Start to finish: 45 Hands on Time: 25 Servings: 4 Ingredients 2/3 cup brown rice plus 1/3 cup wild rice or 1 cup wild and brown rice blend 2 cups vegetable broth, chicken broth or water (if water add ½ teaspoon salt to the water), divided 1 cup broccoli pesto…
Makes 4 to 6 Servings Ingredients 6 oz or 2 bunches fresh basil leaves 1/3 cup pine nuts or walnuts or even almonds (toasted) 1 cup freshly grated Parmigiano-Reggiano 3/4 cup extra virgin olive oil 2 medium sized garlic cloves, minced Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste 3…
Start to finish: 45 minutes Hands on time: 25 minutes Servings: 4 2/3 cup brown rice plus 1/3 cup wild rice or 1 cup wild and brown rice blend 2 cups vegetable broth, chicken broth or water (if water add 1/2 teaspoon salt to the water), divided 1 cup broccoli…
Start to finish: 1 ½ hours (40 minutes active) Servings: 6 Ingredients 1 tablespoon vegetable oil 2 ounces andouille sausage, finely chopped ½ cup finely chopped onion ½ cup finely chopped green bell pepper 1/3 cup finely chopped celery 1 tablespoon plus ½ teaspoon Creole seasoning (purchased or use the…
On Sunday, February 15 from 11 am to 3 pm I will be greeting visitors in the Maple Leaf Farms booth (Maple Leaf Farms is a sponsor of my show) at the 2015 Boston Wine Expo. At 3:45 pm you’ll find me demonstrating my Bistro Duck Breast recipe on Maple Leaf Farms Stage I.…
You can freeze anything in an ice cube tray and then float it in a drink. Fruit is an excellent candidate, any kind, pureed and strained (optional – I don’t mind seeds) will make a lovely addition to a summer drink. Or herbal or regular tea. They can be added…
After my morning cup (well, cups) of coffee all I want on a hot summer afternoon is iced coffee and what better way to ice it then with coffee ice cubes – double whammy! or you can take it even further and throw the cubes into a blender with…
I’m sure it’s happened to you – you forgot to taste one more time and added more salt anyway and then realized that suddenly your stew/soup/sauce was so salty it was inedible. For years I thought the answer was to add one of these three starchy foods: …
There is absolutely nothing better in the summer than a ripe tomato. We have a garden in the back field of my parents old farmhouse and some years I can’t keep up with the crop: Even though this kind of harvest makes me feel slightly like Lucy trying to wrap…