Cooking Light magazine brings us this hearty casserole – a light, comforting, autumnal bread pudding. Ingredients 3 cups butternut squash (peel, dice into ½ in cubes) Cooking spray ½ teaspoon salt, divided 1 teaspoon olive oil 1 cup onion (chopped) 1 garlic clove (minced) 2 cups 1% low-fat milk 1 cup (4 ounces) Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese…
Whole-Wheat Herbal Scones
Similar in savory nature to American biscuits, these luxurious herbal scones have a nutty dimension that comes from the whole-wheat flour. A great accompaniment to soups, salads, and stews. Ingredients 150 grams (about 1 1/4 cups) whole-wheat flour 100 grams (about 3/4 cup) flour (unbleached all-purpose) 10 grams (2 teaspoons) baking powder 5 grams (1/2…
Parsley & Lettuce Salad
Oftentimes I’ll use parsley as a salad green, either using the leaves whole, or opting to cut them into a chiffonade (as done in this delicate salad.) Dressed with a simple vinaigrette, or a simple combination of 1tbsp lemon juice & 3tbsps olive oil (extra virgin) – either way, this is deliciously moreish! Ingredients 1…
Tuna Salad with Vegetables
For decades, any salad that contained tuna was labeled a Niçoise salad – whether the tuna was fresh, canned, raw, or cooked. Few of these salads resemble the iconic, authentic salad of Nice made with thin-skinned green peppers, cucumbers, tomatoes and other local vegetables such as baby artichokes and olives. It’s easy to make a…
Bread with Savory Ham and Gruyère
Ingredients Butter, unsalted & softened (Used to brush the pan) 1 ¾cups flour (unbleached all-purpose) 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon salt ¼ teaspoon black pepper 3 large eggs ⅓ cup milk ⅓ cup olive oil 6 ounces baked ham, cut into ¼ inch dice (about 1 ¼ cups) 6 ounces Gruyère, either coarsely grated…
Niçoise Salade
Ingredients 1 head Boston lettuce or bibb 112-ounce can or jar imported tuna in olive oil 12 small new potatoes (cook until tender, then halve) 1 cup green beans, (trim ends, cook until tender) ½ red bell pepper (seed & julienne) 16-ounce jar artichoke hearts, marinated, drained 2 firm ripe tomatoes (quarter lengthwise) 2 hard-cooked…
Chocolate Cake with Chestnut
This is a surprisingly light wheat-free chocolate cake, and the earthy flavors of chestnuts round out the flavor profile exquisitely. A slight variation of a recipe in Alice Medrich’s book on baking, “Flavor Flours.” Can be baked 1-2 days in advance. Ingredients 4 ounces / 115 grams chocolate (64% cacao or less) 4 ounces /…
‘Choucroute’ of Fish
A take on the French classic choucroute garnie (a jumble of fresh meats alongside smoked, served with sauerkraut), made predominantly of fish, but improved with a bit of ham or bacon. The smoked key is the focal point; the salmon adds a beautiful color and delicious richness, with the addition of any white fillet completing…