic Red Lion Inn in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. That said we opted for an easy early lunch. Do you think it is possible to have fallen in love with an onion?! After tasting one of these lovely, sweet little Cippolini onions hot out of an oven […]