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No Cook Tomato Pasta Sauce

Super fresh summer tomatoes in a no-cook sauce for pasta.

The Shrimp Incident (Kung Pao Shrimp)

A recipe inspired by the Curb Your Enthusiasm episode The Shrimp Incident.

Black Treacle Glazed Salmon

A salmon dish inspired by the Arctic Monkey song Black Treacle.

Mac and Cheese Stuffed Chile Relleno

Fried poblano pepper filled with a spicy and creamy mac and cheese.

Mac and Cheese Stuffed Sausages

These homemade sausages are stuffed with mac and cheese!

Beastie Week: Red Curry Falafel with Basil-Carrot Raita

A homemade falafel with red curry ingredients mixed right in, fried and served on a pita with basil and carrot raita

Hello friends and lovers! Have you guys seen the show Food Party on IFC? It’s pretty much the best show of all time. Think Pee Wee’s Playhouse, meets Aqua Teen Hunger Force, meets Food Network. Really. Anyway, Thu Tran generally cooks gross, inedible things on the show, but on one of my favorite episodes, she off-hand mentions using strawberries in place of tomatoes for their acidity and sweetness. This sort of stuck in my head and now that strawberry season is imminent, I finally got around to making a marinara sauce replacing the tomatoes with strawberries. The flavor profile is borrowed from the popular strawberry salad that features basil, balsamic, goat cheese, red onions, and walnuts. It was almost shocking how well the flavors came together. It tasted like a simple 10 minute marinara… and strawberries!

Mini Shrimp Tacos

My mind is on New Years apps this week. This one is fun cause it’s mini. Mini things are fun right? These actually came out amazing. I made them by myself (a bunch of my friends are snowed OUT of Boston), and ate them all! 24 mini tacos consumed by me. Crunchy, creamy, salty, bite-sized, these are everything you want in a New Years snack. If you wanted to make a shortcut version of this, you could use those tortilla chips that are shaped like mini cups, but where is the fun in that?