This springtime salad recipe is made up of thin slices of bright pink watermelon radishes, marinated in blood orange vinaigrette and tossed with fresh arugula , cilantro, avocado, and a sprinkling of salty feta. I stepped lightly through the spongy grass, picking up each foot carefully and placing it gingerly, testing how the earth will […]
A recipe for toasted buckwheat granola with dried wild blueberries, toasted almonds, popped amaranth with plenty of vanilla bean and cardamom, brought together with maple syrup. Large flakes are falling, turning the brown into a pristine white yet again. This morning the kids ran around the neighborhood to check the tap lines in the sugar […]
Learn how to make thick homemade Greek yogurt with nothing but milk and two tablespoons of plain yogurt. A few years ago we started getting milk delivered to our front door. A small white truck would pull up to our house and leave a blue milk crate full of clinking glass bottles on the steps. […]
An easy recipe that turns cauliflower into crispy little cakes full of cheddar and rosemary. These cakes are a great way to switch up your vegetables, add cauliflower to your menu, or use up leftover steamed cauliflower in a fun and unique way. This weekend felt like spring, the sun strong as it made its […]
A green salad recipe with bright pink grapefruit slices, creamy avocado, and bits of purple radicchio and red onion brought together with a citrus vinaigrette to chase the cold away this winter. Each morning we are chess pieces in our checkerboard of a home, sliding by each other and hip-checking one another out of the […]
An entertaining-ready recipe for langoustine in a beurre blanc style saffron- and vanilla-flavored cream sauce with fresh tarragon to serve over saffron rice with Nielsen-Massey Vanilla. I have partnered with Nielsen-Massey to develop a savory vanilla dish and was compensated for my work. Opinions, words, ramblings all my own. Winter is nearly here. Each night […]
A Meyer lemon curd- and zest-infused cottage cheese cookie recipe inspired by Berlins’ke pechyvo and Eastern European cheese-style cookies I grew up with tucked into Christmas tins. These are rich with bursts of lemon, crisp and chewy at the same time. Friday I stood in a church, light gleaming from skylights across my grandmother’s casket, […]
Hi, I am Shaina Olmanson. I am a work-at-home mom of four, feeding my family and my friends one plate at a time. I share recipes, tips, opinions and my philosophy on food as I strive to teach my four children how to eat well: seasonally, locally, organically, deliciously and balanced.