Ingredients Archives: basil leaves

Spring Sugar Snap Pea Shooters

Spring Sugar Snap Pea Salad in a Glass

It can be so tempting to skip vegetables at lunch. Maybe you have healthy pasta dinner leftovers, but no vegetables to serve on the side. That batch of chicken breasts that you grilled to last…

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Recipe: Lime-Basil Shrimp & California Avocado Lettuce Wraps and Giveaway!

 

Shrimp & California Avocado Lettuce Wraps

Lime-Basil Shrimp & California Avocado Lettuce Wraps

Grocery shopping at the beginning of each season puts an extra spring in my step, the newly available produce lifting me out of my…

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Recipe & Giveaway: Tuscan Bread, Grilled Bell Pepper, and Tomato Salad (Panzanella)

Panzanella Bread Salad Recipe from James Peterson's Cookbook "Vegetables"

The first “serious” cookbook I ever bought was Sauces by James Peterson, a James Beard Cookbook of the Year. I was enrolled in the culinary basics boot camp in culinary school at the time, and was following…

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Recipe: Lemon Basil Grilled Asparagus with Parmesan & Walnuts

Lemon Basil Grilled Asparagus with Parmesan & WalnutsOften new acquaintances ask me, “Well, what do you cook for dinner?” On one particular occasion, I nonchalantly mentioned that I might cook salmon, corn and asparagus on the grill. Et voila. Dinner is…

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