Recipe Index

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Appetizers | Main Dishes | Vegetables and Sides | Sauces, Condiments, and Extras
Salads | Soups and Stews | Breakfast | Breads
Cookies and Bars | Pies, Tarts, and Cakes | Frozen Desserts | Other Desserts
Beverages | Baker’s Snacks

Appetizers

Artichoke-olive spread
Beet-feta bruschetta
Grilled tomato bruschetta
Cornmeal Parmesan crackers
Fiery, triple crunchy guacamole
Gougeres
Homemade crema (or créme fraîche)
Homemade rcotta
Roasted chickpeas
Roasted tomatillo salsa
White bean hummus crostini with arugula and balsamic vinegar

Main Dishes

Guide: Polenta with vegetables/meat/sauce, eggs, and garnishes
Boiled kale (on toasts with fried egg)
Braised lamb shanks
Braised tuna pot roast with capers and tomatoesCampsite beans and rice
Chicken piccata
Chili beans with shredded greens
Chipotle chilaquiles
Garlic zucchini rotini
Okra, corn, and chili “fork stew”
Pasta carbonara
Pasta with cauliflower, parsley, capers, and lemon
Pupusas (and curtido)
Roasted mushrooms with chorizo and onions
Red pepper and olive pasta
Sausages baked with lentils and bacon
Slow-cooked chicken with tomatillos, potatoes, jalapenos, and fresh herbs
Spaghetti with broccoli rabe, garlic, and red pepper
Spring vegetable ricotta tart with whole wheat olive oil crust
Turkey sloppy joes
Turkey swedish meatballs

Vegetables and Sides

Arroz verde
Braised cabbage with onions and carrots
Coconut basmati rice
Goat cheese souffle
Grilled potato salad with olives and anchovy-caper vinaigrette
Okra, corn, and chili “fork stew”
Raw zucchini salad
Red rice with bacon
Ridiculously good roasted broccoli
Roasted brussels sprouts
Roasted pork tenderloin, brined and spice-rubbed
Roasted sunchokes with pumpkin seeds and pumpkin seed oil
Sauteed peppers with anchovies and black olives
Simple Mexican beans
Spätzle
Tequila-braised corn
White wine pilaf

Sauces, condiments, and extras

Bacon mayonnaise
Brett’s salsa
Brown sugar applesauce with bourbon and vanilla
Pesto
Pickled red onions

Salads

Guide: Easy main-dish salads (aka “kitchen sink salads”)
BLT bread salad
Bowen Appétit basic vinaigrette
Crunchy peanut cole slaw
Orange/avocado/olive salad
Pearl couscous Greek salad
Roasted beet and carrot salad with avocado and pepitas
Wild rice edamame salad

Soups and Stews

African chicken soup
Blended gazpacho
Tortilla soup
West Coast wild rice soup

Breakfast

Buttermilk blueberry muffins
Chili egg souffle (“chili egg puff”)
Chocolate coconut muffins with coconut flour (gluten-free)
Dutch Baby
Fall harvest muffins with pumpkin, carrot, seeds, and dried fruits
Honeyed olive oil granola
Huevos rancheros (ranchero sauce)
Spiced donut muffins
Whole wheat banana bread with brown butter
Whole wheat buttermilk lemon muffins
Zucchini muffins

Breads

Brioche hamburger buns
No-knead bread
Koulouri-Cypriot village bread (seeded white bread)

Cookies and Bars

Big, chewy snickerdoodles
Butter cookies
Chewy chocolate brownies
Chewy oatmeal cookies with maple sugar and drizzled icing
Citrus-coconut tartlets with cream cheese pastry
Chewy granola bars
Coconut macaroons
Cream wafers, filled two ways: peppermint chocolate and vanilla orange blossom
Ginger molasses cookies, two recipes
Ginger oat shorties
Gram’s chocolate chip cookies
Lime cornmeal cookies
Madeleines with orange zest
New England squares
Vanilla-cardamom cookies
Vegan chocolate chip cookies
Vegan chocolate peanut butter cookies
Whole wheat shortbread sandwich cookies
Whole wheat trail mix cookies

Pies, Tarts, and Cakes

Almost flourless chocolate cake
Blueberry yogurt coffee cake
Brown sugar apple crisp with rum-soaked currantsButtermilk anything cake
Cheesecake with sour cream topping (and optional homemade whole wheat graham cracker crust)
Citrus galette with blood oranges, kumquats, and mint
Fruit galette
Gingerbread cake with caramelized pear topping
Peach upside-down cornmeal skillet cake
Persian birthday cake – saffron-cardamom yellow cake with rosewater buttercream
Simple apple cake
Sour cream chocolate bundt cake with fudge glaze
Strawberry cake
Strawberry pie
Summer peach and strawberry galette
Thai iced tea cupcakes with condensed milk buttercream
Vegan avocado chocolate cake with fluffy vanilla “buttercream” frosting

Frozen Desserts

Bourbon ice cream
Mocha sherbet
Orange-cardamom ice cream
Vietnamese coffee ice cream

Other Desserts

Blood orange curd
Cajeta (Mexican goat’s milk caramel)
Caramelized pears with rum and brown sugar
Chocolate pudding
Coffee caramel sauce
Mixed berry curd with vanilla
Pavlova
Tiramisu

Beverages

Apple-ginger bourbon cocktail
Basil gimlet
Blackberry fizz
Blood orange rosemary fizz
Cherry bourbon fizz
Cranberry liqueur
Cuba libre or Nica libre (rum and coke)
Cucumber rose gimlet
French 75
Front porch lemonade (with bourbon, ginger, and mint)
Frühling’s 19 (with gin, Aperol, and lemon)
Gimlet
Grapefruit margarita spritz
Honey Meyer lemon whiskey sour
Kir
Kumquat-mint daquiri
Leslie’s Americano
Manhattan
Margarita
Martini, Close-style
Mexican sangria
Negroni
Old fashioned
Olive oil cocktails – The Oliveto (with gin, lemon, olive oil, egg white)
Rose gin rickey
Salty dog (or greyhound)
Sparkling wine with bitter orange
Strawberry basil margarita
Vodka tonic
Whiskey sour
White Russian/Cuban

Baker’s Snacks

A bit of bread and chocolate
Hard-boiled egg with garlic-chili sauce