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Parsnip, Sage & Mascarpone Risotto

Parsnip, Sage & Mascarpone Risotto

Parsnips don’t receive much love, but I adore them!!    I remember the first time I had parsnips. I was 8 years old, and we were visiting my aunt and uncle for lunch.  On our plate was an orange white mash consisting of carrot and parsnips.  I had no idea what parsnips were back then, but on first taste I fell in love with parsnips, and have loved them since then.  Read more >

Spicy Cauliflower Soup from A Veggie Venture

Spicy Cauliflower Soup

Did you know there are two holidays today? Of course everyone knows it's Martin Luther King Day in the U.S., but you might not know that it's International Hot and Spicy Food Day. As soon as I heard that I thought it would be fun to find something that was unexpectedly spicy for Meatless Monday. What I wanted was a hot and spicy recipe for a dish that's not normally hot and spicy, and Spicy Cauliflower Soup from A Veggie Venture fits that description perfectly. Most cauliflower soups are rich and creamy but this one is healthful and deliciously spiced with coriander, cumin, chili powder, and turmeric in addition to the red pepper flakes. Alanna says the inspiring recipe suggests you could eat it with a dollop of plain yogurt, and I'd definitely want that on mine to cool down the heat.  Read more >

Holiday Cocktails: The Pomegranate Martini

Pomegranate Martini

The holidays are right around the corner.  A time for love, peace and strengthening those close family ties we’ve nurtured through the years. For others, the holidays mean knee-knocking dysfunctional family dinners, stress-induced binge eating and boozing as well as inappropriate innuendos from Cousin Irv (third cousin, twice removed on your father’s side)  Read more >

Roasted Farro with Greens and Grilled Chicken

Roasted Farro with Greens and Grilled Chicken

A few months ago I posted once of my favorite healthy recipes, Farro and Kale Salad, and today I bring you another one of my new favorites: Roasted Farro with Greens and Grilled Chicken. This dish is delicious, healthy, and a great combination of different flavors (some lemon, a little cheese, greens, grains and chicken).  Read more >

Pumpkin Gingersnaps

Pumpkin Gingersnaps

Do you know someone who seems to know exactly what you feel like eating, moments before you realize yourself what you might feel like eating?It used to be my mom. Sometimes it's my husband. Sometimes it's even myself, when I bake something or make a meal plan for the next day and the next day what I made or planned to make is exactly what I feel like eating that day.  Does this make any sense at all?  Read more >

Janet Evanovich’s "Stephanie Plum’s” PB & Pickles & Chips Sandwich

One for the Money Janet Evanovitch

A peanut-butter sandwich recipe—and layered with bread-and-butter pickles and potato chips—right out of Janet Evanovich’s “Hard Eight” novel, a Stephanie Plum [Bounty Hunter] series. Maybe it’s because I am Menopausal that this sounded so good when I first read it, and not because you’d think I had the “munchies.” I have not been smoking those funny cigarettes. I am a cook, after all, who loves to create, and I am always willing to try something new, even the bizarre.  Read more >