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Kale Salad with Apples and Za’atar Breadcrumbs

Kale Salad with Apples and Za’atar Breadcrumbs

Every week I buy a big loaf of sourdough from my amazing local bakery or this brilliant baker at my farmer’s market, and making breadcrumbs is my favorite way to use up the heels. I store them in plastic bags in my freezer and grab 

Skillet Chicken and Mushrooms with Roasted Sunchoke Puree

Skillet Chicken and Mushrooms with Roasted Sunchoke Puree

Sunchokes really don’t look like much on first glance. I bet you’re thinking you’ve never seen one before, but I’d wager you’ve probably just not noticed them, or assumed they were ginger and walked on by. They’re the Mr. Cellophane of root vegetables. A little 

My Favorite Mushroom Pasta

My Favorite Mushroom Pasta

I know what you’re thinking. “Really, Sarah? You just tossed some mushrooms with some pasta. And I’m supposed to be following you for innovative food content?” Stay with me, people. This is one of those dishes that looks simple on paper and feels simple while you’re 

Brown Butter and Sea Salt Chocolate Chip Cookies

Brown Butter and Sea Salt Chocolate Chip Cookies

Does the internet need another chocolate chip cookie recipe? How about one where you don’t have to bring the butter to room temperature? That’s for sure a selling point for me, because when I want a cookie, I want a cookie as soon as possible. 

One Skillet Chicken and Rice

One Skillet Chicken and Rice

There are so many things to love about this chicken and rice dish, I don’t even know what to talk about first. The fact that it feels like a Sunday roast chicken that you spent hours on, but it takes 45 minutes and you only 

Episode 11: Almond Butter

  RECIPES IN THIS VIDEO: Almond Butter Baked Oatmeal with Spiced Apples and Apricots Easy Almond Butter Romesco Sauce Sesame Almond Butter Noodles

Sesame Almond Butter Noodles

Sesame Almond Butter Noodles

…or as I affectionately call them, “Pantry Noodles.” This is a 6-ingredient sauce, all of which I always have. So I know that even if my fridge is empty, I still have the foundation of a quick, satisfying meal. And if my fridge has some 

Easy Almond Butter Romesco Sauce

Easy Almond Butter Romesco Sauce

Romesco Sauce is a traditional sauce from Catalonia that is meant to be served with white fish, but is delicious on pretty much anything – on grilled chicken or steak, as a dip for for veggies and pita bread, or as a sandwich spread. Forgive 

Almond Butter Baked Oatmeal with Spiced Apples and Apricots

Almond Butter Baked Oatmeal with Spiced Apples and Apricots

I used two sets of criteria when I was brainstorming flavors for this recipe – what might go nicely with almond, and what is easily accessible in the dead of winter? Here in the northeast, I can source apples locally well into the winter months, 

Episode 10: Pears

  RECIPES IN THIS VIDEO: Honey and Wine Poached Pear and Brie Tart Truffle and Pear Risotto Olive and Pear Stuffed Pork Tenderloin

Truffle and Pear Risotto

Truffle and Pear Risotto

I used to wait tables at a wonderful Italian restaurant in midtown Manhattan, and I always looked forward to truffle season. Our truffle supplier had long hair and a leather jacket and a briefcase that, from the way he was carrying it, looked like it 

Olive and Pear Stuffed Pork Tenderloin

Olive and Pear Stuffed Pork Tenderloin

This recipe began with a pear and a jar of olives. I can’t tell you what put the idea in my head, but considering the two ingredients, I just thought….those kids should get together. Like any good matchmaker, I started to think about the how 

Honey and Wine Poached Pear and Brie Tart

Honey and Wine Poached Pear and Brie Tart

I can’t decide what menu this tart belongs on. Is it a dessert? Is it a brunch item? Should it be cut into triangles and passed around with the hors d’oeuvres? Should it go next to the finger sandwiches at afternoon tea? Maybe that’s its