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Blackcurrant Jittery Jam Squares – Summery Delight

July 10, 2020 By Jittery Cook 9 Comments

Blackcurrant Jittery Jam Squares, cut and plated with oven in background

It’s berry picking season! You can enjoy your berries au natural or treat yourself, and loved ones, to freshly baked berry goodness. Blackcurrant Jittery Jam Squares are made with Blackcurrant Jam, using blackcurrants we picked ourselves at Paradis des Fruits. What a great pick! We headed home with a trunk full of tasty fruit for…

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Roasted Butternut Squash Pasta – Just 4 Ingredients

May 1, 2020 By Jittery Cook 15 Comments

Roasted Butternut Squash Pasta served on black plate with napkin and cutlery.

I haven’t broken up with you, dear readers. My Jittery constitution just needed an icebreaker to make me feel comfortable getting back on-line. Here’s the icebreaker… I’m grateful to friends who started retro recipe exchange chain letters. These days a web of connections with heartfelt sharing feels apropos. I complied with the first 3 requests,…

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Minestrone Meets Bubbie’s Cabbage Soup

February 21, 2020 By Jittery Cook Leave a Comment

Minestrone Meets Bubbie's Cabbage Soup in a serving bowl with napkins, spoons and a serving spoon

My sister, Julia Richardson, is the brains behind this Minestrone Meets Bubbie’s Cabbage Soup. Our Bubbie Freda’s cabbage soup was melt in your mouth delicious. Truthfully, I could write sonnets about everything Bubbie Freda fed us — from bite-sized knishes with flaky exteriors and whipped potato, caramelized onion centers to sheet pan roasted chicken cooked with…

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Arugula Roasted Pumpkin Seed Pesto – A Versatile Condiment

February 2, 2020 By Jittery Cook Leave a Comment

Arugula Roasted Pumpkin Seed Pesto on ravioli

When it comes to pesto, my mom was an early adopter — it became popular outside of Italy in the eighties and nineties. We craved her spaghetti with pesto, She kept large pots of sweet-smelling basil on the balcony and whipped up Genovese style pesto, adding garlic, olive oil, pine nuts and plenty of Parmesan….

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Mushroom Marinara Orangetti Squash

January 17, 2020 By Jittery Cook Leave a Comment

Mushroom Marinara Orangetti Squash in a white shallow bowl.

Do you believe in magic? There’s something magical about spaghetti squash. It appears to be solid, but  cook it and coax it out of its shell with a fork — and voilà, you’ve got spaghetti strands. Take that, pasta! Orangetti squash is even more magical. Developed in Israel in 1986, it’s smaller and thus more…

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Ginger Lime Squash Soup – Cilantro Pumpkin Seed Garnish

January 10, 2020 By Jittery Cook Leave a Comment

Instant Pot Ginger Lime Squash Soup in a white bowl, garnished with cilantro and pumpkin seeds, a bowl of salad on the side.

Even before the ball dropped on 2020, I’d been hankering to try a plant-based diet — a combo of wanting to contribute to climate action and to eat simple, healthy foods.  So far, so good — a frenzy of vegetables, legumes, grains, nuts, seeds and fruits, all enjoyable and satisfying.  Ginger Lime Squash Soup with…

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