carrots – Rebecca Sherrow

This silky, vibrant carrot sauce offers an elegant, refreshing twist on your traditional tomato marinara. Tossed with a whimsical pasta shape (I use farfalle, which mean butterflies in Italian), it becomes an exquisite—and incredibly simple—springtime dish. I made this on repeat when my children were toddlers — it’s an effortless way to weave nourishing, hidden vegetables into mealtime without a fuss. The method is beautifully straightforward: gently sauté garden-fresh carrots and fragrant garlic in butter, then let them simmer in savory chicken broth and a dollop of tomato paste. Once the carrots are perfectly tender, purée them into a smooth, velvety dream sauce. I love folding in sweet Italian sausage for added depth, but it is equally spectacular kept vegetarian.

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I do think there’s something so comfortingly nostalgic in a simple sheet cake. Like the cakes our mothers use to make before Instagram, when it didn’t really matter how pretty or trendy or photogenic or impeccably styled the food was. There was no such thing as an ombré, eight-layer, tiered, naked cake because, in those days, a cake was as much a frosting delivery device as it was a celebratory exclamation point. Don’t get me wrong, I love the creative cake movement. But in the days of sheet cakes, what was really important was that there was an occasion worth celebrating, and what better way than with a thick slab of heavily frosted cake. Continue reading “Carrot and Pineapple Sheet Cake” →