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Around the Garden: April 17, 2022
It’s still a bit like winter here in Zone 5. The grapevines aren’t budding yet, nor are the Lily of the Valley. But tiny buds are appearing on the RedBud,

English Bread and Butter Pudding
Puts leftover bread on a pedestal This recipe is adapted from the one on the BBC GoodFood website. Ingredients whole milk, 1 cupheavy cream, 1.25 cupvanilla extract, 1 tspeggs, 3

Spiced Chickpeas with Cauliflower and Roasted Lemon
This recipe is adapted from the one on the New York Times website. Ingredients Kosher salt, as neededLemon, preferably Meyer, thinly sliced, seeded – 1/2Cauliflower, bite-size pieces – 4 cups

Hummus
This basic hummus recipe goes together quickly and is thick enough to stand up in a sandwich.

Ginger Noodles
This recipe was adapted from the Soba Noodles and Ginger Broth with Crispy Ginger recipe by Yotam Ottolenghi on the New York Times website.


Japanese Ginger Dressing
Benihana Copycat Salad Dressing Ingredients 1/2 cup minced onion1/2 cup peanut oil1/3 cup rice wine vinegar2 Tbl water2 Tbl minced fresh ginger root2 Tbl minced celery2 Tbl ketchup4 tsp soy

The Ultimate Tunafish Sandwich
The recipe is adapted from the one on the New York Times website.

Coconut Lime Cod and Clam Chowder
Adapted from the Coconut Lime Shrimp and Cod Chowder recipe on The Healthie Foodie website.


Mom’s Baked Chicken
Roasted Chicken with Potatoes and Peas This is the only recipe on this whole site that isn’t vegetarian or pescatarian. I call it Mom’s Baked Chicken because—no big surprise—my mom

Orange and Olive Oil Upside Down Cake
Orange Upside Down Cake I’m a huge fan of upside down cake. So much, in fact, that I have two other upside down cake recipes already on this site— banana

Holiday Card 2020
I usually start thinking of design ideas for my holiday cards in early September. This year something came to mind quickly, but after a few attempts I knew it wasn’t

Root Vegetable Gratin
HEARTY FALL RECIPE This is one of those recipes to take on when you’ve got some time to hang out. It isn’t difficult to make, but can take up to

Pecan-Ginger Galette with Fresh Maple Whipped Cream
FREEFORM FRENCH CAKE The galette dough and the filling can be made a day or two ahead, then assembled and cooked on the day. This recipe was adapted from the

Homemade Brown Sugar
BETTER THAN STORE-BOUGHT The first time I made homemade brown sugar I was in the middle of making cookies and realized I didn’t have any on hand. Rather than jump