A recipe for quick pickled ginger red cabbage to top off your breakfast rice bowl, plus ideas for what else to stuff in that bowl. I always regard May as the best-worst month. It's the best because the rain has stopped, the weather warming to temperatures that encourage … [Read more...] about Rice Bowls with Quick Pickled Ginger Red Cabbage
Lemongrass Chicken Rice Noodle Bowls: Bun Ga Nuong
A recipe for Vietnamese style rice noodle bowls – bun ga nuong – with vermicelli rice noodles, a fragrant lemongrass chicken, plenty of fresh vegetables and herbs, and a lime-based chile-spiked sauce for the top. There's a shopping list scrawled in the corner of our … [Read more...] about Lemongrass Chicken Rice Noodle Bowls: Bun Ga Nuong
Creamy Tarragon Chicken Gnocchi Soup
A recipe for a creamy and comforting chicken soup with fresh tarragon and soft gnocchi pillows. We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. – Kurt Vonnegut, Mother Night The snow outside keeps falling in intervals, the sun peeking … [Read more...] about Creamy Tarragon Chicken Gnocchi Soup
Vanilla Chocolate Cake {Bábovka}
A recipe for a quick and easy Czech-style vanilla-chocolate cake made in a kugelhopf or Bundt shape called bábovka. This post is in partnership with Nielsen-Massey Vanilla. Thoughts, words, opinions, and recipe are my own. I'd mentioned the cake briefly, as an aside to … [Read more...] about Vanilla Chocolate Cake {Bábovka}
Watermelon Radish and Arugula Salad with Citrus Vinaigrette
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 … [Read more...] about Watermelon Radish and Arugula Salad with Citrus Vinaigrette