Beet Pasta with Crispy Chicken and Baby Fennel Salad Beets have the most incredible color. If you have ever been part of the Rainshadow CSA, you have spent some evenings with pink hands just from processing the veritable abundance thereof. They have mastered the art of growing

Cheesy Grilled Steak with Beet Pasta and its Greens I’m not sure why I never talk about leftovers, considering the majority of households spend a ton of time actually eating them. My goodness the time it saves to not cook ~21 different meals a week, amirite?! They’re generally

Mediterranean Pork with Israeli Couscous Summer makes me want to cook outside on the bbq as much as possible. It reminds me of childhood bbqs in the park with family and friends, corn hole and frisbee… and GRILLED MEAT. Yes, I am a glutton, but I come

Daikon, Cucumber, and Jicama Salad with Miso Ponzu Vinaigrette It is too hot for heavy food. Long enough ago that it is almost tragic, I was travelling through the countryside in Japan and stopped to have some sushi at a little hole-in-the-wall spot. They had the best appetizer salad for

Kohlrabi and Grilled Chicken Pasta with Fresh Herbed Crema Anyone familiar with Central Oregon is usually familiar with “The Float”. Specifically the Old Mill to Drake Park Deschutes River float where the mountain runoff waters can cool off even the hottest of Bendites. As we deal with record setting

Light Asian Vegetable Soup A majority of Americans at best have no idea what to do with beef bones, and at worst are totally grossed out by them. I happen to LOVE them. I use bone broth in something almost every day. Simply slow cooking the bones

Dungeness Crab Risotto with Summer Vegetables and Mushrooms A majority of Americans at best have no idea what to do with beef bones, and at worst are totally grossed out by them. I happen to LOVE them. I use bone broth in something almost every day. Simply

"Soup Bone" Osso Bucco with Creamy Polenta A majority of Americans at best have no idea what to do with beef bones, and at worst are totally grossed out by them. I happen to LOVE them. I use bone broth in something almost every day. Simply slow

Roasted Kabocha Quiche Taste. Taste. Taste again. Recipes aren’t super important to follow astringently (unless you’re baking!), but are more of a nice inspirational guideline that allows you to sample and test as the flavors and textures change throughout the cooking process. So, um, yeah, sign me up for recipe-liberated cooking! The point

Roasted Kabocha Sourdough Oat Waffles Mini science lesson: Sourdough is pretty awesome. I would imagine it has been around since the advent of agriculture (about 12k years ago), but is recorded at least around 3700 B.C. There is so much more I want to know about it. I actually proposed a hypothesis and