This is a simple recipe you can totally pull off on a weeknight! Serve it with baby bok choy sauteed with garlic and ginger. (If you want a recipe for that, just leave me a comment.) Continue reading
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fiddlehead ferns with spring garlic and lemon
Aren’t these fun looking? If Tim Burton designed a spring vegetable, it would be the fiddlehead fern. I love the way they look! But how do they taste, you ask? If you like artichokes and asparagus, you will like the taste of fiddlehead ferns. They are only available in the spring because they are literally baby ferns. If left on their own they would grow into a big fern. Crazy, eh? So what do you do once you have brought this strange yet lovable vegetable home? Read on!
If you don’t have spring garlic for this recipe (it is usually available around the same time of year), no big deal. Just use scallions or green onions instead. Continue reading
addictive avocado-lemon kale salad
So, apparently kale becomes a different thing altogether, and much more likable, if you *massage* it. Really. (I am sure the same could be said of certain people, self included.)
The avocado becomes the dressing, so you don’t need much oil. If there’s an unsuspecting, uncertain-about-kale person around, you should give them the job of doing the massaging. Just put everything in the bowl, tell your friend to wash their hands and massage the salad. This is what will happen:
Friend (dubious expression): Really?
You: Really. Just rub the avocado into the kale. OK? (turn away and become busy with another very important kitchen task)
Friend (massaging away): Um, OK… Hey, this is fun. Oh… my hands are all avocado-y. (turns towards kitchen sink, licks fingers on the way) – YUMMMM!! OMG. Wait, what did you say was in this??
You: *secret smirk* Continue reading