Peanut Butter Fudge

This fudge is supremely delicious, and results in anyone who tastes it begging for more. It’s super velvety and luscious. It needs to be chilled thoroughly, as it uses little powdered sugar. If you want a more crumbly fudge, increase the sugar to 2-2.5 cups – though I prefer the velvet texture. Ingredients: 3/4 C [...]

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Whole Wheat Pasta with Veg

This is an extremely quick meal that is sure to impress!  You can use a can of cannellini beans, and then the preparation basically involves chopping some garlic, spinach and tomatoes, and boiling water.  But you still get the satisfaction of a home cooked meal and fresh veggies.  Plus it tastes great! Ingredients: 1 package [...]

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Revival: Green Enchiladas

It’s time for a revival of my all time favorite recipe:  green enchiladas.  This was one of the first posts here at the Primate, so many of you probably haven’t seen it, and that is a damn shame!  The recipe is for layers of tomatillo, spinach and black bean enchiladas, but you could also roll [...]

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Jalapeño Cornbread Muffins

I wouldn’t normally make cornbread (regular or muffins) in the summer, since I mostly associate cornbread with chili..and chili is a winter dish. However, at the Farmers Market last week I stumbled onto gold! Or more accurately…a boat load of jalapeños! I was at the stand where I normally get my tomatoes and onions, and [...]

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Orange Pekoe Sun Tea

Another sun tea to get you through the hot summer days! I’m a huge fan of black tea (Irish Breakfast is my personal fav that I drink every morning), and so naturally I’d like to have it any time of the day. However, when it’s 100°F outside, the thought of hot tea isn’t that appealing [...]

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Green Chile Potatoes

These potatoes are VERY spicy, because New Mexican Green Chili is VERY spicy. If you’re not a New Mexican, or have never been there, green chili sauce is pervasive. The official state question (no, really) is “red or green?” They make red chili sauce too, but the green is clearly superior. Anyway, my favorite source [...]

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French Martini Frozen Yogurt

What does one do with the last peaches of the season, that are good but not as good as the earlier ones? Since they aren’t as addicting as the previous ones, turn them into something else…frozen yogurt, perhaps?! Here’s a non-alcoholic frozen yogurt version of the French Martini I posted a while back. Of course, [...]

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Tart Apple Turnovers

I’ve never been a huge fan of cooked apples.  Apple pie, apple sauce, apple crumble… I could take it or leave it.  But then my CSA delivered to me some Lodi apples.  I tried to eat one and it was so tart, I just couldn’t do it.  So the time has come for me to [...]

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Cabbage and Green Pea Curry

I had never cooked cabbage myself before, so when my CSA handed me one last week, I was stumped.  When it’s raw, cabbage tastes a lot like cauliflower, so I figured I couldn’t go wrong with a simple curry.  Especially if you’re new to cabbage cooking like me, this was a great first experience.  One [...]

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Redux: Pineapple-Cherry Pick-Me-Up

This has been a hectic week for me, hence the lack of posts…so for today, I’ll direct you to the post from one year ago to the day – here’s to July 17, 2008. And surprisingly, the benefits of this juice from a year ago still apply…just don’t drink one you juiced one year ago [...]

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