The latest recipes from our column "Trail Eats" in the May & June 2012 issue of Washington Trails magazine are for gourmet yet comfort food car camping - and if you don't mind a heavier backpack, these recipes can be easily made while backpacking as well. The recipes are, I will admit different from what… Continue reading Trail Eats: Gourmet Car Camping Fare
Tag: Dinner
Almond Pesto from Saveur Easy Italian
For Mother's Day Dinner I adapted a recipe out of SAVEUR's recently released "SAVEUR Easy Italian", a cookbook released as an iPad app. Being that is an e-book, each recipe has its own full color photo and are well laid out for easy reading. The book is laid out into sections covering 30 recipes that… Continue reading Almond Pesto from Saveur Easy Italian
Mashed Sweet Potatoes with Brown Sugar & Pecans
Cooking from the Farmers' Market (Williams-Sonoma) is being released next month in paperback (it has been out for awhile in hard cover). A lushly photographed cookbook, it will inspire you to get up early every Saturday morning to get the goodies. Our local market doesn't open for another month (boo!) but we have ones nearby… Continue reading Mashed Sweet Potatoes with Brown Sugar & Pecans
Broccoli and Cheddar Soup (with a little extra…)
Thick soup made with no flour? No cream? Yes! I found my inspiration in EatingWell in Season: The Farmers' Market Cookbook (EatingWell), on page 177. I used vegetable broth and home cooked beans and a bit more broccoli than called for but otherwise followed the recipe. The soup was fabulous, so thick and creamy! Broccoli… Continue reading Broccoli and Cheddar Soup (with a little extra…)