Nearly every holiday, I show up with some variation on orzo salad. At Easter, there are peas, asparagus, and goat cheese, at Christmas, I’ll arrive with a version containing sundried tomatoes, walnuts, and feta, and, of course, you just know I’m showing up at your Labor Day party with a chopped up Caprese salad dumped… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Holidays & Entertaining
Brussels Sprouts with Bacon and Hazelnuts
Brussels sprouts and bacon – or, heck, any hearty greens and bacon – is a dish that we eat so regularly that when it came time to write it in recipe form, I began totally overthinking it. Not that it’s bad to have to eat 5 or 6 batches of Brussels sprouts with bacon in… Continue Reading
Leftovers for Dinner: Ham and Orzo Salad Stir Fry
With more than 20 people at our house for Easter, we’re guaranteed a lot of laughs – and a lot of leftovers. It can be difficult to gauge how much everyone will eat – Uncle Fred and JR might not be in the mood for ham, and there may be fewer lamb-eaters among us than… Continue Reading
Lunch to Go: Israeli Cous Cous Salad with Cinnamon-Roasted Sweet Potatoes
For the last month and a half, one version or another of this salad has been my workaday companion. Sometimes it’s made with butternut squash, sometimes apples stand in for pears, occasionally, there are walnuts rather than hazelnuts. But this version is my favorite. And so, I am embarking on Week Seven of this Israeli… Continue Reading
Maple-Carrot Puree with Pomegranate and Walnuts
This is probably not the best way to introduce a dish that really is worth making, but I have a problem with that filter, so here goes: The first time I made this, I bit into the carrot puree and thought, “Oh, congratulations. You made maple-carrot baby food.” Then I started wondering if babies could… Continue Reading