Vegetarian

  Brunch at Jeannine’s in Montecito was perfect. We ate outside on the patio and experienced their famous banana Kahlúa challah French toast! It was so delicious, so we had to find …

All of the Crawford Family wines are seriously delicious and food friendly. This grilled nectarine salad a perfect pairing for their Tin Shack Chardonnay. If you don’t have a grill, …

  On our second day in Santa Barbara, we grabbed brunch and then headed up to wine country. We were amazed by how beautiful the Santa Ynez Valley and Santa …

Summer means cookouts and picnics, and whenever we’re invited to one it always seems like we’re asked to bring a side dish. It seems like we always end up waiting …

We love fresh seasonal fruit tarts. You can easily purchase them at the store, but we prefer to make them at home. It makes them even more delicious when you …

  When we host a brunch or have overnight guests, these lemon poppyseed scones are always on the menu. They are easy to make and everyone loves them. We first …

Craving Mexican? Try posole. It’s a Mexican soup (more like a chili) based on beans and hominy. It’s one of our favorite things to make on a cold or cloudy …

We recently discovered our love for lentils after Clayton’s mom sent us a beautiful bag of tri-color lentils. We made it into a classic French-style lentil salad with a red …

One of our favorite go-to side dishes is cast iron skillet potatoes. There are a lot of variations on this simple recipe you can make. For example, you can add herbs or cheese …

  It seems like a lot of people stress too much about what to eat during the week and a lot of the literature out there makes weeknight dinners way …

A few summers ago on the Amalfi coast we had the most amazing potato croquettes at Il Pirata in Praiano. We could have eaten nothing but potato croquettes for dinner. Il …

Fennel is a newer vegetable in our repertoire of ingredients. We’ve always put it in our cioppino, but we’ve been experimenting with other ways to use it recently. A few …