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Alaska Sablefish Poached in Brown Butter with Baby Potatoes & Kale

March 30, 2020 By Becky 2 Comments

This post is sponsored by Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute. I’m thrilled to be partnering with ASMI to share a series of delicious recipes highlighting sustainable, wild-caught seafood from Alaska.

Alaska Sablefish Poached in Brown Butter with Baby Potatoes & Kale

Try this Alaska sablefish poached in brown butter with baby potatoes and kale for your next date night in or Fish Friday. It’s easy, delicious, and packed with Omega 3s.

Have you ever tried Alaska sablefish? Otherwise known as black cod, it’s a mild but rich whitefish that has even more Omega 3s than salmon. Sablefish holds together well, so it’s ideal for a variety of cooking methods, from grilling to frying to poaching.

Gluten-free Financiers with Figs

October 5, 2019 By Becky Leave a Comment

These gluten free financiers have a flavorful, tender crumb thanks to brown butter and almond flour, and are studded with fresh figs.

After weeks of sweltering weather with highs in the upper nineties, we’re finally having a “fallish” day here in Chattanooga with highs only reaching the upper eighties. I bake no matter the weather, but feeling a tiny chill in the mornings really makes me eager to turn on the oven. If you’re doing some fall baking this weekend, I highly recommend these gluten-free financiers with figs.

Financiers are a French treat made with brown butter, almond flour, and egg whites. There’s usually a bit of all-purpose flour in there, too, but here I’ve used cassava flour* (*affiliate link–I earn from qualifying purchases. All affiliate links in this post are marked with a *) to keep them gluten free and grain free.

Easy Grain-free Skillet Cookie

September 8, 2018 By Becky 13 Comments

Easy Grain-free Skillet Cookie

This gooey grain-free skillet cookie is super easy to mix up right in the pan–no bowl required! What are you waiting for?

Something about September makes me crave chocolate chip cookies. It still feels a bit early for apples and pumpkins, but something warm and sweet and chocolatey sounds about right. If you feel the same way, this easy grain-free skillet cookie will be just the ticket.

The best thing about this skillet cookie, other than how wonderful it tastes (especially with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top), is how simple it is to make. You don’t even need a bowl–we’re doing everything right in the skillet, with one spatula or mixing implement of your choice.

Brown Butter Turmeric Chocolate Chip Cookies

August 17, 2018 By Becky 4 Comments

Get your turmeric fix in cookie form with these vibrant, grain-free brown butter turmeric chocolate chip cookies!

I’m super excited to share these unique cookies with you today! They’re inspired by the beautiful golden hue of the tea towel in the pictures, which was naturally dyed with turmeric by my friend Maggie Pate. Her first book, The Natural Colors Cookbook, just came out this summer and is packed with easy recipes for using food and food waste to dye all kinds of fabrics and fibers the prettiest shades of pink, purple, yellow, orange, blue, and green.

Brown Butter Cacao Nib Skillet Cake

July 27, 2015 By Becky 38 Comments

This quick brown butter cacao nib skillet cake is gluten free,

grain free, and so satisfying.

It cooled down just enough in Boston this weekend for me to feel good about cranking up the oven and baking a cake. And boy, was I glad I did! This grain-free skillet cake is so easy to whip up, looks and smells like a giant cookie, but boasts a unique and sophisticated flavor thanks to the browned butter and cacao nibs. I highly recommend making it today–it’s perfect for dessert or simply as a snack cake!

This recipe is adapted from Selma’s Table, my assigned blog for this month’s Secret Recipe Club reveal day. I had a hard time choosing a recipe because Selma has so many tantalizing options. I almost bought anchovies for the first time because this walnut, herb, and anchovy sauce sounded so delicious (I wanted to pair it with some zoodles!). This Italian version of shepherd’s pie looks fabulous, too. Also, what sounds better than black summer truffle pesto roast chicken?

Maple Brown Butter Muffins (Paleo, Gluten-free)

October 6, 2013 By Becky 1 Comment

I’ve been having a lot of brownies for breakfast lately. First salted caramel brownies, and then some pumpkin cheesecake brownies that I’m still working on. I’m even willing to admit that one day, I had a salted caramel brownie sundae for breakfast. I’m not sorry–it was a fabulous day!

But, after a while, I started wanting something a little more appropriate in the morning. Something more like muffins. Because, even though we all know that muffins are really just naked cupcakes, they are totally a legit breakfast food.

I like these muffins because they are simple, easy, and delicious. There’s not even any streusel topping to worry about. The most complicated part is browning the butter, which adds a great richness to the muffins. However, you can use regular butter or coconut oil and still end up with scrumptious results. The best part is that these muffins are gluten-free, paleo, nut-free, and lactose-free if you use ghee, so hopefully most of your friends and family can eat them! Enjoy!