Oven-baked grilled cheese sandwiches with sautéed sprouts, garlicky mushrooms, and nutty Gruyere and Parmesan inside and out. Jump to recipe. [Read more…]
maple roasted quince and brussels sprout salad
This maple roasted quince and Brussels sprout salad recipe with lemony dressing and crumbled goat cheese makes for a wonderfully autumnal side dish. Jump to recipe.
shaved brussels sprout, bacon, and meyer lemon salad + weekend links
This week has been all about recovery. Something about the first gusts of bone chilling wind, the time change, and plain old exhaustion, have had me in bed every night by 10pm. Extra blankets have come out, even if it’s just so Brian and I can still sleep with the windows open.
I like the change. And the wind is even better. It’s cleansing –– blowing away whatever’s built up or unwanted. With each gust, a colorful rain of fall leaves pour down and a faint howl wraps around the house. Cozy times are in full effect, and I am so completely all in. [Read more…]
shaved brussels sprout and carrot salad with cara cara, avocado, and orange tahini dressing
Not so long ago, I worked in an office. The kind with little cubes and a computer monitor too small to display the spreadsheets I needed to use and a chair hierarchy that provided peons like me a work week of spinal pain and florescent lights hovering way too close. On my last day, I had only a small tote of things to collect. After nearly two years, I hadn’t moved in. I wish I’d thought to take a picture. It would be a great reminder as I try to balance mothering and writing and creative food and family food, that even on the worst days, I’m better off than I was in that awful gray cube. [Read more…]
shaved fennel and brussels sprout salad with apples
A deliciously refreshing shaved fennel and Brussels sprout salad tossed with sweet apples.