Cook With Us
Good food starts with good ingredients — and the courage to step into the kitchen with an open heart. Cook With Us is where we share seasonal recipes, kitchen stories, and the techniques that help us create meaningful meals at home.
Whether you’re cooking for a crowd or making something simple on a weeknight, we hope these posts and videos inspire you to slow down, cook with intention, and fall in love with the seasons.
Resources for Learning Seasonal Cooking Techniques
These posts and videos help home cooks understand ingredients, build skills, and learn how to cook seasonally.
Seasonal Recipes & Kitchen Stories
Winter Squash Quiche with Caramelized Onions, Bacon & Goat Cheese
Roasted winter squash brings sweetness and a creamy texture, while bacon adds smoke and caramelized onions bring another layer of savory sweetness. Goat cheese cuts through all of that richness with just enough acidity and tang.
Dried thyme, nutmeg, white pepper, and Silk Chili give the custard warmth without making it taste overtly spiced. The nutmeg is particularly good with both the squash and the dairy, while the chile adds another dimension behind the bacon and caramelized onions.
And then there's the crust. You can absolutely make this with my Classic Butter Pie Crust, but for this version I replace some of the all-purpose flour with buckwheat flour and use buttermilk in place of the vinegar water. The buckwheat gives the pastry an earthy, nutty flavor that feels made for winter squash.
As with all of my quiches, the crust needs to be fully blind baked before you add the filling. That extra step is what gives you crisp, flaky pastry underneath a creamy custard rather than a soggy bottom crust.
Cook With Us — Live & In the Kitchen
We host relaxed, seasonal cook-alongs on YouTube so you can cook right beside us — asking questions, learning techniques, and having some fun in the kitchen along the way.
We’ve taken a little break on creating new videos but feel free to explore past episodes below anytime the cooking mood strikes. We link our shopping lists in the show notes so you can shop for the video in advance.
