There is no easier way to prepare fish at home than baking it in parchment. The fish cooks...
You will find casseroles and cozy dishes here, and all the fun foods for the holidays, but also winter citrus and other culinary escapes from the snow and cold.
browse the recipes:
Refried Beans
I always thought refried beans came from a can but then I met Viya and learned how to make them....
Slow Cooker Butter Chicken (Murgh Makhani)
I put this recipe together after seeing Tieghan's Butter Chicken on Pinterest and combining it...
Farro with Roasted Carrots
Cook the farro and toss with 3 tablespoons of Citrus Vinaigrette. Add roasted carrots, dried...
Bouillabaisse
Bouillabaisse is really two soups in one: a flavorful fish stock and a soup made with that stock...
Fish Stock for Bouillabaisse
When I make bouillabaisse, I like to put the effort into making my own fish stock; it's really...
Poached Shrimp
This quick, gentle cooking method makes for tender, delicious shrimp, especially if you buy...
Green Chile Enchiladas
Enchiladas can be anything you want them to be, vegetarian or carnivore, saucy or creamy, flour or...
Polenta with Spinach and Egg
Polenta with an egg makes a warm and wonderful quick dinner. I prefer a poached egg but an...
Gingerbread Candied Almonds
Hailing from the Christmas markets in Germany, Gebrannte Mandeln ("burnt almonds") come together...
High-Altitude Stout Gingerbread
This is a rich, moist, deeply flavored gingerbread. The cake will remain fairly flat in the pan,...
Mulled Wine
Fresh orange, cinnamon stick, start anise, and honey (or maple syrup) transform an average...
Cauliflower Salad with Dates and Pistachios
This is my favorite way to eat cauliflower now: roasted then tossed with sweet dates and salty...
Fennel Apple Slaw
The perfect side for crab cakes and grilled fish but also great with a deluxe grilled cheese like...
Couscous and Kale Salad
This beautiful, autumnal salad would be perfect for Thanksgiving! Roast the squash, cook the...
Orange Honey Mustard Dressing
This dressing is adapted from the Autumn Pearl Couscous Salad over at Fufu's Kitchen. I so enjoyed...
Bison Bolognese Lasagna
This slow-cooked bison Bolognese makes a fantastic lasagne. As with most meat sauces, stews, and...
Turkey or Bison Chili
Let's make chili! All you need is some ground turkey or bison (both are lower in fat than ground...
Roast Chicken
Roast chicken is about the simplest, and most satisfying, home-cooked dinner you can make;...
Frittata
Frittata is a wing-it, seasonal dish that can help you use up all sorts of things in your...
Seafood Paella
Paella is easy to make at home and should be fun and low stress to make. Think of it as a one-pot...
Hot Pepper Simple Syrup
Simple Syrup is easy: equal parts sugar, water and whatever you want to infuse, from sliced...
Sweet Potato Black Bean Burgers
Thanks to Kathryne Taylor of the blog Cookie + Kate, here's a delicious home-made veggie burger...
Marinated Beets with Crème Fraîche
Something delicious happens when you pair these tangy beets with creamy fromage blanc, creme...
Beet Salad with Blue Cheese and Candied Walnuts
The key to enjoying beets is to get them cooked (roasted or sous vide are my two favorite methods)...
How to Cook Beans
These giant white beans are Royal Coronas from Rancho Gordo. Serve them simply with olive oil and...
Salad of Beets and Oranges
Beets and oranges pair beautifully both in color and flavor. For this salad, I like to cook the...
Turmeric Chicken Pilaf
This one-pot chicken and rice dinner is perfect for weeknights, as it comes together in about half...
Same Day Pizza Dough
When I want pizza and haven't planned ahead, I make a yeasted dough and add some of my sourdough...
Pasta with Clam Sauce
There are no canned clams on the shelves of my grocery stores at the moment...I wonder if the word...
Pulled Pork (Slow Cooker or Stovetop)
Pulled pork practically makes itself in a slow cooker. The key is having a pork roast on hand, so...
White-Cooked Chicken with Rice and Ginger-Soy Dipping Sauce
White-cooked chicken is a Cantonese recipe that gets its name from the fact that there's no soy...
Deconstructed Waldorf Salad with Amy’s Blue Cheese Dressing
This recipe is all about the blue cheese shallot dressing, made with Point Reyes Original...
Roasted Beet Salad with Honey Bourbon Dressing
The key to enjoying beets, rather than letting them roll around in your refrigerator drawer, is to...
French Onion Soup Gratinée
French onion soup isn't difficult to make, but it does take some time. You're looking at 45...
Brothy Clam Chowder
Clam Chowder cooks quickly and is something you can whip up on a moment's notice if you have a few...
Dal Tadka (Yellow Lentils with Spiced Ghee)
Harvest Gold Lentils from Timeless Natural Food turn into a golden-yellow purée you can enjoy as a...
Italian Wedding Soup
I was in the mood for a new soup last week so I did a little googling to find out about one of my...
Slow Cooker Posole
Posole is a slow cooked stew/soup made with cooked hominy (the namesake of the dish), pork (but...
Icelandic Cod with Cannellini Beans
This is my favorite way to cook fish at home...steamed with white beans. It's the best (and...
Chicken Broth, Stock, and Soup
Every chicken you eat for dinner (even the rotisserie bird after you've finished carving off the...
Classic Caesar Salad Dressing
I got obsessed with vegan Caesar salad this past week, but then my pal Alison reminded me that...
Spinach Salad with Honey Dijon Vinaigrette
Local vegetable season is upon us here in Bozeman...rejoice! Amaltheia had bags of their baby...
Sonoma Chicken Salad
Sad fact: Whole Foods has changed their Sonoma Chicken Salad and at least what is available here...
Braised Beef Soup with Chard and Spelt
I love this soup by Joshua McFadden for its varied textures. You braise the beef separately and...
Brothy Beans with Bacon
A little bit of bacon goes a long way with this pot of beans. Keep them brothy or reduce to barely...
Artichoke Nibbles
My Mom made a lot of recipes from Sunset magazine in the 1970's and these Artichoke Nibbles are...
One-Pot Creamy Mushroom Pasta
Here's just what you need for these snowy spring days—a warm and creamy mushroom pasta that only...
Raw Kale Salad with Quinoa
This salad has been a favorite of mine since before I moved to Montana, over a dozen years ago. I...
One Pot Rice and Beans
New York Times Cooking ran a one-pot meal feature and it inspired me to simplify our rice and bean...
Chicken Tortilla Soup with Tomatillo Salsa
I've adapted this recipe from the outstanding original from Romney Steele's cookbook, My Nepenthe:...
Osso Buco
Osso buco refers to a cross-cut piece of beef shank that exposes the "hole in the bone" and...
Broccoli Beef
My son and I adapted this recipe from a Cook's Illustrated page I ripped and filed from the...
Farro with Chestnuts and Butternut Squash
Joyce Goldstein cooked with farro long before ancient grains became a thing. Hailing from the...
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...
Butternut Squash and Hominy Enchiladas
Here at RIPE, I don't do food styling, I cook dinner. So, please imagine this mound of Tillamook...
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...
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...
Sweet Chia & Celery Seed Dressing
This sweet dressing is great on arugula with rotisserie chicken. Another fun way to use it is to...
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...
Minestrone, The Seasonal Italian Soup
The structure of this minestrone includes lentils, beans and some orecchiette pasta. I like using...
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...
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...
Vegetable Soup (and Turkey Meatballs)
Wilted chard and once vibrant dragon tongue beans were giving me the guilties each morning as I...
Viya’s Rice (Spanish Rice)
Spanish Rice, Mexican Rice, Arroz Rojo, Red Rice, no matter what you call it, cooking rice with a...
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...
Present Fish with Orange, Kale, and Fennel
We've got quite a collection of cookbooks here at home...an everyday pleasure I seem to have...
Black Bean Tortilla Soup
Yummy, feel-good dinner coming right up! Another great recipe from Kathryne Taylor of the whole...
Cashew Butternut Squash Soup
If you're familiar with vegan desserts and alternative milks, you know the surprising creamy...
Roasted Delicata Squash Rings
Squash fries anyone? Delicious as an appetizer or as part of "sheet pan dinner" which is when I...
Pot Roast (Beef or Bison)
Pot roast, daube, stew, even ragu, they're all very similar: meat seasoned and browned on...
Cornbread
This cornbread recipe, "California Cornbread", comes from my cooking school archives. I can still...
Sweet Potato and Peanut Stew with Collard Greens
Adapted from Cookie + Kate's "West African Peanut Soup", this stew is plant-based comfort food....
Salmon Patties
The Kvichak Fish Company is a family business, Montana people who head up to Alaska for the summer...
Baked Tofu with Orange Sesame Marinade
I never thought I'd get excited about tofu for dinner, but things have changed. Three...
Sweet Potato Noodles with Stir-Fried Veggies and Tofu
Have you tried sweet potato noodles? They cook in five minutes and taste great with stir fried...
Green Chile Chicken Enchiladas
Jesse Tyler Ferguson shared this recipe in Food and Wine (December 2016) and it's a good one!...
Slow Cooker Carnitas
"It's like bacon!" exclaimed my 11 year old. He tolerates my creations of squash and beans and...
Roasted Kabocha Squash with Curried Chickpeas
Kobocha squash becomes a meal when you serve it with spiced chickpeas, rice, and a simple yogurt...
Spinach Lasagna
Simple cooking relies on the best tasting, best quality ingredients. For lasagna, that means...
Shrimp with Thai Chiles & Ginger
Back in the 1995, I took my first cooking class at Draeger's. I snuck out of work at 5:30,...
Chicken and Lentil Tagine
Shake up chicken dinner by using some different seasonings—fenugreek and turmeric in this Moroccan...
Black Bean Chili
What did Julia Child order when she went to Cafe Beaujolais in Mendocino CA? This chili! No...
Pasta with Sausage, White Beans, and Greens
White beans and greens is a classic Italian combination, something for which you really don't need...
Mushrooms & Polenta
When I first saw the photo of the New York Times "Fresh and Wild Mushroom Stew", I could...
Winter Squash Enchiladas
Jumbled together in bins at the market, you'll find all kinds of winter squash: Delicata,...
Winter Squash, Chorizo, and Kale Frittata
Snow and 20° is forecast for tonight, so I threw a piece of fabric over what's left of our garden....
Slow Cooker Beef Ragu
Last weekend I spent some time with Donna Hay The New Classics and tried the slow-cooked beef...
Crab Cakes
I'm not going to lie. These babies are a project. On the upside, make them ahead (night...
Stir-Fry Chicken with Braising Greens
"Braising greens" is a culinary term that refers to any mix of sturdy greens that taste best with...
How to Cook Farro, Spelt, and other wheat berries
Farro is an ancient variety of wheat, usually sold and prepared with its whole grain intact,...
French Vinaigrette
This classic vinaigrette enhances your fresh garden greens and beautiful farmer's market produce...
Palak Paneer (Spinach with Cheese)
This creamy spinach with cubes of paneer is a favorite of mine and it's so nice to learn how to...
Kabocha Soup with Green Garlic
The garlic bulb you know and love reveals itself in the spring garden as "green garlic" or "spring...
Biscuits
I will be making my biscuits this way from now on. Just look at these layers! What's the secret?...
Chicken and Seafood Paella
I got curious about paella after enjoying the party-sized lobster paellas made by Richard Poncini...
Shallot Vinaigrette
We sit on the ridge between seasons, watching the light change from the golden, yellow, bright of...
Apple-Fennel Slaw
This slaw is the perfect complement to fish and shellfish (especially crab cakes!) but is also...
