by Julie du Pont | Oct 19, 2012 | Main, Week Night
I work. I commute. I cook. Five days a week. Ok, sometimes I cook just four. Some nights, the only thing I can muster up the energy to make is meat sauce over zucchini and farfalle. It’s my “one step away from ordering a pizza” meal. So let me...
by Julie du Pont | Oct 15, 2012 | Main, Salad
This hearty, flavorful, yet superfood packed warm butternut squash salad with arugula is a seasonal delight. It gives you a little bit of everything. The candied sweetness of the squash, the more bitter sweetness of the dried cranberries, the spicyness of the...
by Julie du Pont | Oct 14, 2012 | Main
Is there such a thing as cilantro chicken crack? Because I think I just ate it. This recipe adapted from Grace Parisi’s “Braised Chicken with Cilantro, Mint and Chiles” featured in the November 2012 Food & Wine is a beyond a tastebud pleaser....
by Julie du Pont | Oct 14, 2012 | Week Night
Don’t try this at home. Seriously. Unless you happen to have leftover “Lightening” Flank Steak, a too large zucchini purchased 5 days before from the farmer’s market, some baby spinach (but not enough to make a salad), an onion, some garlic,...
by Julie du Pont | Oct 8, 2012 | Main, Soup
We tried to go hiking. We really did. But it rained, and then I had to kill some time inside as two children played around me tearing apart our house, the little wild banshees. I’d been thinking about lentils as of late. So with the rain, this lentil and beef...
by Julie du Pont | Oct 7, 2012 | Starter
There are some foods that do so much more than just satisfy your taste buds. They invoke memories of more innocent, carefree times. And love of family. And pure joy. The spinach balls featured above don’t just make me smile as I eat them, they hold a...
by Julie du Pont | Oct 7, 2012 | Starter
These Mushroom Rolls are what one calls an old school recipe. Apparently, my mom got this tiny treasure from a little old lady who who lived in her apartment building in Cleveland, Ohio circa 1970. Just look at the ingredients and you’ll soon understand....
by Julie du Pont | Oct 2, 2012 | Side
Wild rice is a nutritional powerhouse compared to its cousin, white rice and even beats out it’s other cousin brown rice. With more protein and fiber and less sugar, it is the rice with the lowest glycemic index. If you have Diabetes or Celiac’s...
by Julie du Pont | Oct 1, 2012 | Table
Looking for a casual flower arrangement for a festive event that delivers not just a floral scent, but an herbal one as well? Try this out: Fresh cut flowers with basil from the farmer’s market courtesy of Schortt’s Organic Farm. Throw their colorful...
by Julie du Pont | Sep 30, 2012 | Table
There is nothing like a little blatant marketing, particularly when it involves your family and friends. Because… let’s be honest. A party favor is a perfect opportunity to showcase not only yourself, but the products of those you love. So next time...
