I’ve had a lull in cooking inspiration the past few days, perhaps because I was distracted by all of the Halloween festivities going on around me. I didn’t even cook anything with pumpkin this weekend (but I did put together a great costume)! Tonight, however, my cooking fever came back and along with it came my new favorite dish.
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A few weeks ago, I made a pretty tasty sweet red beet and goat cheese pie. My pie, however, turned into more of a crumble and yesterday I finally discovered why. I got the recipe for the pie crust from Elana’s Pantry, my go-to food blog for all things gluten-free. Elana’s blog also got me hooked on baking with almond flour. This weekend, I picked up her book, The Gluten-Free Almond Flour Cookbook and got to reading her very informational facts on cooking with almond flour.
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The start of cold weather calls for warm roasted potatoes – at least for me. I had a hankering for potatoes and some kind of green vegetable the other night so I decided to buy some yukon golds, red golds and some brussels sprouts and have them join forces.
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The other night I had dinner at Westville in the East Village and ordered what is now my new staple salad. I had forgotten how delicious something as fresh as arugula, lemon, olive oil and parmesan is. I ordered it with some grilled chicken and it was the perfect no fuss, light but fulfilling meal. So perfect, that I was inspired to make it for lunch the next day. I knew this leafy green was good for you, but I wanted to do a little more research to find out exactly what was so great about arugula aside from its unique, slightly spicy flavor.
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Sometimes the most simple foods are the most delicious foods. As I was heading out from my day with Brooklyn Grange, Ben was nice enough to hand me a big bag of what he called sauté greens to take with me.
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After a nice bike ride to Roosevelt Island this past Saturday, my friend Jen and I had every intention to head home and make ourselves a big lunch but by the time we got back to our neighborhood, we were exhausted so we decided to treat ourselves to a refreshing (and cost efficient for eating out) lunch at EAT. I decided on the farro and greens salad and it totally hit the spot after a long ride – right between filling and light.
