Category: Sauces + Dips

Dressing. Let’s get real, ok? Dressing a funny thing. We buy it. To save time. And to make eating salads taste better. I get it, I really do. But, hello chemicals and crap. And creepy sounding oil. With looooong expiration dates. In other news, did you know it takes maybe 30 seconds to make your own […]

Don’t laugh, but for some reason I always though curry was a hard thing to make. It always seemed too flavorful and complex to even try at home, for a simple little cook like me. Read: too lazy to bother with it I’d left it to the pros. A typical Sarah order at any Asian […]

Want to cure your holiday hangover and get back to good already? The best advice I can give you is this: Eat dark leafy greens. Every day this week. Spinach, collard greens, arugula, chard, or the most trendy and healthy of them all– kale. Now, I know that a raw kale salad doesn’t sound appealing […]

Just because there’s no sugar added, doesn’t mean this sauce isn’t sweet + delicious. Using dates and apples instead of refined white sugar (or worse–  high fructose corn syrup from the jellied cans), balances the natural acidity of the cranberries in a natural way– and in a much healthier way for your body and blood […]

Sometimes inspiration for healthy dishes happen to me when I least expect it. Like in the middle of vacation. In Maui. In the middle of cocktails, in the middle of laying on the beach, in the middle of a great book. You never know. We had stopped at this roadside juice bar for a bite […]

My roasted red pepper harissa recipe for the Bite of Seattle Home Cooks Competition. It’s embarrassing to watch, but it paid off well– I won the contest and get to cook on the main stage at the Bite of Seattle this summer!

Maybe it’s the Mediterranean streak in my blood, but I am quite certain that I could eat a Greek salad every night of the week and be a very happy girl. Or, any Greek food for that matter. (Which is what I’ve been doing lately, if you really want to know). And then, one day, […]

I’ll admit it first, before you read another word. This is not a quick recipe, although it’s twice as easy {meaning it could almost be considered not even a recipe, it’s so simple}. And versatile. Well, they are worth it, any way you frame it. Sweet, slow roasted tomatoes. Sun-dried tomatoes. Warm tomatoes. It’s fitting, […]

Roasted Red Pepper and Tomato Harissa. Herbed Chimichurri. My two favorite sauces (well, aside from pesto. But you all know that from the three seperate versions posted on here). Yes, I do make other things, and these two babies are also always in my freezer. My weeknight arsenal, if you will. Have we talked about […]

perfect pesto ingredients- simple as they come Some people might like to drown in a vat of cake batter or cookie dough. When it comes down to it, I think I’d like to drown in a vat of pesto. I told this to my friend Lauren last year. She agreed with me. Then she started […]

Honey Mustard Poppyseed Chicken: This is the best! A marinade for meat AND a salad dressing all in one. As we round into Summer and the official grilling season, what better way to cut back on dinner prep time than a dressing that does both? More time to enjoy your family & friends, or a […]