Month: August 2012
-
Chile Lime Fruit Platter
My coworker told me about this fruit salad (which she gets at the state fair of all places!) last week – cucumber, watermelon, mango, and jicama with a chile lime salt sprinkled on top. I think I just about drooled on my desk. Then promptly updated my grocery list. Since then, I’ve mentioned my…
-
Cherry Acai Basil Margarita
Last weekend I went through my recipe list to make sure I have a nice, well-rounded bunch of recipes for y’all, noting any oversights that I intend to remedy soon (so please let me know if there’s anything you’d like to see featured and I’ll add it to the list!) I sure did notice a…
-
Roasted Cauliflower Salad
How can you say no to cauliflower when it is this beautiful!? Usually I find cauliflower to be a fairly boring vegetable, and rarely buy it. But when I saw a giant beautiful purple cauliflower at the farmer’s market this weekend, I suddenly found myself excited about this often-ignored veggie.
-
Black Pepper Raw Cashew Cheese
Cashew cheese has been on my obscenely long list of vegan goodies to try to make at home. But that was just out of sheer unknowing curiosity. That is, until last week, when I bought a tub of cashew cheese at the farmer’s market. Now I knew I had to make some. I’m not…
-
Pot Sticker Stir-Fry
That’s right, potstickers in a stir fry! I first saw this idea on Eat This, Not That. I think I had it for lunch five days a week for two months after that. So addictive.
-
Sweet Corn Tomalito
Okay, this is one of those love-it-or-hate-it moments. Personally, I love sweet corn tomalito. What is sweet corn tomalito? You know those really inauthentic (yet delicious) Mexican restaurants that seem to specialize only in the greasiest Mexican food and over-sized margaritas (I’m looking at you, Chevy’s & El Torito)? You know that little scoop…