Today, Chris and I ate cauliflower soup and a pear, blue cheese, hazelnut salad (see Salads with Pears on this blog). It was a good wintry meal…lots of white and green. I am not always a fan of cauliflower. I like it in Indian food and I like this soup. I can’t really remember where…
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Hot Borscht and all of the good feelings that come with it
My borscht recipe is adapted from one of the Moosewood cookbooks that I learned to cook from in college. I did a lot of cooking during that time…..enough to occasionally wonder if I should have been at culinary school rather than at Sarah Lawrence College. At Sarah Lawrence I had an amazing academic don named…
Winter Salad Variations Starring Roasted Beets
I am a fan of winter salads. In January I usually feel the need to cut down on my expenses by packing lunch from home. I also feel the need to eat less ridiculously meat filled meals after indulging myself over the holidays. The result is that I have a lot of good recipes for…
Collard Greens with Roux and Andouille Sausage (Gluten-Free or not)
I like to make collard greens for brunch on the weekend. I love making weekend brunch. My kitchen is sunny and beautiful, my favourite radio programs are on, I have gotten enough sleep, and if everything is going the way I prefer I don’t have anywhere to go for a while. My method for making…
Salads with Pears
I am in love with fresh pears. You have to be patient with them. I buy them hard and place them in a sealed brown bag for 4 days to ripen. You can tell that they are ripe when they smell like pears. If you want them to ripen faster, throw a banana in the…
Tomato Cognac Soup
I am sick. When I am sick I really only want to eat tomato soup. I’ll eat other food as long as tomato soup is involved in the menu. So here is another tomato soup recipe, which I served today with grilled cheese and a spinach salad with bacon, avocado, blue cheese, chives, tomato,…
Quick Curried Tomato Soup
I adapted this recipe from a quick, low-fat microwave cookbook that my mother gave me when I went to college. It is still terrifically quick and also low-fat but I do not own a microwave anymore. It is good with spicy chick pea pancakes or grilled cheese (like any tomato soup). I find it particularly delicious…
A Menu in Honour of Broccoli Soup (Gluten-free Popovers, Green Salad and Baked Apples)
The New Vegetarian Epicure by Anna Thomas is organized by Menus. Ms. Thomas pairs this brocolli soup with a green salad, popovers and an apple pudding. I recommend this menu with all my heart, although my popovers are gluten-free. I think that they are just as good as the traditional ones. If you want…
Pressure Steamed Vegetables with Ume Plum Vinegar
When I was growing up on Maui I liked the food article in the Maui News by Bonnie Mandoe. I remember clipping out and trying her recipes for potato pancakes and a delicious chicken stir fry with peppers, green olives and fresh Maui fruit. She moved to the mainland when I was in high-school and published…
Yummy Quiche with Baked Potato Crust
Erin told me that this is a low-fat sort of quiche recipe, considering it uses no heavy cream. I did not know this. I do know that I approve of the joyous use of cheese in this recipe. BAKED POTATO CRUST (originally from the Enchanted Broccoli Forest by Molly Katsen) a little oil for the…
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