When you head to a North Carolina farmer’s market during April or May, you’re faced with rows and rows of stands lined with big buckets of delicious strawberries. There are plenty of healthy ways to enjoy strawberries like eating them plain and putting on them on salads. But let’s face it, this fruit also makes wonderful desserts, and preserves! One way to use up some of those preserves right away…
If you came home from the farmer’s market with a big tub of strawberries that you couldn’t possibly eat quick enough before going bad, a batch of preserves is just the ticket. You can use preserves for more than just your morning toast – trying putting them into this indulgent Strawberry Cream Cake.…
Spring is wonderful for so many reasons – the warming weather, more hours of sunshine, beautiful flowers and of course, a greater variety of seasonal vegetables. If you’re in the mood to splurge with a little pasta, this dish will make great use of your farmer’s market haul this Spring.…
Seaweed is a common ingredient in Asian cuisine that takes on different forms for soups, salads, snacks and entrees. Here in the U.S., the names for each type of seaweed are generally more well-known by their Japanese monikers for reasons unknown to me. However, seaweed is very frequently used in Korean and Chinese cuisine as well. Below, I’ll list some of the most common seaweed types by the English names,…
We make a spicy, Korean cucumber salad (cucumber kimchi – but it’s fresh and not fermented) very often in our home and oftentimes when we host a dinner. However, it’s not always a hit with everyone because it is full of gochugaru (Korean red pepper flakes) and not all taste buds can handle it. Especially little taste buds! That’s why I made this mild version for my kids, but it…
A very common dish in Turkish restaurants, shrimp güveç is a shrimp casserole baked in a tomato base with vegetables, and typically topped with melted cheese. It’s name comes from the small dish that it’s cooked in – a güveç is a small clay pot typically holding 1-2 servings. But if you don’t have a güveç, it’s not a problem! In fact, it’s easier to just cook it all in…