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Cauliflower, Chickpea, Sweet Potato and Kale Curry Here are all the reasons I have made this curry three times in the last two weeks: The temperatures have finally dropped. I bought 40 pounds of sweet potatoes from a farmer. It’s a fulfilling vegetarian meal option! All the colors make it so pretty. Curry leftovers for …
I’ve been making this Vegetarian Pad Thai for several months now. I use whatever green vegetables I happen to have. Sometimes I add fish or mushrooms. It’s super versatile. This week I made it with broccoli but, snow peas and sugar snap peas work well. It’s a win in our house because everyone will eat …
Curried Red Lentils (Daal) and Rice When I first moved to a new house in Aberdeen, my friend Claire made these curried red lentils out of what I happened to have in my pantry after we had unpacked it. I watched in amazement as she produced this gorgeous dish for dinner from what I had …
Asparagus Potato Ricotta Pie I am such a sucker for the one dish meal that a quiche or pie can be. Also I love anything, and I mean anything, that involves pie crust or pastry dough of any kind. So this asparagus potato ricotta pie called my name as soon as I saw it in …
Santa Fe Spinach Dip Recently Ben asked me to make his favorite hot spinach dip for his birthday dinner. It’s a recipe I give out a lot because it’s pretty much a bowl full of comfort food. We usually eat it with chips or pita chips, but lately, we’ve been spreading it on toast as …
Remember that amazing Spicy Roasted Eggplant Soup I had while I was walking St Cuthbert’s Way? Well, after two attempts, here’s my best guess on how to make it. The best bit about this recipe is that the eggplant is pureed which means my kids slurped this soup down without blinking. Shhhh! Don’t tell. Spicy …
Looking for something healthy + inexpensive to take as an appetizer to a party this weekend? I’ve got you covered. Butternut Squash Hummus. We have been cooking all year out of Jamie Oliver’s Save with Jamie, as a way to both save money on groceries and use recipes for which we can find the ingredients …
I kind of pride myself on being able to make a peasant soup out of the groceries that are left at the end of the week. Just a few days ago I turned some cans of beans into dinner, and no one went hungry. This French Peasant Soup recipe is perhaps my favorite version of …
I am missing getting vegetables from my sweet friends, Sandy and Michael. We were roasting okra by the bushel back home and we always ate every bite. It is a family favorite for sure. My mom tosses okra in olive oil and cornmeal before baking it, which mimics southern fried okra, but is much healthier! …
We’ve reached that part of the summer where we’re swimming in summer squash and zucchini! You too? Good news! There are so many wonderful ways to fix it, and of course, if you simply cannot use it all, you can slice it up and freeze it for minestrone in the winter.
I hope you’ve had a great week! Mine has been busy + amazing! Cleaning up from vacation, catching up with friends. I’ve enjoyed TWO surprise nights with just girls (my favorite!) and I got to guest post about camping with my crazy daddy over at my friend Sarabeth’s blog while she was on vacation. One …
We make homemade pizza at our house almost every week. It’s a meal that can be adjusted to feed a crowd, can be tweaked to serve picky kiddos and it uses up leftover ingredients out of my fridge. What’s not to love about that? As long as I have flour and yeast, I can usually …
I love breakfast foods. When the kids were out of school on Monday, we ate breakfast food all day long. I have made several frittatas lately and this one evolved from Ina Garten’s Potato Basil Frittata, which is an old standby of mine. I love the potatos on the bottom, but I omitted the ricotta …
Curried Lentil Potato Pot Pie with Pumpkin and Tomatoes Conversation overheard at this week’s football game: My mom: What did y’all eat for dinner tonight? Ben: Lentil Pot Pie My mom: Hmmm, how was that? Ben: no answer Mary Polly: Interesting. Translation: I am a filo dough amateur. My filo crust top on this dish …
I have noticed that it’s been a while since I posted a new recipe. I think there are a couple of reasons for that. One is that October is so busy at our house that I tend to get on autopilot and fix the same five to seven meals over and over again. And the …
So, lately I’ve been into curries. I think I’ve made curried dishes about five times in January already. As soon as I found this recipe with potatoes in it, I couldn’t wait to try it. I had curried potatoes a long time ago when Taido and I were first married and I always remembered loving …
Mushroom and Wild Rice Soup I saw Slumdog Millionaire this weekend. Everyone should see this movie. I would love to see it sweep the academy awards. However, two days after seeing it, my thoughts are a little too raw to be coherent so instead of talking about this film, I am giving you a recipe …