Leave the marshmallows at home kids, this sweet potato dish is better without them. Now I too grew up eating sweet potatoes with marshmallows at Thanksgiving so I hold no grudge against the little white fluffy puffs. But this recipe, the brandied raisins, and maple syrup give it all the sweetness and delectability (is that [...]
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Sweet Potatoes with Maple Syrup and Brandied Raisins
Posted in Vegetarian, holiday, side dishes, tagged brandy, maple syrup, raisins, sweet potatoes on December 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Thanksgiving Check List
Posted in Vegetarian, baked goods, cooking tips, desserts, holiday, recipes, side dishes, tagged thanksgiving on November 20, 2009 | 4 Comments »
If you haven’t started thinking about what you’re doing to make for Thanksgiving…now would be a good time to start (wink, nudge: there’s less than a week to go!). You have the weekend to plan your meal, create a grocery list and spring into action. I haven’t gone as far as practicing serving the [...]
Roasted Tomato Soup
Posted in Vegetarian, soul food, soup, tagged roasted tomato soup on November 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Baby, it’s cold outside…” but it’s the perfect temperature for a tomato soup and grilled cheese. I realize that the song is actually about a girl needing to go home so her parents don’t worry and the neighbors don’t raise an eyebrow, and the guy is trying to get her to stay, but I promise [...]
Butternut Squash Bread Pudding
Posted in Vegetarian, dinner, tagged bread pudding, butternut squash on October 17, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Until this week I was unaware that bread pudding could be anything but a warm, amazing dessert that includes some variation of bananas, apples, currants, caramel and white or dark chocolate. But now there’s new territory to explore. As our first exploration into bread pudding possibilities, we found scrumptious results that eliminated any skepticism or [...]
Vegetable Potstickers
Posted in Vegetarian, dinner, side dishes, tagged potstickers, vegetable on September 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Some nights, dinner in our house is a bit of a mish-mosh of eating what we have in the house. Recently, we had grilled hot dogs (with the works — relish, mustard and ketchup) served in homemade challah with these potstickers on the side! Perhaps not the most usual combination of side dish and entree, [...]
Roasted Vegetable Orzo Salad
Posted in Vegetarian, salads, side dishes, tagged orzo, pasta salad, roasted vegetables on August 31, 2009 | 2 Comments »
This past weekend we hosted a salad party. No, it wasn’t lame. And yes we did feel less guilty about eating the desserts. Now that those two questions are out of the way I have to really praise the creativity of what people brought! A Mediterranean chickpea salad, an orzo salad with balsamic vinaigrette and [...]
Lighter Veggie Lasagna
Posted in Vegetarian, dinner, tagged lasagna, lighter veggie on August 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Don’t worry, “lighter” doesn’t mean it’s lame on taste. This lasagna has all the savory ingredients of regular lasagna, except instead of using ricotta cheese you use cottage cheese. It is delicious and will feed you (you=2-3 people) for three nights in a row. As the cookbook writes, it’s “so rich with vegetables, herbs and [...]
Summer Gazpacho
Posted in Vegetarian, soup, tagged gazpacho on August 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In the winter, James and I love to have grilled cheese with fresh tomato soup. Since it’s summer the hot tomato soup didn’t sound refreshing with the heat and humidity outside turning my hair into a frizz ball. The gazpacho worked as an amazing substitute to the usual grilled cheese/tomato soup combo although you can’t [...]
