La Domestique Blog
Ingredient of the Week: Apricot
An apricot is not a peach. You won't be overwhelmed by heady fragrance of an apricot from several feet away. You won't find your face covered in sticky juice after taking a bite into an apricot's velvety flesh. If peaches are the blockbuster movie of summer, apricots are the surprise hit indie...
Summer Lettuce Wraps with Quinoa, Avocado, Mushrooms and Tahini Sauce
Summer is here, and I am strangely pensive regarding her arrival this year. Maybe it's because this is the summer I turn 30 years of age? Maybe it's because I have a feeling this will be my last summer living in Colorado? Maybe it's because I'm headed to the place where I was born to visit my...
10 Ways Tuesday: Avocado
1. Avocados Love Breakfast Avocados get on great with all things breakfast. One of my favorite healthy morning meals is toasted whole-grain bread topped with thinly sliced avocado, scrambled eggs, basil and shaved radish. A drizzle of extra-virgin olive oil provides the finishing touch. You could...
Ingredient of the Week: Avocado
This week at la Domestique we welcome summer by opening up the summer pantry. It's officially hot outside, and we're soaking up the sunshine by the pool. Most nights, dinner is cooked on the patio grill. The farmer's market is our playground, and each week brings new finds- like the first cherries...
Strawberry Tart
You may remember my resolution to celebrate each seasonal fruit this year with a tart? It all started in April with a recipe for Meyer Lemon Curd Tart. The purpose of the tart project is to slow my pace of life a bit, to savor each brief season and the tender fruits that mark the passage of time....
10 Ways Tuesday: Strawberries
I've got creative recipes for cooking with strawberries during spring: 1. Strawberries and Cream It was Jonathan Lovekin's photograph in Ripe that caught my attention- smashed red berries stirred into a bowl of thick, devonshire cream. Juicy, luscious strawberries bled pink through the cream,...
Ingredient of the Week: Strawberries
On a warm and sunny Saturday morning I walked through the crowded Boulder Farmer's Market, past the artisan bread stand with the cute Italian guys, past the goat cheese maker's tent, past mounds of vegetables piled high. As it should be, I caught whiff of the alluring fragrance before I saw them:...
Tarragon Potato Salad with Smoked Salmon & Lemon Vinaigrette
I'm having a Nordic moment in the kitchen, inspired by the Scandinavian sensibility for fresh, brightly-flavored, seasonal ingredients- prepared simply. The food is light but nourishing, intended to stimulate the senses and energize the body. During springtime, I can't wait to be outside, riding...
10 Ways Tuesday: Tarragon
I've got creative recipes for cooking with the anise-flavored herb, tarragon: 1. Asparagus and Tarragon Tart Reading Nigel Slater's tome on vegetables, Tender, I came across his simple but striking recipe for A Tart of Asparagus and Tarragon. Once the tart shell is made and pre-baked, pieces of...
Ingredient of the Week: Tarragon
This week at la Domestique is dedicated to the herb, tarragon. Something about the highly aromatic scent of tarragon embodies the essence of spring: fresh, like that of a pine forrest after a good soaking rain, but more delicate and feminine. Tarragon is softer than basil, lacking that tendency...