Pear Salad with Raspberry vinaigrette
As Laura mentioned in the post on “lightening up” Thanksgiving dinner, I’m not terribly attached to the traditional green bean …Read More
Category Archives: Vegetarian/vegetarian-friendly
Lighter alternatives for Thanksgiving side dishes
Are you trying to keep your Thanksgiving dinner from being a calorie-bomb, while still having traditional foods? Here’s my one …Read More
Golden Pepper Soup
The recipe for this scrumptious soup comes from Auntie Shirl (she of birthday bash fame). My sister-in-law, Deb, served this …Read More
Katya’s Borscht
Well, okay, this recipe/method came from a friend named Katie, but I thought Katya sounded a bit more Russian. Katie …Read More
Curried autumn vegetable soup
This soup started out in my early cooking days as Gypsy Soup, a recipe I got from Mollie Katzen’s Moosewood …Read More
Feta Cheese Pesto
A couple of my boys are just miserable with allergies right now. It’s THAT time of year here, I guess. …Read More
Fast breakfast or dinner: Strata
“Strata” is the Italian word for layers. And this dinner, which I made the other night in the face of …Read More
Vegetarian-friendly recipes
Both of us have a number of vegetarian friends who cruise this blog and we’re adding a category of recipes …Read More
Very Virtuous Vegetarian Split Pea Soup
You have no idea how hard I’ve looked for synonyms for split pea that start with V. I LOVE alliteration, …Read More
Tomatoes and fresh Mozzarella: Caprese Salad
Tomatoes, lovely tomatoes. I could rhapsodize for hours on the joys of perfectly ripe tomatoes. THESE are the tomatoes that …Read More
Mary’s Curry Chicken Pasta Salad
Last weekend, several families from our circle at church helped some friends to move out of their house. Several of …Read More
Simply Delicious Salad
It’s another Little Blue Book recipe, and sounds perfectly easy and at the same time worthy as a company salad.
Quick Summer Salad with Tomatoes and Artichokes
I needed something really QUICK to serve with BBQ beef sandwiches tonight. My family liked this salad so much that …Read More
Taco salad!
I made taco salad for dinner last night, and I thought I should post it because it was easy and …Read More
Cucumber and Tomato Salad with Yogurt Cumin Dressing
We were blessed to share a meal with our friends, Darren and Sita, on Saturday. Sita served an amazing salad …Read More
Mediterranean Pasta Salad
Auntie Joan brought this flavorful salad to a family reunion a few years back. Since it has so many interesting …Read More
Chilaquiles: a new adventure in Mexican food!
To explain why I tried this dish tonight, I have to back up about 3 weeks and tell you about …Read More
Tofu Manicotti
Tofu Manicotti is an awesome dish that I originally got from Susi in the very early days of Summit Adventure, …Read More
Green Chile Chicken Pizza
In addition to garlic chicken pizza and pepperoni pizza last night, we had a green chile chicken pizza. Here’s how: …Read More
