Holy moley, look at the temperature out there! It’s been hovering near 100 for a week. Not when you want to heat up the house with cooking. It is definitely salad time. So last night I fell back on an old favorite: Salade Nicoise, a French composed salad. As with so many iconic dishes, there…
Quick Cucumber Kimchi
Without a doubt, kimchi is a love-it or hate-it food. I’m pretty fond of it. Arne is crazy for the stuff, but even he admits it’s a strange thing to love. Many foods are based on controlled spoilage – cheese and beer, for example. Like blue cheese with its veins of mold, though, traditional kimchi…
No-Sugar-Added GF Banana-Oatmeal Cookies
I didn’t really think I was going to like these cookies. The first time I saw them was at the blog Lick the Bowl Good, as a “you might also like” at the bottom of a recipe for homemade oatmeal cream pies. The author said she’d made them for a little boy she cared…
Baked Wild Mushroom and Brown Rice Risotto
Welcome to Unfussy Epicure’s 100th post! Woooo! Party! Thank you to all the guests at this table. I am so grateful that you’re with me on this journey. I’ve been saving this very special recipe for post number 100, and I’m so glad to finally get to share it with you! I found this…
10-Minute Indian Cabbage
The other day I was throwing together a simple Indian dinner – Indian sour chickpeas (channa) with some brown and wild rice I’d cooked weeks before and stored in the freezer – and it needed one more element. One quick, simple element I could throw together in no time from what I had in the…
Planting Time!
Spring is well and truly here – heck, by the temperature it seems like summer already – and I have no more excuses. We’ve upgraded from the sad little raised beds between the house and the shed, shaded by both buildings and the tall elms of our neighborhood, to these 20″ tall beauties in the…
Chile-Lemon Roasted Brussels Sprouts
A year or so ago, Arne and I visited a very hip restaurant in Colorado Springs (or so it seemed to me, though I may not be the ultimate arbiter of coolness): Nosh. I was first attracted to it by the koi in its logo and the idea of small plates, which are my very favorite…
Sad Shelling
I am the worst at peeling hard-boiled eggs. Look at those poor mutilated things! It’s not for lack of trying every “secret tip” I can find. I was really pleased with myself as I went to peel this sad batch – I thought I had it this time. The eggs weren’t too fresh. I knew…
Loaded Baked Potato Soup
After St. Patrick’s Day, I had a bag of leftover baked potatoes in the fridge. As I was trying to think of something interesting to do with them (not that I don’t love a simple baked potato, but I do adore transforming things), I recalled that stalwart standby, baked potato soup. I really like baked…
Easy Grilled Asparagus
Spring has sprung! It’s grilling time. Asparagus will soon be ubiquitous in stores. And that works out well, because one of my very favorite things to grill is asparagus. It’s the perfect side dish to grilled meats, fish, or tofu and, if you’re grilling already, will add almost no time to your dinner prep. I…