Fesh Herb and Green Tea Pesto

Inspired by the beautiful late-summer produce at the farmers market last weekend and a gorgeous Japanese green tea sample I recently received from Tea Horse, a super simple and gorgeously green pesto seemed like the perfect weeknight project. Tea Horse is a tea company based in the U.K. whose business model is subscription driven—when you…

Parsley, Pea and Green Tea Risotto

This is an adapted version of one of my favorite dishes from what I call my recipe Bible—Deborah Madison’s Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone. This may have been one of the first serious cookbooks I ever owned. Given to me years ago by my great friend and foodie companion, Allison, it’s been my go-to cookbook for…

Japanese Tea Rice

I love simple, broth-y noodle or rice bowls that can be flavored to your own liking by adding various toppings and condiments. This dish fits the bill. And it happens to be one of the first cooking with tea dishes I ever tried making. This version is a bit more spiced up than a traditional…

Cherry Sencha Chicken Salad

This dish is inspired by both the gorgeous Colorado cherries currently at the farmer’s market and the fresh tarragon I scored at my first food swap event. The food swap was fantastic. Mile High Swappers organizes monthly food swap events, where people come to talk food and swap their homemade goodies for others’ homemade goodies….

Green Tea Salt 3 Ways

This will likely be the easiest recipe I post. A simple green tea salt you can both make and use three ways . . . or more. I’ve been playing around with different salt and tea combinations, inspired originally by the flavored salts Jamie Oliver writes about in Jamie’s Kitchen. What have I learned? When…