Market Salad with Avocado, Corn, Radishes and Lime Vinaigrette Recipe

 

Photography by Victoria Wall Harris

 

This is my new salad of the season!  I have had friends over on several occasions over the last few weeks and I keep making this salad.  It’s BEYOND delicious!  Lime speaks to me.  I actually like it and use it more than lemon.  It reminds me of summer because my parents used to have epic summer parties in the backyard and my dad always served up gin and tonics with lots of lime.  I love lime in water with mint or fruit, with yogurt and fruit, on fish (ooooh, so good on fish!), on avocado toast, and of course with tequila!Continue reading

Dinner Planner – Week of June 15th, 2020

Mr. Picky finished school a few days ago, so we are officially in summer mode!  Normally I would be celebrating the fact that I don’t have to make school lunches for the next 10 weeks and that I don’t have to wake up at the crack of dawn Monday through Friday, but that’s the mode we have been in for the last 10 weeks PLUS!  Even though there is still so much uncertainty and my business of teaching in-person classes has taken an unexpected detour, I see clearly that my students and online community still has the desire to learn and be inspired.  So I will continue bringing you new recipes, new online monthly classes, new 4-week courses, and Instagram lives (although I will not be doing those 6 days a week in the summer.). I have a lot of exciting stuff planned for you all!!   Here’s your dinner planner for the week:Continue reading

Blueberry-Lemon Olive Oil Quick Bread with Corn Streusel Recipe

 

Photography by Carolina Korman

 

Who is ready for a bread that is not made from bananas??? Weird how certain recipes trend, don’t you think? During the quarantine, it seemed as though banana bread, sourdough, and more complicated recipes, like babka, were everywhere.  I for one, saw the writing on the wall with all the dessert baking:  it’s all fun and games until your jeans don’t fit.  Continue reading

Dinner Planner – Week of June 8th, 2020

Hello, Friends.  This has been an emotional week.  I needed to go inward for a few days and start my process of learning.  Thank you to those of you who have stuck with me.  I value all the members of my community and I am hopeful for the future.

I am eager to make my own personal progress, but I am also still your teacher and supporter in all things cooking and wellness!  I just filmed a new online cooking class for my monthly students.  We will be editing over the weekend and posting in a few days.  If you love learning from me on Instagram Live everyday, I highly recommend joining my online classes.  I am not teaching just a bunch of recipes every month.  I go deep into so many things from nutrition to products to techniques and ways to adapt recipes.  Click here to learn more.

ALSO, I have taught two 4-week courses/bootcamps recently and the feedback has been incredible.  I am finishing my last week of my “Entertaining with Ease” Bootcamp and I have been asked to open it up to a new group.  I am excited to announce that I have opened the cart for sign-ups and this course will start this Thursday!!!  It is a game-changing class if you want to entertain at home AND enjoy yourself.  The class is live every week, but can be watched anytime through a video link, so attending live is not a requirement.  Click here to learn more about the course and use code EWE100 to receive $100 off the regular price!

Here’s your dinner planner for the week:Continue reading

Dinner Planner – Week of June 1st, 2020

I don’t think I realized that March 11th was going to be the last in-person cooking class that I would likely teach in 2020.  I also never thought I would film Episode 75 of Quarantine Cooking on my Instagram (which I just did on Friday.)  Wow.

My daughter Anna is back home after her virtual graduation from college.  Not the graduation we all envisioned of course, but we are very proud of her accomplishments and know that life doesn’t always go according to plan.  My mantra of  “Love and Compassion” helps me get through all the tough times, and there are many right now in this country including real life injustice and racism.  I try to live my life and teach my children to make all choices from a place of love and compassion.  Remember that our actions at home are everything.  Praying for healing, justice and more love.  Here’s your dinner planner for the week:Continue reading

Cookware 101

This blogpost is updated from one I wrote many, many years ago.  I want to be able to have a place where I can direct the same questions I receive over and over again. I am happy to answer those questions, but it is more helpful for people in my community to be able to have a reference. 

A very important element in cooking is the equipment you use.  The quality of your cookware, the materials your cookware is made from, as well as knowing which skillet or saucepan to choose for the job are all factors which will affect your food, and even your health, for better or for worse.  By arming yourself with a little knowledge, you can steer yourself towards safer options and away from cookware that can compromise the quality of your food and your health.Continue reading

Dinner Planner – Week of May 25, 2020

Memorial Day usually brings to light the men and women who have died serving our country and protecting our freedom.  This year, I also want to honor those who have been on a different type of front lines.  All the essential workers who have lost their lives due to this epidemic are in my thoughts this Memorial Day as well.

Some of you may be socializing for the first time in a while, so I am posting this dinner planner a bit earlier than usual.  Are you guys seeing friends yet?  We actually saw friends this week on two different occasions this week and felt pretty comfortable with how we handled it.  We are all trying to figure out how to transition into our new lifestyle.  A few things we did was ask our friends to remove their shoes before they entered the house; wash their hands after entering; keep a 6-ft-ish distance between us; and wash hands again before dinner.  That’s about the best we could do and it felt just fine!  I think socializing outdoors is best and keeping it to a few people rather than a big group.  But I think everyone will figure out what works for them and their circle of family and friends.   Here’s your dinner planner for the week:Continue reading

Blackened Wild Salmon Tacos Recipe

Photography by Carolina Korman

Most people think of produce having seasons, which it does.  But wild salmon has a season too, and it just started!!!  I do buy frozen wild salmon in the “off-season,” but I prefer it fresh.  So from now until late summer/early fall, I will be indulging once a week at minimum in my favorite fish.  Now to get more specific, I am most fond of Copper River Salmon, a variety of wild salmon that is even more flavorful, more luxurious, and more rich than regular wild salmon.  Copper River Salmon has a shorter season of about 3 weeks, and it is just getting going.Continue reading