Pasta with Peppers and Balsamic Vinegar

It’s officially autumn in New York City! Even though bell peppers seem to be a summer vegetable, I used them in this pasta dish with balsamic vinegar to bring out a different flavor. I chose red, yellow, and orange and skipped the more raw green kind. With the vinegar, their colors seem more muted and ...

Watermelon Salad with Farro

22. July 2013 Vegetables + Salads 0
I’m not going to take credit for this easy summer watermelon recipe. Thanks Mark Bittman, I now prefer ricotta salata over feta cheese! Ingredients: 3 cups watermelon, deseeded, cubed 2 cups of farro 1 small red onion, thinly sliced ricotta salata cheese, crumbled a handful of parsley, roughly chopped olive oil lemon juice salt, pepper ...

Fennel, Chickpea and Almond Salad

24. April 2013 Vegetables + Salads 0
Talk about an easy salad. My friend Stacie of OneHungryMama turned me on to this salad via Instagram. She adapted it from Homemade with Love by Jennifer Perillo. Ingredients: 1 tbsp sherry vinegar 2 tbsps olive oil juice of half a lemon salt pepper 1/2 bulb fennel, thinly sliced 1 can of chickpeas, washed and ...

Four-Chile Chili

15. October 2012 Vegetables + Salads 1
I tried this four-chile chili over the weekend when almost everyone I know was either watching sports on TV or playing poker online because of the blustery weather outside. This dish was the right one to coddle and sit on the couch with under a soft throw with the TV on. My sports fan guest ...

Baked Eggplant with Minced Beef

22. August 2012 Beef, Vegetables + Salads 0
After stopping by her family’s house in Westchester unannounced, Lucy’s father was forced to gather some tomatoes and eggplants from his incredible garden to send me home with some bounty. It’s the kind of garden that I can only dream of. There are rows and rows of different shapes and colors of tomatoes, all happily ...