Broccoli Beef
My son and I adapted this recipe from a Cook's Illustrated page I had ripped from the September...
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Mediterranean Farro or Sprouted Spelt Salad
This salad is very satisfying on its own, but sometimes I use it to justify salami for a...
How to Cook Beans
A no-recipe, recipe for cooking beans. Dried beans are simple to cook, they just take a little...
Farro with Chestnuts and Butternut Squash
Joyce Goldstein cooked with farro long before ancient grains became a thing. Â Hailing from the...
Dry Fried Green Beans
It's late summer and green bean season here in Bozeman Montana. Try these dry fried green beans...
Teriyaki Sauce for Salmon Rice Bowls
Once you have your rice cooking, this is a dinner that comes together in minutes, even making the...
Bison Roast Barbacoa in Slow Cooker
While looking through my freezer recently, I came across a big roast from last year when we...
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...
Chile-Garlic Pork
I discovered something wonderful last week. I needed a quick dinner, wanted to use the Amaltheia...
Crispy Lentils
Pantry items are a whole lot easier to incorporate into meals when you get them cooked....
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...
Mignonette for Oysters
Most of my oyster memories are midday affairs with either a waterfront view or heaping...
Barbacoa
I love the limey acidity in this slow cooked, spicy beef that I like to serve as soft tacos with...
Butternut Squash and Hominy Enchiladas
Here at RIPE, I don't do food styling, I cook dinner. So, please imagine this mound of Tillamook...
Sweet Potato Veggie Burgers
It's tough to make veggie burgers at home. Lots of recipes out there make burgers that are...
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...
Saag Paneer
This is a cheater saag paneer, quick and easy for when you need dinner on the table (and maybe...
Good Together: Grilled Fish & 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
Minestrone The structure of this minestrone includes lentils, beans and some orecchiette pasta. I...
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...
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...
Vietnamese Dipping Sauce “Nuoc Cham”
The Joy of Cooking's recipe for "Vietnamese Rice Noodle Bowls" caught my son's attention, so we...
Fish Curry
Curry is not difficult to make, but I do recommend using the best coconut milk (Chaokoh), fish...
Crispy Cauliflower and Shallots
I might start adding sliced shallots to all of my sheet pan vegetable roasts— what a great idea...
Basics: Chicken Soup
Let's make chicken soup! Your grandma knew how to do it, and you should too. Get it done with...
What You Learn Making “Channa Masala”
Chickpeas in spicy sauce served with rice and perhaps a dollop of cucumber raita, channa is...
What You Learn Making Vegetable Soup (+ Turkey Meatballs!)
Wilted chard and once vibrant dragon tongue beans were giving me the guilties each morning as I...
Roasted Tomatillo Salsa
"This is as good as a hamburger." When I hear something like that in our house, I consider...
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...
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...
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...
Pearl Couscous with Seasonal Vegetables
Looking for dinner ideas that use that assortment of veggies in your CSA box? I found this...
Grilled Eggplant Gyros
To salt or not to salt the eggplant? That is the question. Short on time the last time I made...
Quinoa Black Bean Burgers
It's hard to find a decent veggie burger recipe, but Kathryne Taylor of the blog Cookie + Kate is...
Via’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...
Shoyu Ramen adapted from Bon Appétit Magazine
Bones, and bonito and bunches and bunches of green onions. Rich slices of pork, jammy soft-boiled...
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...
Black Bean Tortilla Soup
Yummy, feel-good dinner coming right up! Another great recipe from Kathryne Taylor of the whole...
How to Cook Dried Hominy
Sometimes you can find red hominy instead of the regular white (thanks Rancho Gordo!) but no...
Red Cabbage and Black Bean Slaw
Freshen up your burrito bowl or taco night with this red cabbage and black bean slaw—a...
Refried Beans
Back when I worked a lot and hired a nanny to help around the house, Via's cooking sustained me...
Miso Marinade for “Black Cod”
Talk to your fish monger, but usually when you select "black cod" you're buying sablefish. Or...
Cashew Butternut Squash Soup
If you're familiar with vegan desserts and alternative milks, you know the surprising...
Pot Roast (Beef or Bison)
Pot roast, daube, stew, even ragu, they're all very similar: meat seasoned and browned on...
Sweet Potato and Peanut Stew with Collard Greens
Adapted from Cookie + Kate's "West African Peanut Soup", this stew is plant-based comfort...
Wild Rice Salad with Kale and Cranberries
Make yourself this sweet and savory rice salad for dinner tonight and you'll get a bonus:Â ...
Thanksgiving 101 – Recipe Roundup from RIPE
I put together this post to help you cook a great Thanksgiving dinner and remain in a happy...
Pot Roast
Get yourself a 3 pound chuck roast and get ready for a great dinner. Sprinkle with paprika, salt...
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...
Spicy Squash Soup (or any Winter Squash like Carnival, Butternut, Kabocha, Red Kuri)
Collecting colorful winter squash and cooking up a batch of soup without having to go to...
Pork or Chicken Posole in the Slow Cooker
Posole is a slow cooked stew/soup made with hominy (the namesake, "posole"), chiles, and...
Spinach Salad with Avocado and Filet Mignon
My daughter and I often turn to "steak as condiment rather than main course" when the...
Pesto
Keep pinching those tasty leaves off your basil plants, otherwise they'll go to flower and that is...
Watermelon and Jicama Salad
Watermelon and jicama are refreshing on their own, but combined you've got a salad. Â And once...
Garlic-Chile Ground Pork for Rice Bowls
Easy dinner recipe? Â Cook up a pound of ground pork following the ideas here (originally published...
Salmon Patties
The Kvichak Fish Company is a family business.  Montana people who head up to Alaska for the...
Baked Tofu with Orange Sesame Marinade
I never thought I'd get excited about tofu for dinner. Â But things have changed. Â 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...
Slow Cooker Carnitas
You have options with this pork. Â Load a few crispy pieces into a soft tortilla and top with...
Roasted Kabocha Squash with Curried Chickpeas
I ripped this recipe out of my Bon Appétit magazine last month,  put it in my "try it" pile, and...
Pipikaula (Hawaiian Beef Jerky)
When dinnertime snuck up on me again and all I had done that day cooking-wise was get this flank...
About Mushrooms
My son and I drove over to check out operations at MT Gourmet Mushrooms last Friday and...
Bean Salad with Vinaigrette
Two cans of beans and a vinaigrette, that's about all there is to it.  Except, you want a...
Corn Tortillas
When I plan a hands-on cooking class, I'm on the hunt for something Fun. Â Something to get...
Spinach Lasagna
Simple cooking relies on the best tasting, best quality ingredients. Â For lasagna, that...
Sautéed Cabbage
It's still winter in Montana, and for local produce, you need to get excited about cabbage. Â Like...
Filipino-Syle “Bang Bang” Noodles + Asian Pantry Essentials
It's the "dressing" that works the magic here. Â Tahini makes it rich and creamy, chile paste...
Shrimp with Thai Chiles & Ginger
Back in the 1995, I took my first cooking class at Draeger's. I slinked out of work at 5:30, took...
Celery Root, Apple & Chestnut Soup
I learn a lot of lessons in the garden. Â Last year I planted a baby celery and waited all summer...
Hearty Beef Chili (with or without Fritos)
I'm beginning to understand the spectrum that is "chili". Â Most of my past chili posts are...
Chicken and Lentil Tagine
Shake up chicken dinner by using some different seasonings--fenugreek and turmeric in this...
Black Bean Chili
What did Julia Child order when she went to Cafe Beaujolais in Mendocino CA? Â This chili! Â No...
Pasta with Sausage, White Beans, and Greens
I refused a complementary Bon Appetit subscription several years back when my beloved Gourmet went...
How to Cook Beans
These giant white beans are Royal Coronas from Rancho Gordo. Â Serve them simply with olive oil and...
Lentil Soup and Parmesan Croutons
IÂ saw the original recipe for this lentil soup (and Parmesan Croutons!) in Remedy...
Mushrooms & Polenta
When I first saw the photo of the New York Times "Fresh and Wild Mushroom Stew", I could...
Chili Beans with Kabocha
I used to think beans were beans.  Then I walked up the wooden steps into Phipps Country Store in...
Winter Squash Enchiladas
Jumbled together in bins at the market, you'll find all kinds of winter squash: Â Delicata,...
Ham Hock and Greens
We are so lucky to live near several producers of piggie goodness; thanks to the Co-Op and...
Farro with Butternut Squash and Chestnuts
Joyce Goldstein cooked with farro long before ancient grains became a thing. Â Hailing from the...
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....
French Onion Soup Gratinée
French onion soup isn't difficult to make, but it does take some time.  You're looking at 45...
Slow-Cooker Beef Ragu
Last weekend I spent some time with Donna Hay The New Classics and tried the slow-cooked beef...
Crab Cakes
Eight homemade crabcakes hiding in a pan of bread crumbs. Â Next step: Â pan frying in ghee: I'm...
Stir-Fry Chicken with Braising Greens
"Braising greens" is a culinary term that refers to any mix of sturdy greens that taste best with...
Fresh Tomatoes & Pasta (No Cook Tomato Sauce)
It's tomato season here in Bozeman and time for some ideas!  If you haven't yet made a no-cook...
Sriracha Shrimp with Polenta
For my weeknight cooking, I'm looking for great flavor and speed of preparation. Â So, instead of...
Farro
Farro is an ancient variety of wheat, usually sold and prepared with its whole grain intact,...
Palak Paneer (Spinach with Cheese)
A mountain of fresh spinach cooks down to nothing, so be sure to make the whole batch of this...
Brown Sugar Mustard Glaze for Ham
Beeler's produces my favorite bacon and, come to find out, little 2 - 3 pound spiral cut hams!...
Soup with Green Garlic, Kabocha Squash & Coconut
The garlic bulb you know and love reveals itself in the spring garden as "green garlic" or "spring...
Chicken Chile Verde in the Slow Cooker
Taco Night became something entirely new yesterday - fresh and colorful with green chile chicken...
Spinach Salad with Bacon & Egg (and Honey Dijon Vinaigrette)
Once you have the hard boiled egg thing down, you'll be making this salad for dinner regularly:...
Hard Boiled Eggs (easy to peel)
Hard boiled eggs. Â Not the most interesting topic, but when those darn shells stick to the...
Shrimp Sauté with Mango Chutney
Last night I spent about 10 minutes making dinner and it was so good that I must tell you about...
Chipotle Chicken Chili
Start stocking canned beans and chipotle peppers in your pantry so you can make this spicy chicken...
Meatballs in Tomato Sauce
Can we talk about San Marzano tomatoes?  Wow!  This sauce!  Simple ingredients, yet so rich and...
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