Month: May 2009

  • Healthy ‘Cause It’s Vegetables: Carrot Cake Ice Cream

    Actually, that’s a lie.  A wonderful, wonderful lie.  Well, partly.  It *is* vegetables:  carrots and currants are vegetables, right?  Healthy?  Not a chance.  At a whopping 485 calories and 30g of fat per 1/2 cup serving, this insanely awesome frozen treat isn’t likely to fit into any sensible eating plan.  But who cares — Lisa […]

  • Grilled Shrimp over Sliced Mango Salad

    Grilled jumbo shrimp sits atop a slightly-spicy, slightly-sweet thin-sliced mango salad. in this “perfectly-utilizes-the-CSA-box” recipe that I stumbled across while browsing epicurious. The only thing we had to buy was the shrimp — everything else came from our veggie box or the planters outside! It was perfect served with the cilantro coconut rice. [donotprint] Chris […]

  • Toasted Coconut Cilantro Rice

    This rice was fantastic! We heart cilantro — added to the combination of the toasted coconut and the hint of spice from the jalapeño, this rice has a great burst of flavor. It was the perfect accompaniment to a shrimp and mango salad. I scaled down this recipe from the one posted at epicurious. [donotprint] […]