All Recipes
Save That Baguette French Toast
I usually make breadcrumbs from leftover baguette (whir in blender and keep in the freezer) but french toast is way better! Go ahead and...
Graham Crackers
These graham crackers are adapted from the bakery, Miette, published in Miette: Recipes from San Francisco's Most Charming Pastry Shop,...
Slow Cooker Oatmeal with Apple
Set this pot of oatmeal to cook before you go to bed and in the morning, hot breakfast! Just what you need for these winter days. I like...
Montana Chicken Soup
This soup has been on repeat in our house ever since I tried Joshua McFadden's recipe, "Quinoa and Chicken Soup with Lentils and Lots of...
Pumpkin Cookies (inspired by a Saffron Snickerdoodle)
I based these pumpkin cookies on my favorite cookie recipe of all time: Caitlin Freeman's Saffron Snickerdoodle she created for Blue...
Big Pot of Apples for Applesauce/Compote de Pommes
All you need to make applesauce are apples, a little water, and some sweetener, it's so easy! When I'm processing lots of little apples...
Garden Tomato Soup
Tomato soup and grilled cheese...comfort food doesn't get much better! And tomato soup doesn't get much better than that made with garden...
Big Pot of Tomatoes
It's tomato season and more tomatoes ripen each day. This is a great thing, but what do you do with all of them, especially if you don't...
Sesame Spinach
I love the sesame spinach served at some Japanese restaurants. Here's a homemade version that tastes great with a bowl of rice and a side...
Fresh Spearmint Stracciatella Ice Cream
Making ice cream at home is not as difficult as you may think. I use a simple Cuisinart machine with an insert you put in the freezer,...
Bouchons for High-Altitude
Bouchon Bakery's signature treat, made in the shape of a cork, is really just a brownie—but a very delicious one. Another distinguishing...
Tomatoes and Mozzarella
Tomato season has taken it's sweet time getting here this year, but now that we are in the last days of August, the garden is ripening...
Spring Rolls
These Vietnamese style spring rolls make for a cool and refreshing dinner. Set up all the ingredients on a platter and you can recruit...
Chinese Chicken Salad
This sweet heat dressing pulls together all the farmers market vegetables and shredded rotisserie chicken into a cool and refreshing...
Hummus
Hummus is easy to make at home and great to have on hand for when you need a quick lunch or snack plate. Homemade lets you customize the...
Blue Bottle Coffee’s Saffron Snickerdoodles
When I lived on the SF Peninsula I would get to the city as frequently as possible to enjoy time at my favorite bakeries and coffee...
Sourdough Bagels
If you've been to our house this year you've probably had these bagels with cream cheese lox. The ingredients are easy to keep on hand and...
White Chocolate Strawberry Cashew Bars
I've been experimenting with cacao butter recently, and after making the SunButter Bars, I wanted to create a non-chocolate, cashew...
Overnight Oats
Thanks to Joshua McFadden and his book Grains for Every Season for getting me going on these. Make a big jar of the dry base mix and then...
Sugar Cookies
There are three factors to making bakery-style sugar cookies at home. You know what you want—cookies that hold their clean edge and shape...
SunButter Bars (Urban Remedy Knockoff)
When you live a thousand miles from an Urban Remedy shop and are addicted to their products, you either have to submit to shipping (which...
Broccoli Beef
My son and I adapted this recipe from a Cook's Illustrated page I had ripped from the September & October 2003 issue—before he was...
Farro or Spelt Berry Salad
This salad is very satisfying on its own, but sometimes I use it to justify salami for a meal—either tucked in to a few inches of baguette...
Mocha Maca Budino with Silken Tofu
Dense and chocolatey, yet lighter than a full-dairy budino or pot de crème and way easier to make! If you're having a chocolate pudding...
Amy’s Perfect Pie Crust (the easy way)
Making pie crust can and should be simple. Here the food processor does the work for you so you can get right to the fun part, filling...
Zingerman’s Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
Thanks to the Zingerman's Bakehouse cookbook, I finally have a favorite oatmeal raisin cookie recipe. These cookies don't spread out too...
Farro with Chestnuts and Butternut Squash
Joyce Goldstein cooked with farro long before ancient grains became a thing. Hailing from the early days of Chez Panisse, she went on to...
Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
This is my favorite carrot cake now, exceptionally moist but way less sweet than typical because the cake is sweetened with maple syrup....
Chive and Caper Cream Cheese
This is an easy appetizer to keep in mind for Thanksgiving and holiday get togethers. Add smoked trout and some plain crackers (I like the...
Dry Fried Green Beans
It's late summer and green bean season here in Bozeman Montana. Try these dry fried green beans with some Amaltheia pork and serve it up...
Teriyaki Sauce for Salmon Rice Bowls
Once you have your rice cooking, this is a dinner that comes together in minutes, even making the teriyaki sauce—which is super simple and...
Bison Roast Barbacoa in Slow Cooker
While looking through my freezer recently, I came across a big roast from last year when we purchased a quarter from North Bridger Bison....
Mexican Chicken in the Slow Cooker
Here's a slow cooker chicken dish that you can use for simple tortilla roll-ups, tacos, or tostada salads. While the chicken is on the...
Chile-Garlic Pork
I discovered something wonderful last week. I needed a quick dinner, wanted to use the Amaltheia ground pork I had thawed, didn't have...
Strawberry Cashew Cream
Raw food chefs use cashews to make everything from "cheese" to "cheesecake". Being somewhat of a skeptic with "imposter foods", I stayed...
Crispy Lentils
Pantry items are a whole lot easier to incorporate into meals when you get them cooked. This photo is of a salad I threw together last...
Beef Stew with Wine and Shallots (can be made with Bison or Elk)
Cold temps make me want to slow cook a big piece of meat, like this bison from North Bridger Bison. There's really not much to making a...
Mignonette for Oysters
Most of my oyster memories are midday affairs with either a waterfront view or heaping mounds of crushed ice and a wine list. But in this...
Barbacoa
I love the limey acidity in this slow cooked, spicy beef that I like to serve as soft tacos with chopped white onion, cilantro, sour...
Butternut Squash and Hominy Enchiladas
Here at RIPE, I don't do food styling, I cook dinner. So, please imagine this mound of Tillamook sharp cheddar cheese melted and crispy...
Sweet Potato Veggie Burgers
It's tough to make veggie burgers at home. Lots of recipes out there make burgers that are difficult to handle or they just don't taste...
Pumpkin Cookies
My daughter and I are crazy for a cakey pumpkin cookie that they make at The Daily here in Bozeman. This homemade version is pretty darn...
Meatballs with Three Montana Meats
Something about this year got me to buy a smallish chest freezer (9 cu ft) and step up my support of local food producers—people like Matt...
Tofu Tacos with Spicy Almond Sauce
I never thought tofu tacos would be a good thing. But was I ever wrong! Thanks to Justin's for the great idea (here's their original...
Salted Almonds
The best results for homemade salted almonds come from a hot brine and a hot oven. I've adapted this technique from Kim's Nordic Food...
Saag Paneer
This is a cheater saag paneer, quick and easy for when you need dinner on the table (and maybe have spinach bolting in the garden). The...
Sweet Chia & Celery Seed Dressing
This sweet dressing is great on arugula with rotisserie chicken. Another fun way to use it is to drizzle over fish tacos with blood orange...
Grilled White Fish with Blood Orange Salsa
What's for dinner? White fish on the grill with this blood orange salsa from the February issue of Eating Well ("Fish Tostadas with Blood...
Orange Blueberry Muffins
The muffin top here is crisp perfection and the interior crumb is light, like that of a fine cake. Who knew home-baked muffins could be...
Minestrone, The Seasonal Italian Soup
The structure of this minestrone includes lentils, beans and some orecchiette pasta. I like using these three ingredients together because...
Salad with Smoked Trout, Hazelnuts and Pomelo
This salad is a real treat when you're burned out on winter food and craving something light and refreshing. I'm all for local, but thank...
Flageolet Beans with Lemon Dressing
It surprises me how delicious something as simple as a bean can be. The best ones don't come from a can, they're the ones you cook...
Vietnamese Dipping Sauce “Nuoc Cham”
The Joy of Cooking's recipe for "Vietnamese Rice Noodle Bowls" caught my son's attention, so we worked together on dinner last night. The...
Fish Curry
Curry is not difficult to make, but I do recommend using the best coconut milk (Chaokoh), fish sauce (Red Boat), and fresh fish. Once you...
Green Tomato and Apple Chutney (Small Batch)
I picked a lot of green tomatoes this year. A snowstorm was forecast for the last weekend of September, so in the days preceding, I...
Summer Succotash
Make this quick sauté when you have fresh corn and summer squash. It is a fantastic partner to grilled salmon, especially if you make the...
Oatmeal Crumble Berry Bars
There are thousands of recipes out there for something similar. But the reason I post is to share what I learn while trying to make...
Crispy Cauliflower and Shallots
I might start adding sliced shallots to all of my sheet pan vegetable roasts— what a great idea from Aran of Cannelle et Vanille! We...
Sourdough Bread for Toast
Would you like to bake sourdough bread at home? It's easier than you think. I've had lessons with sourdough aficionados but as I attempted...
Extra-Crispy Baked Tofu
I began to like tofu when I learned how to get it hot and crispy instead of cold and squishy. Thanks to Kathryne Taylor of Cookie + Kate...
Cabbage, Carrot and Radish Slaw with Orange-Cumin Honey Dressing
One of the things I love about getting a CSA box is that it nudges me to use what I have on hand instead of running to the store for...
Channa Masala
Classic Indian Cooking by Julie Sahni has been helping me learn how to make simple Indian food at home since my first class with Suneeta...
Make-Ahead Mashed Potatoes
Oven space is always at a premium when you're cooking a holiday meal, especially Thanksgiving, so make-in-advance doesn't really help...
Vegetable Soup (and Turkey Meatballs)
Wilted chard and once vibrant dragon tongue beans were giving me the guilties each morning as I pushed them aside to find my almond milk. ...
Overnight Steel-Cut or Oat Groats in the Slow Cooker
Cool autumn mornings call for something warm at breakfast, but there's still the same, never a spare minute, amount of time to get...
Roasted Tomatillo Salsa
Receiving a weekly farm box from Gallatin Valley Botanical has shifted my starting point for meal planning. I don't like having a stuffed...
Peach and Blueberry Pie
"It snowed here this weekend, but I'm going to pretend it's still summer." Sounds good, Kristine, @theearnestbaker! I'm going with it and...
White-Cooked Chicken with Rice, Greens and Ginger-Soy Dressing
White-cooked chicken is a Cantonese recipe that gets its name from the fact that there's no soy sauce in the poaching liquid, so the...
Plum Jam
Small batch refrigerator jams give you the pleasure of jam making without all the fuss of canning. You can also play around in ways that...
Tin Foil Shrimp Boil from The Campout Cookbook
This shrimp boil was our favorite meal of summer—and it happened on a camping trip! Thanks to Marnie Hanel, Jen Stevenson, and their fun...
Oven Roasted Tomatoes for Pasta or Polenta
You don't need to do much to a good tomato. A pinch of flaky salt (Maldon or Jacobsen are my favorites) and a drizzle of olive oil and...
Pearl Couscous with Seasonal Vegetables
Looking for dinner ideas that use that assortment of veggies in your CSA box? I found this to be a good one, from Where Women Cook...
Grilled Eggplant Gyros
To salt or not to salt the eggplant? That is the question. Short on time the last time I made this, I decided to skip it and you know...
Quinoa Black Bean Burgers
It's hard to find a decent veggie burger recipe, but Kathryne Taylor of the blog Cookie + Kate is the go-to gal. Her Sweet Potato and...
Via’s Rice (Spanish Rice)
Spanish Rice, Mexican Rice, Arroz Rojo, Red Rice, no matter what you call it, cooking rice with a little tomato and onion makes it extra...
Roasted Sweet Potato Salad with Chipotle-Balsamic Dressing
I never dreamed I'd see the day when I would crave veggies, but Kathryne Taylor has changed my mindset and I can't get enough! My copy of...
Oatmeal Scones
Here's a buttermilk scone that is every bit as delicious as a Cream Scone, just more rustic and, with the oats, you could say whole...
Shoyu Ramen adapted from Bon Appétit Magazine
Bones, and bonito and bunches and bunches of green onions. Rich slices of pork, jammy soft-boiled eggs, tare, nori and more green onions....
Carrot Cake Breakfast Cookies
These cookies! Breakfast cookies! Another great idea from Kathryne Taylor of the blog Cookie + Kate. Treat yourself to a copy of her...
Parchment Baked Cod with Fennel, Kale & Orange
We've got quite a collection of cookbooks here at home...an everyday pleasure I seem to have passed on to my daughter. On spring break,...
Black Bean Tortilla Soup
Yummy, feel-good dinner coming right up! Another great recipe from Kathryne Taylor of the whole foods blog, Cookie + Kate and her...
French Pancakes (Oat Flour Crêpes)
I grew up on "french pancakes" and they were always made by the men in my family. (The memory of my Dad flipping through Joy of Cooking...
How to Cook Dried Hominy
Sometimes you can find red hominy instead of the regular white (thanks Rancho Gordo!) but no matter the color, home cooked (rather than...
Black Bean Slaw with Red Cabbage
Freshen up your taco night with this red cabbage and black bean slaw—a beautiful and delicious dose of vegetables and plant protein....
How to Make Refried Beans
Back when I worked a lot and hired a nanny to help around the house, Via's cooking sustained me and the kids. My cooking journal from...
Almond Milk
Store-bought brands are getting better and better, but no almond milk will taste as good, or foam as well, as a batch you make yourself....
Chocolate Bundt Cake
Easy to mix, you get to use your cute pan, and CAKE! I adapted this one from Amanda Hesser's “Chocolate Dump-It Cake” from Cooking for Mr....
Madeleines, The Best by Daniel Boulud
I tested madeleine recipes for days before I finally found what I consider The Best. I made Julia's (my standby for years), I made...
Miso Marinade for “Black Cod”
Talk to your fishmonger, but usually when you select black cod you're buying sablefish. Or butterfish, a sablefish nickname due to its...
Cashew Butternut Squash Soup
If you're familiar with vegan desserts and alternative milks, you know the surprising creamy texture of raw cashews. Adding some to soup...
Roasted Delicata Squash Rings
Squash fries anyone? Delicious as an appetizer or as part of "sheet pan dinner" which is when I roast a bunch of veggies, add in a pan of...
Pot Roast (Beef or Bison)
Pot roast, daube, stew, even ragu, they're all very similar: meat seasoned and browned on the stovetop then cooked slowly in a few...
Cornbread
This cornbread recipe, "California Cornbread", comes from my cooking school archives. I can still remember tasting it for the first time,...
Sweet Potato and Peanut Stew with Collard Greens
Adapted from Cookie + Kate's "West African Peanut Soup", this stew is plant-based comfort food. Rich and satisfying, I like to make it...
Wild Rice Salad with Kale and Cranberries
Make yourself this sweet and savory rice salad for dinner tonight and you'll get a bonus—delicious lunches for days! Start by...
Juices, Including Morning Green from Nourish Kitchen Table NYC
This morning, I poured a glass of juice. The colors were vibrant and beautiful and practically begged for a photo. The green one is sweet...
Dinner Ideas for Fall—Recipe Roundup from RIPE
My friend with twin babies is finally cooking again after a year of frozen meals and survival mode. As I sat in her chair getting my hair...
Spicy Winter Squash Soup
Collecting colorful winter squash and cooking up a batch of soup without having to first go to the store is one of my fall pleasures....
Black Pepper Ranch
Black pepper and buttermilk make a great dip, drizzle, or dressing—think of it as ranch dressing for the times when you don't have fresh...
Apple Pie
My copy of Joy of Cooking has lived with me as a newlywed, new mother, widow, and through a move from the San Francisco Peninsula to...
