Feta Cheese Pesto

A couple of my boys are just miserable with allergies right now. It’s THAT time of year here, I guess. Michael, our “baby” has been experimenting with eliminating dairy from his diet. So far, the results have been mixed….probably because it’s really hard to completely eliminate dairy in my kitchen. There’s also the problem with [...]

Amazing Raisin Pineapple Zucchini Bran Muffins

I was just playing around in the kitchen this morning and ended up making dozens and dozens of muffins–a happy accident. I actually merged and tweaked a couple of recipes and ended up with these muffins. They’re so moist and rich they don’t need butter or anything. They were delicious, hot out of the oven. [...]

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 a Severe Imagination Shortage, employs layers, sort of.  It was easy as pie, and took me, I think, about 30 minutes from start to finish.  Here’s what I did:

Vegetarian-friendly recipes

Both of us have a number of vegetarian friends who cruise this blog and we’re adding a category of recipes called Vegetarian/Vegetarian-Friendly. Over the next few weeks we’ll be going back through the archives and tagging appropriate recipes for this category.
I’ll also be adding notes and suggestions to recipes that are NOT vegetarian recipes that [...]

Easy seafood chowder

It’s cooled down here in Lake Woebeg….er…Minnesota.  In fact, it’s been downright chilly, of an evening.  It put me in mind of seafood chowder, which is now simmering fragrantly on my stove.  Here’s how it’s done:

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, but it looks like I’ll only squeeze three V’s into the name of this dish.
Awhile back Laura posted a recipe for our mom’s perfect split pea soup. Yesterday I was tinkering with it, trying to [...]

Simple Reuben Sandwiches

This was a rough week for me personally, starting with a killer migraine that nearly left me for dead for about 3 days, then  a stomach bug that helped me redefine the word “dehydration.”  I had great help in the kitchen throughout the week–one of the clear advantages to teaching my kids to cook!
Last night, [...]