It’s been a few days since I’ve last posted, and it feels like the transition to summer mode has gone full force during my time away! Our temperatures have been in the 100s here in …
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Recipe: Squash Blossom Flatbread
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Recipe: Colorful Bell Pepper Salad
Last night was taco bowl night in our house (a regular on the meal rotation, to be honest). We decided to switch up our usual toppings with something more fun and colorful than our normal …
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Recipe: The Ultimate Cucumber Sandwich
Nothing says summer like an abundance of cucumbers, and this sandwich really warmed me up for the season. If all goes according to plan, we should be getting lots of cucumbers from both our garden …
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Recipe: Grilled Shishito Peppers with Garlic Lemon Aioli
We love the shishito pepper here in my house, and buy them on the regular when they are available at the store. We like them for a pre-dinner appetizer, as a fun side, or as …
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Recipe: Marinated Calabrian Chilis
Over the weekend, we made our way down to Santa Monica for the first time post-pandemic. It was so nice to be back and see a change of scenery, eat at new places, and stroll …
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Work from Home Lunch: Creamy Roasted Eggplant with Tomatoes and Spinach
Happy Monday, friends! It’s time for another week, which means the computer is up and running and my kitchen table/desk is back into work from home mode. I’m trying to ignore the growing pile of …
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Recipe: Roasted Eggplant with Chickpeas and Feta
This recipe is the perfect meal-prep solution to tackle a beautiful pile of summer eggplant. I cooked this up on Monday evening for dinner, and I have been enjoying the leftovers for lunches in various …
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Vegan Coconut Lime Panna Cotta with Mango Jam
As I mentioned last week, I developed a recipe for a Food52 contest that I wanted to share here on my blog as well. Now that I know that this recipe made it to the …
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Summer Pizza Ideas
As promised in my previous post, I wanted to share some snapshots from our last pizza night to spark some ideas for a summertime pizza party. The fun of pizza is that almost everything goes, …
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Making a Fresh Fig Tart with Cornmeal Rosemary Crust from Epicurious
I’m back on the blog! You may have noticed I’ve been on a little hiatus over the past week or so, during which I was traveling back East to be with my family and making …
Claire Aucella 