A Hungry Bear

soupe au pistou

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

My mom used to make homemade vegetable soup as a way of cooking as many of our garden vegetables as possible (she was so resourceful - canning and freezing the vegetables in the summer, so we’d have them for soup during the winter!). I can imagine moms in France cooking this soup for their [...]

braised collards and kale

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

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We’re getting a ton of collards and kale from our farm share every week, and I keep preparing them this way. I hope I don’t get sick of it, since it’s the only way I really know how to make greens. The little bit of bacon grease gives so much flavor to this [...]

kale with white beans and bacon

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

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There are a lot of reasons to love bacon. The flavor, the crispiness, the saltiness - all of these contribute to bacon’s ability to be eaten on almost any occasion. So it’s not like I even need another reason to love it, but I’ve found one: with just a couple of slices, you [...]

broccoli rabe and ricotta pasta

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

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Part of our produce delivery from our CSA last week was broccoli rabe. Since you don’t have a choice in what produce is delivered (whatever is in season and ripe - that’s what you get!), I had to get over my long-time avoidance of this bitter vegetable. The only time I had made [...]

butternut squash and radicchio pappardelle

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

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Winter squash is going to be done soon at the farmer’s market, so I want to enjoy while it’s still available (especially when it’s still $1/lb!). I’ve made butternut squash with risotto, and a couple different ways with pasta (Jamie Oliver’s rotolo and ravioli). It almost always is paired with sage - granted, [...]

spinach simmered in yogurt

Thursday, March 5, 2009

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I made this spinach alongside my Indian-inspired yogurt marinated steak kebabs. It reminded me of one of my favorite dishes that I ate several times when I was actually visiting Mumbai, possibly called saag paneer (but I could be completely wrong about the name). It’s also a creamy yellow spinach dish, but with [...]

spaghetti with collards and bacon

Saturday, February 28, 2009

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I hate to start a post with an apology, especially when one is so deserved, but I’m sorry. If only you knew the exciting project I’ve been working on for you though, to make AHB much easier to use, with much better pictures - well, you will know soon enough I hope. And [...]

leftovers for breakfast: turkey bacon and kale scramble

Friday, December 19, 2008

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The kale with roasted onion rings was made for this purpose: to try and recreate The Flying Biscuit’s bacon-collard scramble. It might not look that appealing (no offense to The Flying Biscuit, but neither does their version - greens scrambled in eggs have a beauty in the eye of the beholder), but it was [...]

garlicky kale with roasted onion rings

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

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There’s a popular breakfast spot in Atlanta called the Flying Biscuit, and one of their signature plates is a turkey bacon and collard green scramble. For whatever reason, I started craving this the other day. But who’s going to get up and start cooking greens at 6am? I needed leftovers for this… [...]

swiss chard with goat cheese walnuts & cranberries

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

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I’ve been serving swiss chard with slivered garlic, fresh lemon juice and a drizzle of olive oil for a while, and wanted to mix it up. Turns out you can use a popular salad combination of goat cheese, walnuts and dried cranberries - who knew?