From garden to butternut squash celebration today = many months. I was thrilled to create this absolutely delicious recipe – at the end of February, wind whipping up some mighty frigid air here in northern Colorado, the smell of garlic and lasagna lusciousness warming my kitchen and my heart. Scanning back over hundreds and hundreds…
Category: Vegetarian Recipes
Pachamama’s Beautiful Food book proof is here! So close to publication!!
My heart was pounding when I heard the FedEx knock on the door this Tuesday, August 6. I was actually on a call with a client then, and had about 35 minutes to wait until I could open that door, lift the box and take a deep, joyful breath before I opened it. I…
Celebrate Spring with this Asparagus Crimini Mushroom Herb Tart
It (truly) is the most glorious time of the year. Spring Equinox here in the northern hemisphere, and the renewal of all things green and alive is the launch into my favorite season. Celebrated below in the grandest way: All of these things and more charged up my heart and spirit in the last…
Peach and Lavender Semifreddo with Elderberry Swirl
Summer = peaches. It’s that glorious time of the year. And oh man … …my first ever semifreddo (kind of a cross between ice cream and gelato) turned out so deliciously well … as you can see … This twist on a traditional Italian recipe celebrates classic dairy ingredients, plus, (*Colorado peaches*) and foraged elderberries,…
Feta Stuffed Squash Blossom Summer Casserole
It was magical in the kitchen today. And it all started in the cool morning garden. 🙂 Take a quick peek: Then I had to celebrate with all the vegetables I brought home. As I said on my Garden Mandala post earlier today, “Point me to a garden plot in late February and I’ll…
Lebanese Cheese and Watermelon Salad
Are the dog days of summer already here?? In Colorado the answer is –Â whew! Yes! But so too are the wonderful days of the farmer’s markets. On Saturday I got to two of them in Fort Collins. I, along with I imagine millions of other people, was still reeling from the news of beloved Anthony…
Spring Tacos with Wild Mushrooms, Asparagus and Cilantro Chimichurri, or, The World is Your Taco
I cherish the fact that in this world, a taco can absolutely be filled with your dreams: your spring garden finds, your yearnings and celebratory flights of fancy, and you can bet it will be just lovely. Presented on a tortilla, all manner of graciously grown things can be heaped, then lifted and folded, and…
Yam and Azufrado Bean Hummus
I’ve had a few pounds of locally grown Colorado beans in my freezer since last October, when I bought them at a fall farmer’s market from a Greeley family farm. As you may remember, dear reader, I was gearing up for my three week Eat Local Challenge back then, ecstatic to find local beans to…
The Donut Chronicles: grain free, gluten free, vegan + 3 delicious variations
It has been a heart jumping joy to be able to eat donuts again. I’ve been gluten free for 13 years now, and I think I’ve tried just one box of GF donuts in that time. So it’s been a long, long stretch of donut-less barren breakfasts, until a few months ago when I came…
Eat Local Challenge : Honey Caramel Fried Pear and Elderberry Tart with Glass Gem Cornmeal Crust
Eat Local Challenge : October 31 : An inspiration of dessert desire and these ingredients led me to create this honey caramel fried pear and foraged elderberry tart with Glass Gem cornmeal crust – rustic! Local! Copoco’s local honey, Ela Family Farms pears, foraged elderberries from Fort Collins, I grew the beautiful Glass Gem corn…
Eat Local Challenge : Grilled Corn and Chevre Stuffed Poblano Chilies
Slow Food International’s Eat Local Challenge continues and I am getting caught up on my posts! Going to the Farmer’s Market down town Fort Collins, Colorado was even sweeter as I encountered this amazing mural just across the street. The autumn mood was definitely present and influencing my choices for dinner that evening. There’s a…
Day 4 : Eat Local Challenge : Pumpkin Flan with Honey Caramel and Salted Pumpkin Seeds
No way to resist – at least for me – this light and lovely pumpkin flan! It goes down easy, very willingly! after a spicy meal. I’m on a 3 week Eat Local Challenge via Slow Food International, and this dessert featured on Day Four night in my kitchen. All who are on the…
Grilled Colorado Peach Caprese Salad
Colorado peaches are a treasure. Grown on the spectacular western slope of the state, the peach blossoms sometimes, some years, encounter spring snows, freezing the blossoms and wiping out the seasons’ harvests. So those blooms that make it, create a sublime peach that knows both cool night temperatures as are par usual, as well as…
Cream of Grilled Endive and Asparagus Soup with Fresh Peas and Blue Cheese
Spring has leapt into Summer. “It’s the most glorious time, of the year!” Though by all counts, this time around, so far, summer is pretty darn hot. I sure was charmed by these sweet pea blossoms and new pods way back in May: You may remember, I was so very happy to secure a plot…
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