I had two social occasions last week so took Hummus with CSA veggies to one (greens, radishes, kohlrabi, zucchini and red bell peppers) and pasta salad to the other. This Hummus recipe, btw, is excellent. Be sure to check it out on
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I’ve never done much with kohlrabi before, so it took some experimenting, but I had a couple of good things this week. First, here’s how I made my Stuffed Kohlrabi: Remove the stems from 3-4 kohlrabi and fully peel away the tough
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I found this recipe for Persian Eggplant Stew (Khoresh Bademjan) on Pinterest, from inmybowl.com. I made a couple of changes since I didn’t have some ingredients, and what came out was wonderful! Serve with brown Basmati rice for a delicious and aromatic
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Got off track for awhile…other tasks. Here is tonight’s dinner, a recipe found on Pinterest from Straight Up Food. I made a couple of tweaks and think it might be nice with a couple more next time, especially substituting a little red wine
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Well, talk about easy. This is just my basic quinoa of 1 cup quinoa to 2 cups water and 1 tsp. salt, maybe a little extra virgin olive oil for some richness…and a few veggies. Probably about 2 carrots, petite diced, 2
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So these meals are nothing special, just playing around with my new Dutch Oven. I like the feeling that if I’m going to add heavy metals to my diet, it’s iron that I’m getting. Always was low on that. This simple dinner
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“Thanksgiving dinner’s sad and thankless. Christmas dinner’s dark and blue. When you stop and try to see it From the turkey’s point of view.” – Shel Silverstein If you are vegetarian and the rest of your family and friends are not, you
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Well, it’s about to be frightful, anyway. Coming into the end of summer here. 🙂 This post was written two or three years ago when it really WAS winter, sometime in the vicinity of Groundhog Day in Woodstock, Illinois, backdrop of the
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Finally! A new permanent addition to my vegan repertoire. I’m not big on substitutes, so I’ve had a hard time working my way into a vegan diet. I like eggs and cheese, and despite the claims that people can’t tell the difference
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These are the kinds of “fast-foods” I like. Ooooh, good! Black Bean Pasta from Costo topped with a fresh tomato sauce I made and these delightful small summer squashes (zucchini and patty pan), also from Costco. Here’s what I did: I put
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