Green beans are a staple in my family's home. Since we serve them nearly every night, my siblings and I have been trained to wipe them off the shelves whenever we find good ones at the market. Typically, we boil or steam them and dress them with olive oil, lemon, salt, and pepper, which is perfectly simple and delicious. But when I saw this Cook's Illustrated recipe, I was ... View Post
Watermelon Cucumber Salad
Meet my new favorite 5-ingredient summer side dish (OK well 7 ingredients if you include the pantry staples salt and olive oil): a salty, sweet, and tangy watermelon cucumber salad. Normally I shy away from raw onions, but they totally work in this recipe because they "marinate" slightly in the lemon and watermelon juice. The flavors in this salad are so unexpected, yet so PERFECT with one ... View Post
Summertime Peach & Prosciutto Salad
Like I mentioned in my last post, I've been really inspired by all the produce available at the farmer's market. In late summer, I'm tempted by the abundant displays of cherry tomatoes and peaches. I mean, hello, I named my blog after them. This is an incredibly delicious salad perfect for a light lunch al fresco, to enjoy solo or with a date, in which case you should double the ... View Post
Roasted Salmon with Fresh Herbs and Lemon
As you know, I love, love, love, LOVE salmon. However, ordering it at restaurants can be risky simply because a majority of the salmon out there on the market is farmed. (See the risks associated with farmed salmonΒ here and here.) Lately I have resorted to only eating it at home, so I was thrilled to find frozen wild salmon filet at my local Wisconsin meat market. This recipe ... View Post
Deconstructed Tuna Niçoise Salad
You know how perfectly styled coffee tables are all the rage right now? I mean I totally appreciate the beauty of an artfully curated collection of gold knick-knacks, candles, and fashion books uponΒ some uber-chic trayΒ atop an iron West Elm coffee table, and I would of course love to have one myself, but I for one cannot live like that because I have a hubby who likes to throw up his ... View Post
Walnut Pesto
A really elegant homemade sauce is like a bold statement accessory on a simple jeans-and-white-t-shirt outfit. It can elevate the most ho-hum of meals into something people are gabbing about on the car ride home. So if you are looking for a way to make your regular grill-out fare ridiculously super-extra tasty and memorable, then this homemade walnut pesto is proooobably the way to ... View Post
