This spinach salad with bacon dressing pairs healthy ingredients with indulgent ingredients for an easy, well-balanced vegetable dish. This spinach salad with bacon dressing is the only kind of salad that I like. It has all the light, fresh and healthy ingredients I need and dresses it with the salty-fatty bacon that I love. I’d…
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Parsnip Mash for an Easy Veggie Dish
Last updated on March 31st, 2021 at 08:11 amThis parsnip mash is a unique veggie side dish that can be on the table in less than 20 minutes. As much as I love roasted vegetables it’s nice to break things up every once in a while with something slightly out of the ordinary. By “slightly,”…
Roasted Vegetable Medley
This roasted vegetable medley is my go-to veggie side dish for just about any main dish, but it’s an easy main dish for nights when I need something hearty and healthy. I love roasted vegetables. A friend of mine and I joke that if we didn’t have such enthusiastic eaters in our households, roasted vegetables…
Kabocha Squash Soup for a Hearty Bite of Fall
Kabocha squash soup is one of the residual effects of my September squash obsession. It started with making massive amounts of kabocha squash pie… and with the inevitable leftover squash, I had a new toy to play with. Kabocha Squash You’ve probably seen kabocha squash around farmers’ markets in the fall (though they have a…
Kabocha Pie with Gingersnap Crust
Last updated on December 30th, 2020 at 09:58 amKabocha pie is a delightful alternative to the traditional Thanksgiving pumpkin pie. Kabocha pie has won me over. I neither love nor loathe pumpkin pie—it’s always just been something I have to include on my Thanksgiving menu. No more. I may not even need pecan pie with…
Meyer Lemon Soup
Last updated on December 1st, 2020 at 10:19 amMeyer Lemon Soup is made with freshly squeezed Meyer lemon juice, fresh sprigs of rosemary and cream for a bowl full of sunshine to brighten your gray winter days. While the rest of the country is bracing for snowstorms or cleaning up after them, California cooks are…
Caldo Verde
Last updated on December 1st, 2020 at 10:21 am Caldo Verde is a traditional Portuguese soup made with collard greens or kale, potato and sausage. The Grubstake has been serving it to San Franciscans to warm their souls and to cure their hangovers for more than 50 years. While the rest of the country is…
White Bean Soup Recipes to Help You Settle Into Fall
Last updated on December 4th, 2020 at 08:19 amFrom chunky stews to creamy broths, white bean soup recipes come in many flavors and many forms. Like most people right now, have an overabundance of beans in all sorts of colors and shapes taking up space in the pantry. Right now, I’m working my way through…
Rotel Recipes (That Aren’t All Cheese Dip)
Last updated on December 5th, 2020 at 07:13 pm Rotel recipes aren’t just about chili con queso—from simple Mexican rice to spicy sweet potato and black bean soup, there are Rotel recipes to put your favorite canned tomatoes to work. Rotel is known for making game day dips like chili con queso, but I always…
Shanghai Surprise: Soup Dumplings
I stole that title; if you’re old enough to remember Madonna and Sean Penn were once married, you might remember they were in a movie together called Shanghai Surprise. I never saw it, but I heard it was terrible.  But I think soup dumplings can restore the title’s virtue.  They originated in Shanghai and if you’ve…