Slow Cooker Tomato, Roasted Garlic & Red Pepper Soup
Unaccustomed as I am to taking on any sort of eating regimen, I made an exception for the Whole30 as a discovery of how my body interacts with different foods.
Tag: Vegetarian
Slow Cooker & Instant Pot Spaghetti Squash
After two failed slow cooker recipes in the same day, a blackberry jam which burned (!) and a cherry almond rice pudding with an unpalatable outcome, I gave up on the sweet stuff. Instead, I turned to a fail-safe favorite 2 minute prep recipe which …read more
Curried Butternut Squash & Roasted Garlic Soup Slow Cooker & Instant Pot
I just stepped out of the kitchen to write this weeks post. It’s raining, and home with just my 8 year old we baked fresh scones for a neighbor in need and a soup for the week. So much of this experience reminds me of …read more
Sichuan Spice Blend Debuts!
Our eldest child, Phil, is a passionate adventurer. He fell in love with Asia in his teens. Two years ago, he ventured back to China to study and live there for eight months. To visit Phil, and also wanting to better understand this part of the …read more
Fennel & Chickpea Soup with Saffron
As my family already knows, I am definitely not a short order cook. I will happily plan make eggs on toast or a quick pasta pesto for dinner, but whatever it is we all sit down to eat the same meal.
Spiced Cranberry Sauce & Cranberry Cosmo Cocktail
Fresh cranberries remain one of the few fruits which only appear seasonally in the grocery aisle. Every November when they first arrive, I snap up a bag and vow to expand my repertoire from the season’s mainstay – cranberry sauce.
Holiday Cranberry & Macadamia Squares with White Chocolate Drizzle
We’re fully embracing the holiday season and between the requisite quarrels over who gets to measure the flour first to how many times they each have licked the spoon, my vision for a perfectly orchestrated holiday cookie baking bonanza last weekend with my girls has now …read more
Vegetable Slow Cooker Tagine for My New Little Vegetarian
My youngest, Connie, has been noodling around with the idea of becoming a vegetarian for some time, however it still came as a bit of a shock when she announced her new regime just moments after finishing the apple pie and cream course of our turkey – with …read more
Eggplant Parmesan
In Claudia Roden’s The Good Food Of Italy: region by region, the eggplant is heralded as “the most important vegetable” in Calabria, the region of Italy known as the toe.
Slow Cooker Poached Italian Eggs
In wrapping up our month of breakfast recipes we turn to comfort food this week. A hot breakfast with eggs evokes a real sense of well being in our house, possibly because it means that we all have time to actually sit and commune.
Summer Dips Made Easy
Inside my fridge lies a myriad of random pots filled with leftovers. The pantry is lined with a legion of sample spices and heirloom beans from suppliers all over the country. My counter is decked with 3 slow cookers and an Instant Pot, and my kitchen is in constant …read more
Vegetarian Bolognese for Two
Preparing meals for two isn’t confined to the lifestyles of empty nesters and single parents. In our many hours of research, we’ve learned that single friends regularly use their crock pot to cook for two – dinner for the evening and a hot lunch the following …read more
