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Any Greens Pesto

January 6, 2021 By msmart Leave a Comment

This "any greens" pesto can be prepped ahead and frozen in ice cube trays or glass containers.

Any Greens Pesto Yes, you can make fresh pesto in January! Maybe not the super traditional Genovese version, but you can make a bright and fresh “any greens” pesto that will be delicious with pasta, as a sauce for fish or chicken or tossed with roasted veggies. We just came back from a couple weeks…

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Quick Lamb Ragu

October 26, 2020 By msmart 2 Comments

Looking for an easy dinner recipe? Try the Quick Lamb Ragu Recipe from Smart In The Kitchen.

Quick Lamb Ragu Some of you may remember when I made this super quick lamb ragu on Instagram stories a while back. Time flies when you’re having fun. It’s fast, simple and completely delicious. And before you keep scrolling since this is lamb, please oh please give it a try! Sure you can substitute ground…

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Chimichurri

September 17, 2018 By msmart 2 Comments

Chimichurri Sauce

Oh, the magic of green sauces. Pesto, chermoula, tomatillo salsa and chimichurri make everything they touch taste better. Throw some basic steaks on the grill with just Maldon sea salt and fresh ground pepper and top them with a drizzle of this stuff. Dinner will go from good to great in a matter of seconds….

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Sriracha Mayo

July 30, 2018 By msmart Leave a Comment

Sriracha Mayo

Need a delicious condiment that will take your burger night from ho-hum to hurray? Sriracha mayo is my go-to for burgers or an out-of-this-world BLT. You can also use it as a dip for roasted potato wedges or shishito peppers. Spicy, with a touch of soy and lime, it takes all of five minutes to…

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Chermoula

March 29, 2018 By msmart Leave a Comment

Easy weeknight dinner

  I first learned how to make this tasty green sauce as a catering assistant for Thomas Fogarty Winery when I was fresh out of cooking school. It’s the perfect condiment for fish, chicken or roasted vegetables. I also love it mixed into couscous, cooked white beans or vegetable soup.

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Whole30 Romesco

March 20, 2018 By msmart 3 Comments

4th of July menu

Romesco to the rescue. I’m a sucker for a snack platter: Colorful crudité, cheese, fruit, you name it. It’s a choose-your-own-adventure way of eating. Just put out all the options and let everyone dig in. Case in point, this Whole30 red pepper romesco with colorful veggies ready for dipping. Beautiful enough to set out for…

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Arugula, Basil and Avocado Pesto

May 17, 2017 By msmart 4 Comments

Pesto

Pesto, Reinvented We’ve evolved a bit this year. Now that our dinners are centered around a gluten-free and dairy-free main dish, we’ve started changing up some of our favorite recipes so they’ll work for our family. This arugula, basil and avocado pesto is one of the happy outcomes of months of recipe testing and tweaking. Arugula was added to…

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La Taqueria Green Sauce

May 8, 2017 By msmart 13 Comments

This is stuff dreams are made of. Or at least really good food memories. Mouth-watering day dreams of dorado carnitas with spicy green sauce oozing from tabletop squeeze bottles. The parking is impossible, the line is long and the plancha is sizzling at this ubiquitous Mexican joint.  La Taqueria, in San Francisco’s Mission neighborhood, has some of the…

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Kale Guacamole

May 1, 2017 By msmart 3 Comments

Just in time for your Cinco de Mayo fiesta, kale guacamole that will satisfy a crowd. We’ve been eating this non-stop over here: As an after school snack, on toast and of course tacos. It’s fresh, tasty and quick to put together. When we recently found ourselves with a bowl of ripe avocados and leftover…

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Tomatillo Salsa

January 20, 2017 By msmart Leave a Comment

This one’s for the weekend. It’s fast enough to whip up on a Tuesday, but screams for salty tortilla chips and a cold beer on Friday night. Tomatillo salsa is one of those staples we tend to have stocked in the fridge around here, and it gets spooned onto scrambled eggs, quesadillas or tacos just about every day. Roasting the tomatillos helps…

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Marcia Smart is a cooking instructor, recipe developer and food writer who wants to help you make good, simple meals for your family and friends. She craves food that's seasonal and delicious and wants to share it with you. A California girl living in a Houston world with her husband and three children.

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