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Posts tagged “arugula”

Playing with Recipes: Pasta, Risotto-Style

Emma’s popular post on the best way to cook pasta triggered a vague memory of a no-boil method I had read about years ago. A few minutes of internet sleuthing and there it was: Alain Ducasse’s r...

Flickr Find: Arugula Salad with Watermelon and Feta

While we were browsing photos of watermelons this morning, we came across this beautiful salad — a nice blend of sweet watermelon with spicy arugula. Click below for the full ingredients list... ...

Recipe Review: Arugula Vichyssoise from Epicurious

We love the cool creaminess of traditional potato-leek vichyssoise, especially on humid summer days like we've been getting. So when Elizabeth mentioned an Epicurious recipe for arugula vichyssoise i...

Improvised Lunch: Asparagus-Bean Salad Over Arugula

We didn't make it to the store this weekend and had to scrounge a bit for something to eat at lunchtime yesterday. We started with a can of cannelloni beans from our pantry, rummaged through the frid...

Top 5: Uses for Arugula Besides Salad

In our CSA pick-up this week, we got plenty of greens — specifically, arugula. And while we love arugula salads (especially salads with fruit), we need other uses for the big bag that's sitting in o...

Weekend Sandwich: Comte, Olive, and Arugula Grilled Cheese

Even if you have a garden full of arugula and other healthy greens, summer eating doesn't have to be only about virtuous salads. You've got to balance those greens with a decadent grilled cheese sandw...

Eating From the Garden: Meyer Lemon Spring Salad with Baby Greens, Herbs, Almonds and Goat Cheese

First salad from the garden! We snipped arugula, baby spinach, chive blossoms, and herbs from our garden and tossed up this salad last night. It's exciting to be eating out of our tiny garden at last....

Light Meals: Chicken Milanese

Yes, the chicken is breaded and pan-fried. But see that big wad of salad on top? That's just the type of meal we crave after a weekend of eating burgers and chips. Chicken Milanese is traditionally ...

Recipe: Egg, Arugula, and Herb Tartine

A tartine is really just a fancy name for an open-faced sandwich. It sounds so much more elegant than sandwich, doesn't it? It seems fitting for this impromptu lunch we had this week. We were pressed ...

If You Grow Just One Thing This Spring... Plant Arugula

We were at the greengrocer a couple months ago, slightly nonplussed because we couldn't find arugula yet. The girl at the counter told us that she just grows it herself; even through the winter, she ...

Food Roundup: San Francisco Chronicle

In the San Francisco Chronicle this week, we're seeing a lot of Easter-themed recipes and recipes geared at what's in season at the farmer's markets....

Flickr Find: Prosciutto, Arugula, and Mozzarella Panini on No-Knead Olive Bread

Photo by Flickr member pcarpen Oh my. Just... Oh my. Too bad we already ate dinner, because Pete Carpenter's panini made us want to hurry off and whip up one of these sandwiches here and now. Another ...

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