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Caprese Grain Salad with Spelt

June 24, 2013 by Erica

Caprese Grain Salad with Spelt

Caprese salad is one of my summertime favorites. I love how the fresh flavors somehow make red, white and green seem not at all Christmas-y!

I usually make a layered version, with big slices of vine-ripened tomatoes and fresh mozzarella sprinkled with sliced basil leaves, salt and pepper, and drizzled with olive oil. But I also have a soft spot for mini things (I think this is hard-wired into females of all species?), and little baby balls of mozzarella are no exception. So this time I decided to make a mini caprese, focusing on the awesome textures.

Caprese Grain Salad with Spelt

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Honey Thyme Ice Cream

June 21, 2013 by Erica

Honey Thyme Ice Cream

I am currently on an ice cream bender.

As I posted on Facebook last week, my friend Andy donated his ice cream maker to a worthy cause: me trying out this peanut butter chunk ice cream from Edible Perspective. (Thank you Andy!!!) Well, I haven’t quite worked my way up to that fantastic recipe yet (it has 15 steps!); instead I thought I’d start with something simpler.

And then I fell in love with the simple ice cream recipes, and have made, oh, 4 batches in the past 4 days.

Honey Thyme Ice Cream

I actually waltzed into a 9:00 meeting without make-up earlier this week because I got caught up churning ice cream in the morning. I didn’t realize until 8:31 that I had to be into work (20 minutes away) in 29 minutes. Oops. I hadn’t gotten dressed, brushed my teeth, or put on make-up yet. Of those three things, obviously the make-up was the one that could wait until after the meeting. But don’t worry… the ice cream got churned and lovingly stored in the freezer before I left. Priorities.

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Cayenne Portobello Burgers with Herbed Goat Cheese Spread

June 19, 2013 by Erica

Cayenne Portobello Burgers with Herbed Goat Cheese Spread

Have you ever had a portobello burger before? Probably.

But have you ever had a cayenne portobello burger with herbed goat cheese?

Cayenne Portobello Burgers with Herbed Goat Cheese Spread

Ohhh my goodness. There’s really nothing like it.

I have a lot of firsthand experience with portobello burgers and sandwiches that are pretty “meh.” Ordering one at a restaurant really seems to be a toss-up: it’s either mind-blowingly delicious or flavorless and underwhelming. Well, I have the antidote to flavorless and underwhelming: cayenne + goat cheese.

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Pesto Tortilla Pizzas

June 17, 2013 by Erica

This post is mostly to let you know how lazy I’ve been lately.

Pesto Tortilla Pizzas

Although I’ve somehow managed to continue making food for the blog, the same has not been true for, say, Tuesday night dinners. Too tired, too busy, too nice out, not enough food in the house – I have all the excuses. There has been a lot of pasta and salad around here.

Luckily, we like pasta and salad. But every once in a while, I need to change up my go-to lazy dinner recipe. Enter tortilla pizzas!

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