Garlic-Red Pepper Vegetable Rice
Garlic-Red Pepper Vegetable Rice Huzzah! I received a great cookbook from my Secret Santa (who was nice enough to sign the title page. Thanks, Temma!) Anyhow, I immediately did what one always does...
View ArticleCarrot-Ginger Soup
Carrot-Ginger Soup The original plan was to make recipe numero dos in my quest to cook the book Easy Vegan – Simple Recipes for Healthy Eating. But then I found the bag of baby carrots in the freezer....
View ArticleSmokey Black Beans and Rice
Smokey Black Beans & Rice A good friend living in Nicaragua (see footnote) asked if I could post a recipe or two that would work for her, given the lack of gourmet grocery stores in her part of the...
View ArticleSweet & Spicy Eggplant Parmesan for Two
Sweet & Spicy Eggplant Parmesan My better half had just returned from three days of driving across and around two states. I knew she would be tired and not in the mood to eat much at all. Sitting...
View ArticleVeggie Lettuce Wraps
Veggie Lettuce Wraps If you like the lettuce wraps at P.F. Chang’s, then you will love this version – perhaps you will like them more. I do. Thanks to a great recipe courtesy of vegan cook, Namely...
View ArticleSavory Sweet Potato Fries
Savory Sweet Potato Fries You ever have a day when you want something good to eat for dinner, but everything you want requires a trip to the store? And you have no desire whatsoever to go to the store?...
View ArticleMac ‘n Pimento Cheese
The secret ingredient! Spoilers: this recipe contains a secret ingredient. Of course, trained chef’s are reluctant to tell their secrets, but I’m not a chef. I’m just a decent cook. Says so on my...
View ArticleWe have a Chocolate Festival – again?
Came across this the other day and at first I was flummoxed. We have a chocolate festival? Why have I not been to it before? It’s like going to Paris and not taking the scary, glass-walled elevator up...
View Article3-step (or so) Spicy Potato Salad
Like many in our area, we had stocked up on food to survive a few days without power, anticipating Hurricane Joaquin would make landfall just down the street. And just last week, the US models had the...
View ArticleLast Call…
When I worked in the largest honky-tonk country western dance club and restaurant in Virginia, we used to have a ‘last call’ for kitchen orders at midnight. Due to state law, another ‘last call’ for...
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