Exactly one year ago today, I posted my favourite cauliflower soup recipe. I love that recipe because it is easy and creamy (although it has no cream in it).
Tag: quick
Egg Lemon Soup
Whenever I make this soup I wonder why I don’t eat it all the time. It is inexpensive, healthful, delicious and quite elegant!
Spinach & Citrus Salad with Balsamic Honey Vinaigrette
Alright so there’s one thing that has been rubbing off on me from working at the sweet shop. Having spent close to a year now making candy and confections almost every day of my life…
Green Salad with Asian Pear, Mint and Almonds
My husband usually leaves town for the month of January. At least, this is the third year in a row that he has done so.
Cornmeal Molasses Millet Flour Muffins (gluten-free)
I started making these muffins when I was a teenager, newly vegetarian and searching for sources of iron. Molasses is high in iron, I read, as are dried apricots and dark green leafy vegetables. Alright.
Cheap and elegant thrills- three ways to steam mussels
I love mussels. To me, they are just as delicious as oysters but they are WAY cheaper. Also, as shellfish goes, they are stupid simple to prepare. Also, from what I have read, it is actually possible to farm mussels without destroying the environment. Also, mussels are full of vitamins and iron. Woo hoo! Below…
Spinach Salad with Fuyu Persimmons, Green Beans,Toasted Almonds and Spiced Vinaigrette
Persimmon is a new fruit to me. They have a short and highly celebrated season in the very late fall and there are two kinds that are available in NYC right now. Fuyu Persimmons are squat and pale orange and are eaten when they are still firm and can be sliced like an apple. Hachiya…
Pork Chops with Boozy Jam Pan Sauce
This is a quick, simple, adaptable dish that I make it a lot when I get busy. You brown some pork chops and then make a pan sauce with a bit of booze…
The Return of the Cabbage Craving- Fennel, Apple and Red Cabbage Slaw
I am craving cabbage again. One of the interesting things about writing this food blog is that I have a record of what I was cooking and eating a year ago…
Road Trip Peach and Corn Salsa
We spent most of our camper honeymoon lingering in Utah. Then we sped through Colorado, Kansas, Missouri (pausing briefly to admire St Louis…GREAT CITY), Illinois and Kentucky to reach Tennessee. Utah is an astonishingly beautiful place. The landscape really deserves the adjective AWESOME. However, Utah does not seem like a place that would be easy to…
Big Sis Little Dish 