Eggplant with Capers and Olives Recipe
Enjoy the harvest with this easy, Mediterranean inspired, eggplant and pasta recipe. Long time readers know that I am a big advocate of the Mediterranean Diet and that I credit it with helping me to keep my genetically high cholesterol somewhat under control. Of...
National Welsh Rarebit Day
Celebrate melted cheese on toast with National Welsh Rarebit Day! Want an easy supper idea? Try Welsh Rarebit. Welsh Rarebit, also known as Welsh Rabbit, is a fancy kind of cheese sauce melted over toast. Like any other cultural favorite, there are many recipe...
Make Your Own Beer Mustard
It's National Mustard Day! Celebrate by making your own spicy beer mustard. Spicy. Hot. Tangy. Mustard isn't just for lathering on hot dogs or Bratwurst. It's also the hidden ingredient in a tangy potato salad, an extra-special homemade vinaigrette, and the perfect...
Lazy Night Vegetarian Pasta
Feeling lazy? Vegetarian pasta is the answer when you are just too tired to spend hours cooking. I have always found Thursday to be the toughest night of the week. We are all tired, but still have another full day to go before we can rest. When the kids were little,...
Lentil Soup with Butternut Squash
Roasted squash and black beluga lentils combine to make a rich and filling soup. Do you grow butternut squash? If so, you may wonder what to do with it all. Even if you have a squash-loving family like mine, night after night of mashed squash can get old. The other...
Chicken Cherries Jubiliee Recipe
Or....What do you do with overcooked jam?! I am so fortunate to have two very clever daughters-in-law. Those "boys" may have given me grey hair, but they sure did choose wonderful partners. A couple of years ago I made several batches of cherry jam. Some of it was...
Homemade Herb Pasta
Friday was World Pasta Day, an event that provided inspiration for some homemade pasta. Although I own a pasta machine, it's heavy and clunky and I haven't dug it out of the cupboard in ages. But homemade pasta is soooo much better than the dried kind, or even the...
Ratatouille
Late summer harvest brings some of my favorite foods; dark, flavorful eggplant, ripe, juicy tomatoes, crisp bell peppers, and an abundance of zucchini. It's the best time of year to make ratatouille! Sometimes, when I am yearning for summer days deep in the dark of...
Tomato-Zucchini Pie
One of my favorite recipes is Tomato-Zucchini Pie. I only make it when the tomatoes and zucchini are fresh, and it is not only filling and nutritious, it's easy to make too. You will need: 2 cups chopped zucchini 1 1/2 cups chopped tomato 1/3 cup grated Parmesan...
