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Scones and Potatoes
I did a breakfast for dinner sort of thing the other day, with scones and maple-baked potatoes and carrots. The scones are actually the chive spelt biscuits from Vegan Brunch, except that I replaced the spelt flour with standard white, adding about (read full article)
Tomato and Beet Salad - Recipe
Tomato and Beet Salad with Feta and Mint This is one of those dishes that is good out of all proportion to the difficulty of making it, which is virtually nil. It is totally dependent on using great tomatoes and olive oil, and home-cooked beets (don& (read full article)
When Willpower Runs Out
All honorable intentions of whipping up a delectable pasta feast tonight completely flew out the window when I found this in my mailbox, and these in my pantry. Because ten minutes later I found myself with this… and a whole lot of t (read full article)
Pomodori ripieni di riso
A staple of summer picnics and tavole calde, pomodori ripieni di riso, tomatoes stuffed with rice and oven roasted, make for a simple and relatively quick weekend dinner, part of a buffet or a tasty antipasto for a summer dinner for guests. Here's th (read full article)
Quick Quinoa Salad
I’ve been thinking. Yes, sometimes I do get a moment of mental clarity to actually sort our my thoughts. Usually is occurs around the time I am closing my eyes to go to sleep, mind still racing, small chubby cheek pressed up against my breast, (read full article)
Red Lentil Soup with Green Beans
I picked my first handful of stringbeans from my garden today, and that is what inspired tonight's dinner. I was looking for something quick, easy, and of course made with ingredients I had on hand. It was a day for relaxing, after all.I (read full article)
Chicken Fried Seitan and Corn on the Cob
There are a couple knife blocks in my kitchen, and while the Chefs, pairing knife, and bread knife get used a few times a day, there is entire row that I almost never touch, and those are the steak knives. When you don’t eat steak, you simple (read full article)
Shrimp Skewers w/Spicy Mango Dipping Sauce
Hey everyone I am Guest Posting over at Meals & Moves today and I am pretty sure you are going to LOVE this recipe!!! It’s fast, colorful, sweet, spicy and just plain good! Shrimp Skewers w/Spicy Mango Dipping Sauce ** You can (read full article)
Sweet Claude's
It wouldn't be summer without a trip to Sweet Claude's. I don't know who it was that told me about this hidden little gem on Rt. 10 in Cheshire (Josh, maybe? if so, thank you!!), but I've been making the pilgrimage every year once the weather w (read full article)
Fresh Dolmades
So there’s these grape vines at our house. A lot of them…of varying species. We know one of them is juicy concord, but the rest remain a mystery. They are green and some are tasty, tangy, and tart and then there’s some that are comp (read full article)
Matki Pulao (Moth Sprouts Rice)
Recently a friend of mine came over to visit me and stayed for dinner. Her little one is among those super smart kids, who just ask giving convincing answers next ti impossible. There are always 100 questions in 10 minutes. Its utterly amazing how o (read full article)
Chili Fried Rice
What do you do when you have a pot of leftover rice and beans in the fridge and a big bunch of fresh snow peas from the garden? In my case, I fused a couple of Mexican and Chinese classics to create Chili Fried Rice. It was the perfect qu (read full article)
Tofu and Kimchi Dinner for One - Recipe
Tofu, kimchi and lots of garnish - dinner for one in no time flat You could be eating this in less than ten minutes and using only one pot. We had one of those nights where the kids just needed to go to bed early (know how that goes?) and I ended (read full article)
Meatless Meatballs!
This week I participated at Just Another Meatless Monday at Hey What For Dinner Mom? This week Laura posted a great recipe that I just had to try right away!Vegetarian Barbecue Bites (Meatless Meatballs) 1 medium onion chopped 1 cup of cr (read full article)
Chimichurri Sauce
So quick, so tasty, so very flavourful. Things I am in dire need of while grappling with our new life. It can be hectic with one toddler, but throw an often unsettled infant into the mix and you’ve got a whole other ball game. Dinners once spe (read full article)
Braised Baby Artichokes with Fennel and Cherry Tomatoes - Recipe
Braised baby artichokes with fennel and cherry tomatoes Baby artichokes love, love, love to be braised. It gives them the opportunity to develop multiple levels of flavor: the browned flavors from an initial sear, the mellow sweetness of the tender (read full article)
El Sombrero
I've been on a quest for good Mexican food in the New Haven area ever since moving here four years ago. For awhile I found C.O. Jones on State Street to be a good option because they have a fairly decent selection of vegetarian offerings on the (read full article)
Simple Balsamic Pasta with Roast Veggies
There are two veggies I find go really well with balsamic vinegar….asparagus, and mushrooms. I don’t normally make them together, but this time around, I figured, hey, why not? I was also craving carbs, so balsamic-oven baked veggies (read full article)
Sprouted Mung Beans Dosa
As I mentioned in my last post, once I discovered the world of sprouts, I have never looked back since. But I do not like sprouts in salads that much nor do I enjoy them raw that much. Yes, I do try hard to consume them that way since they carry mor (read full article)
Vegetarian Pad Thai recipe
I was out for lunch with my workmates this week - my farewell lunch, thanks fellas! - and one of the guys was saying that he just couldn't imagine facing dinner every night with no meat. Actually, I know what he means. Previously when vegetar (read full article)



