Asparagus & Ricotta Pillows
Asparagus and Ricotta Pillows is a light dish, perfect for early summer. Asparagus is still in season and easy to find in the Pacific Northwest in …
Vegetables
Chili Cook-off? Make A Winner – Sweet Potato Chili
As summer is here and in-person gatherings are becoming popular (and safe) again, people are reaching back into their memory of what “fun” used to look, …
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Wine Shines in this Soup-er Meal With White Beans & Spinach
Any time of year is soup time in our household. Soups are great for lunch or a pre-dinner course, and the hardier soups/stews are dinner staples …
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Cornish Pasty vs. Meat Pie
Winter settled into our area of the world (Pacific Northwest) and while the gray skies swirled my mind drifted to visits to Cornwall and our friends …
Gratin or Au Gratin Potatoes With Ham… No Cheese
Do you know the difference between gratin, au gratin, and scalloped potatoes? I knew it had something to do with cheese being included, or not. In …
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Drunken Onions With French Onion Pasta
Check out this Staub pot! The lid converts to a grill so you can be using both pieces for separate cooking functions. I’m in love with …
Butternut Squash Sauce With Sage Secret
Have you ever tried fried sage? It is the best thing since… well, since ever. I was introduced to fried sage many years ago at a …
In A Flash! It’s Cannellini Mash!
Cannellinis are such a wonderful bean. They can be used in a variety of recipes. A few of my favorite recipes that include cannellini beans: Cannellini …
Autumn Star – Butternut Squash
Butternut squash certainly deserves as much attention in autumn as zucchini does in summer, don’t you agree? This beautifully golden orange colored squash is packed with …
The Secret Affair: Butternut Squash & Apples
It’s probably not so secret knowledge that butternut squash and apples pair well together in recipes. They enhance each other’s best qualities, much like a marriage. …
Take Two – Pasta e Fagioli Soup
Where or where has my pasta e fagioli recipe gone? I’ve looked on this website, in my boxes of stray recipes, and even asked my friend …
Green Tomatoes Shine With Cauliflower Rice
There must be a few people who are nurturing the last of their garden harvest like me. The few remaining tomatoes I have been hoping would …