Mexican Rice

I’ve been delinquent in talking about the Mexican feast Haley and I made for friends who were in town for a wedding.  We had a taco party with carnitas and chicken, and rice and black beans, plus lots of toppings.  And it was delicious.  I’m going to share the black bean and rice recipes with [...]

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Roasted Butternut Squash and Apple Salad

Fall is here in full force- there isn’t a chill in the air, it’s more like a blast of cold air today.  I made this salad last week when it was much
warmer than today, but there was still a slight chill, which was enough to get me in the mood for Fall produce.  It’s a [...]

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Warm Lentil Salad with Goat Cheese and Smoked Paprika

This is one of those drop everything and go make this now recipes.  It was that good.  In fact, so good I bumped it up
in my queue of posts.
I made this recipe two nights ago thinking it would pretty tasty because I love lentils and smoked paprika, and I was lured in by the picture [...]

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Chana Masala with Mushrooms

When I saw this Chana Masala with Mushrooms from Herbavoracious, the mushrooms started calling out to me and I imagined it
would have a really rich, spiced taste with meaty mushrooms.  Luckily, my guess was right on and this dish makes the short list of Indian recipes you can make at home that taste like what [...]

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Veggie and Bean Chili

Every year I seem to want to reinvent my veggie chili recipe, and I don’t really know why.  I think it’s mostly because I like the
recipes at Twain’s and the Vortex so much, and realize that the only way I’m going to get close to what they make is to start from scratch with dry [...]

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Spicy Lemongrass Tofu

I’ve been very faithful to my favorite way to prepare tofu, which is the Grit restaurant way of crisping cubes in a pan, sprinkling on
soy sauce, giving them another crisping, then dusting them with nutritional yeast.  I found another recipe that gives tofu so much flavor it really surprised me.  This recipe, from Pleasures of [...]

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Simplest Cole Slaw

Sarah went to Maine and Nova Scotia and all you got was this cole slaw recipe.  It’s true.  I ate four lobster rolls last week and didn’t do
any cooking, so I don’t have much new to share with you today.  Some of the lobster rolls I ate came with cole slaw and that inspired me [...]

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Roasted Carrot, Avocado and Cumin Salad

Here’s another ingenious salad from Jamie Oliver.  I love his salads because they often have an unusual combination of flavors which
always turn out to be more exciting and delicious than you’d expect.  I won’t lie- this one takes a bit of time, but nothing crazy.   If you make it, serve it with something simple like [...]

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Baked Penne with Zucchini, Corn and Basil

Now, you know I don’t usually like baked pastas, and this isn’t so South Beach, but something about the fresh zucchini, corn, tomatoes
and basil caught my eye…plus it used some of  little ingredients I had to use up.  I saw this recipe when I was flipping through a Williams-Sonoma catalog and it caught my eye [...]

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Summer Farro Salad

I have a small pack of farro I’ve been hoarding.  Farro is an ancient Italian grain related to wheat that’s a super chewy and delicious
whole grain.  I love it.  I decided to use some to make a summer salad with barely cooked vegetables, and thought it would go well with the chicken.  You can use [...]

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