Swiss Chard and Saffron Tart

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If you love savory tarts as much as I do, but don’t want to eat all the butter that goes into the crust, then check out my recipe for this Swiss Chard and Saffron Tart over at Marcus Samuelsson’s blog!  It uses a yeasted tart crust that is whole wheat, butter-free, and super delicious!

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Tuscan Bean and Wheatberry Soup with Cabbage and Winter Squash

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You would think that by now, after 25 and three quarter years of living in this country, I would have gotten used to the inefficiency of the United States Postal Service.

And yet, every time I walk into a post office, I convince myself that this time will be different.  

This time the postal workers will actually know how to do their jobs.  

This time the self-drop off machines will work and I’ll be out of there in ten minutes or less.

This time there won’t be forty people in line with only two windows open, one of which is being manned by a poor excuse for an employee who inexplicably disappears into the back for ten minutes at a time while in the midst of a transaction, causing the person he was dealing with to scream over and over (and over) that she demands to see a manager.  Which, of course, prompts half the people in line to demand that they want to see a manager while the other half are screaming that everyone should just shut up. And you’re left, standing there, hugging your package to your chest and fearing for your life.

So pleasant. All the time.

Guys. Don’t make me go back there.

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Pumpkin Pie Bread Pudding with Bourbon Icing

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For all of you jokers out there who think that all pumpkin consumption should cease and desist immediately after the post-Thanksgiving tryptophan haze has cleared…all I have to say is this: they don’t call it WINTER squash for nothing.

And to be fair, it really is one of the few bright {orange} spots in the winter vegetable consortium.  Uh, literally…seeing as how the entire root vegetable melange is about as pale beige as an Upper East Side private school.  Which is not to say that I have anything against rutabagas, turnips, or parsnips (celery root, though – work of the devil).

But… it all comes down to aesthetics. And if you’ve ever failed at tried photographing a plate of off-white chunks in such a way that people actually want to eat it…then you’ll understand from which part of my {traumatized} subconscious my love of winter squash arises.

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Sweet Potato and Black Bean Tacos with Swiss Chard Pesto

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The.Boy. and I have become “that” couple.

You know…the kind where the boy is so totally jaded about the fact that his girlfriend has an extreme, bordering-on-inappropriate passion for leafy greens…and the girl stops shaving her legs on a regular basis (hey now, it’s winter).

Yeah he kinda got the short end of the stick on that one.

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Roasted Carrot and Red Quinoa Salad…and Our Second Annual Food Bloggers Thanksgiving

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My lovely and awesome friend Cara has been hosting a Clean Eating Cocktail Party for the past month and was SO SWEET to ask me to contribute! Knowing how much I love to accessorize with grain salads, you can imagine how super psyched I’ve been about it.  Head on over to her blog to check out my guest post and to get the recipe for this Roasted Carrot and Red Quinoa Salad!

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Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Pomegranates {GIVEAWAY}

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When it comes to holiday dinners, I tend to make allowances. You know…in terms of butter consumption.

I pinky-swear-with-a-cherry-on-top that if you come over for dinner on a random Tuesday, you will never ever find me just throwing a stick of butter into whatever it is I’m making. But on a high holy day like Thanksgiving or Christmas or my birthday…you should be concerned for your arteries.  Really.  I take no prisoners.

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