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Storyboard: Salad Greens
Salad Greens The ingredient of the week at La Domestique is salad greens with a focus on lettuces, arugula, and spinach. Each variety is unique with its own flavor and requirements for care and storage. Salad greens are rich in calcium, iron, and vitamin A and C. The darker the green, the...
Salad Greens with Strawberry-Ginger Vinaigrette
My garden was the inspiration for today's salad of spinach, baby beets, and beet greens with Strawberry-Ginger Vinaigrette. I planted a couple of rows of red and golden beets, which were in need of some thinning out to allow the sturdier plants more room to grow. Happily, I plucked the tiny beets...
10 Ways Tuesdays: Salad Greens
I've come up with 10 fresh ideas for spring salad greens: 1. Add some heat with chiles What better way to wake up your palate than with a spicy vinaigrette? I crave the heat of chile peppers this time of year, and love to pair it with something sweet and refreshing. A couple of...
Ingredient of the Week: Salad Greens
It's hot here in Colorado. Spring is a short season. It seems the weather turns from snow to blazing hot with only a couple weeks of truly mild "spring" weather. The salad greens are ready for harvest, and we better enjoy them before long sunny days cause the greens to bolt. Salad greens certainly...
This Past Week at La Domestique: Oats
Last week at La Domestique was all about oats. The only oats kept in many a home pantry are the instant variety, so I explored rolled oats, oat groats, and oat flour. This versatile grain isn't just for breakfast. Throughout the week there were suggestions for desserts, snacks, and even savory...
Honey Oat Muffins
It's Friday! Let's celebrate with muffins, shall we? The time has come to wrap up muffin week, and I have enjoyed it- maybe too much. Lots of baking and sweets this week. Maybe I'll focus on salads next week, so I can recover. For now, let's enjoy the muffins. While researching oats this...
Storyboard: Oats
Oats Oats are comforting, hearty, and nourishing. We're all familiar with quick cooking oatmeal for breakfast, but that's just the beginning of the story for oats. This crop prefers the cool, wet climates of the northern hemisphere. Think of oats, and you most likely think of the United Kingdom,...
Not Your Average Strawberry-Rhubarb Crisp
I'm so excited about this recipe I can hardly stand it! Originally inspired by the the article, "Come Together" in the June issue of Whole Living magazine, I have gone down a different road. This week at La Domestique, I'm cooking with oats, which are essential to the topping of a traditional...
10 Ways Tuesdays: Oats
I've come up with 10 ways to use oats in your spring pantry: 1. Homemade Granola If you haven't tried homemade granola, you're really missing out. The aroma fills the house: cinnamon, nuts, honey...heavenly. It's the same feeling I get when chocolate chip cookies are baking in the oven- a...
Ingredient of the Week: Oats
It's funny, as summer approaches and the days get hotter, I am wishing for more spring. All the sudden I feel I'm not ready to move on from risottos and cool weather vegetables. This is ironic because all through spring I've yearned for summer- so many ingredients to write about! Spring comes late...