Dec

30

Salad Days :: Wild Rice, Baby!

Posted by Annie Mueller

December 30, 2007 | 2 Comments

If you are feeling like you need to steer yourself away from the heavy/starchy foods of December, like me, then here’s a great recipe for you. It’s light. It’s bouncy and lively while still being wintery. It’s snowing outside my window and I’m thinking that this needs to be lunch tomorrow. You in?
WILD [...]

Nov

30

Spiff up your salad :: Beet & Endive Salad w/ Garlic & Herb Vinaigrette

Posted by Annie Mueller

November 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment

I love salad, but sometimes it’s hard to remember that I do. Salad can get boring, you know? I have to remind myself that if I don’t expend a little extra energy and get creative, it’s easy to ignore the much needed greens.
Here’s a great little recipe for a tasty salad that’s not *that* much [...]

Nov

28

An easy pasta dinner :: on the light side

Posted by Annie Mueller

November 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment

There’s nothing easier or yummier than a good pasta dish on a cold almost-winter night. This one is light and lemony and feels good going down. It’s a refreshing change from the heavy Thanksgiving fare and it features one of my latest obsessions—Artichokes!

I recently discovered that I really like artichokes. I always thought [...]

Nov

20

Thanksgiving Side Dishes—Green Bean Casserole

Posted by Annie Mueller

November 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment

With all the goodies to be had on Thanksgiving, we also gotta have our greens, right? But even the veggies at my mom’s Thanksgiving (no offense, mom) end up being fattened up by some manner of dairy.
There’s one classic recipe that illustrates this. Everyone has had some at one time or another. . . green [...]

Nov

15

Thanksgiving Side Dishes—Roasted Garlic Mashers

Posted by Annie Mueller

November 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment

I think we can all agree (can’t we?) that mashed potatoes are essential to the Thanksgiving meal. A Turkey Day dinner with out them would be, well, like Thanksgiving without the turkey!
Most often when I make them, I do them up with lots of dairy; butter, sour cream, milk—the works. But this year I’m looking [...]

Nov

8

Thanksgiving Side Dishes - Roasted Squash Puree in Orange cups

Posted by Annie Mueller

November 8, 2007 | Leave a Comment

As a kid, I never could understand the appeal of squash. I didn’t get it. Either that or it was the way it was prepared. I mean, turkey, potatoes, stuffing—bring it on. I could down that meal with the best of them (and still can). But now, being a grown-up (am I, [...]

Sep

4

We got the BEET!

Posted by Annie Mueller

September 4, 2007 | 1 Comment

I have to admit it took me a long time. A LOOOOONG time to find my way into the beet. I always thought beets were beat. (har! har!) I never understood the appeal. To me, they tasted like. . . dirt. Like the earth, but not in a good way. I had a co-worker [...]

Sep

1

Heirloom Tomatoes–Why, O why can’t we have them all year?

Posted by Annie Mueller

September 1, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Along with corn it’s definitely tomato time around here. I’m not much of a gardener, but even I grew some this season. All the people who know what they are doing (like the farmers at my CSA and the Farmer’s Market) tell me that this has been “a great year for tomatoes.” [...]

Aug

13

Green Gazpacho!

Posted by Annie Mueller

August 13, 2007 | 1 Comment

I love love love gazpacho. Cold soup is not something everyone can enjoy. I’ve found that sometimes it freaks people out. . . like it’s somehow “wrong,” that it’s cold. Or maybe they think it should be called something else because soup is inherently a hot thing.  I’m not sure what the reason, but once [...]

Aug

3

The Zucchini; I love it, but man is there a lot of it

Posted by Annie Mueller

August 3, 2007 | 1 Comment

I love zucchini. I do. It’s one of the easiest veggies out there. It’s happy with a quick slop of olive oil and being tossed on the grill. It can be chopped into salads, grated into quesadillas, added to corn chowder. The opportunities are endless!  However, even this zucchini-loving gal needs new ideas for the [...]

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