Pumpkin Mousse
I love mousse as a camping dessert because it is just about as close to effortless as you can get. All you need is a powered whisk and a few minutes, and you can make a really delicious, decadent dessert. This recipe has all the …
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Thanksgiving Turkey Burgers
There’s more than one way to do Thanksgiving. In the past I’ve shown you how to roast a turkey and bake pumpkin pies on the stovetop, this year I’m going to show you the opposite end of the spectrum. With these Thanksgiving turkey burgers and …
Mom’s Cranberry Sauce
Thanksgiving approaches, and boy do I have a lot of recipes for you over the next ten days. We’ll start here with my mom’s recipe for homemade cranberry sauce. It’s sweet, it’s tangy, it’s aromatic, and the addition of chopped walnuts even gives it a nice texture. With a total cook time of about 15 minutes, you’ll never go back to the jelly in a can. Continue reading Mom’s Cranberry Sauce
Pumpkin Pancakes
As we said goodbye to the Pacific northwest and started our journey back to Colorado for the holidays, the seasons quickly changed for us. Hugging the coast in Oregon and California, the weather stayed quite temperate, but as we entered the great Nevada desert, the …
Green Curry Wonton Soup
This dish was the second course at our most recent forest feast, and was my favorite of the night. A Thai-inspired take on wonton soup, it consists of chewy little wontons stuffed with scallion and basil-infused shrimp and pork, floating in a simple coconut and …
Grilled Chicken with Vietnamese Pesto
This dish has been bouncing around in my head for a while. The Vietnamese pesto in my cookbook is one of my favorite creations, but the recipe it’s a part of is also likely the most complicated in the book. Instead of using the pesto with udon noodles and claypot pork, this little appetizer simply slathers it over grilled chicken skewers, making it much simpler to get to that delicious flavor. Paired with the lime-ginger dipping sauce from the salad rolls recipe, you have a whole new dish made simply by recombining a couple of favorites. Continue reading Grilled Chicken with Vietnamese Pesto
Pumpkin Shakshuka
I love shakshuka, but it is really easy for the tomato base to overwhelm everything else. If you’re looking for a seasonally appropriate, low-acid alternative (no antacids necessary), check out this recipe for pumpkin shakshuka. The pumpkin base is creamy, aromatic, and delicious, with subtle …
Avgolemono
While avgolemono is often referred to as a Greek dish, the method of combining lemon juice, egg, and broth and heating it until thickened is common not only in Greek kitchens, but also in Turkish, Arab, Balkan, and Sephardic Jewish cuisines as well. This technique is known by many names in these different cultures, but the principle of using these three ingredients to create a tangy, unctuous is the same. Continue reading Avgolemono
Skillet Flatbread
With all the baba ghanoush that you’re making after reading my last recipe, I am sure that you are in dire need of a flatbread recipe. Thankfully, I have a good one for you. I have been making this recipe for years. All you need …