It’s been a good week. In fact, an amazing week. Of eats. Good eats, that is! Amazing enough to make me think I might be a kitchen manic-depressive. I’d been in a months-long slump and then WHAM! suddenly I was on fire and motivated (obsessed?) again. In the space of one week I cooked...
Artichoke Dip Casserole
Wow, this stuff is good. And pretty healthy, too! It tastes like spinach artichoke dip—with the added goodness of chicken and pasta! Grab a spoon and dive right in. PrintArtichoke Dip Casserole Yield: 6 servings Delicious casserole that tastes like spinach artichoke dip—but healthier!Ingredients12 ounces short whole wheat pasta 1 T olive oil Kosher...
Wild Mushroom Bolognese and Preparing Wild Porcinis
It’s mushroom season here in Colorado! My Facebook news feed has been dotted with photos of the gorgeous, wine-colored caps of wild porcinis for the last couple of weeks—some as big as three pounds! I haven’t made it up to the mountains to do any hunting of my own yet, though I have a...
Spaghetti Carbonara with Wild Asparagus
My very first wild food was asparagus, found while walking in the park with my itty bitty baby daughter early last summer. So wild asparagus has a special place in my heart. But that first spear was a lucky find, at the very tail end of asparagus season last year, and so, I have...
Pasta with Spinach, Lemon Cream, and Capers
My husband just LOVES the creamy lemon and caper pasta at our local Sweet Tomatoes restaurant, so I decided to try to make it for him at home. I found a recipe from Souplantation (owned by the same company as Sweet Tomatoes), but I couldn’t bring myself to make it as heavy as the...