Mallory's Kitchen

Avocado Coconut Milkshake

I’m going to Thailand in less than a week and words can’t describe how excited I am. I can’t wait to shop at all of the food markets and eat lots of crazy and delicious things. I’ll be posting pictures on here so stay tuned. My sister has been living there for a few months now and she tells me there are tons of delicious coconuts everywhere so in spirit of my trip I’ve been making lots of Thai red curries with coconut milk and today I figured I’d make an avocado milkshake. Although I’ve seen a few recipes here and there that are loaded with sugar and milk, I made this with no added milk or sugar, just pure avocado, coconut milk, coconut water, coconut meat and ice. And man was it delicious.

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Fish Tacos!

Summer is just around the corner y’all! On sunny warm days all I want to do is sit outside and eat tacos and burritos and drink Mexican beer and margaritas. Yes! Lately I’ve been thinking a lot and reminiscing over Rockaway Taco and all of the beautiful days spent at the beach last summer. I hear it’s endured some major damage during hurricane Sandy but I’m hoping it will make some sort of return this summer. Either way, it’s never the wrong time of year to make your own fish tacos. These are a bit different from Rockaway Taco’s fish tacos in that the fish is seared in Panko rather than deep fried in batter, but they are inspired by the fish tacos there, complete with red cabbage slaw, guac, radishes and cilantro.

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Spring Salad with Fiddleheads, Ramps, English Peas & Purple Artichokes

During this spring bounty, I picked up some ramps, fiddleheads, English Peas and some of the other great produce items that you can find within the short window of springtime. This salad combines different textures and flavors in a tasty ramp and garlic lemon aioli.

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Rhubarb Margarita

Happy Cinco de Mayo. Now please make yourself a margarita. Delicious, springy, refreshing and just the right amount of tart. And please, please, whatever you do, don’t ruin this drink (or any drink) by using Jose Cuervo Gold. It is garbage, pure and simple. If you can find Espolon near you, I highly recommend this inexpensive and quality tequila for all of your cocktail making needs. And the label is pretty cool too.

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Rhubarb Syrup

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Eggs Florentine

You know when you’ve had something so delicious one time that every time you order it from a place it never holds up to that one time and you’re always disappointed so you just stop ordering it altogether? That’s how I felt about Eggs Florentine.

Jordan made it for us one morning in Minneapolis before we had to leave for the airport and it was perfect- perfectly toasted English muffin at once crispy and chewy, velvety spinach, perfectly poached eggs with thick and runny yolks, and the best part of all: lemony delicious Hollandaise sauce. After one too may disappointing brunches I had to figure out a way to make it myself.

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Apricot Black Tea & Lemon Cake

This dense, moist pound cake, made with infused apricot black tea and lemon, is a sweet treat that gets better the next day, and is perfect for slicing up and serving with tea or just for dessert.

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Aperol Spritz

This drink reminds me of summer. We’ve had our first few days of perfect spring, and it’s just a taste of the warm summer days spent outdoors in a back garden of a restaurant or bar in the neighborhood. On those days the Aperol Spritz is a go-to. Aperol has similarities to Campari but I prefer its versatility in cocktails and unlike Campari it’s not as sickly sweet, but rather more grapefruity.

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Spring Pea Pasta Shells

I have been fixated on making this for over a week, and naturally when I left work at 9pm on Friday and went to find fresh English peas, all four of the grocery stores in Manhattan I went to did not have them or were freshly sold out. The following day I went to the farmer’s market (wishful thinking) and three more grocery stores in Brooklyn before getting my hands on some. Luckily enough, the pasta came together well and the only other things I might have added are morel mushrooms or bacon.

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