A blog with recipes and tips for sustainable eating and cooking
The colder weather encroaching upon many places this season demands some good soup recipes to warm us up. Hot soup invites small groups of friends to gather together outdoors, socially-distanced, around a fire to sip and chat. This delicious, hearty soup is perfect for such a gathering. The variety of […]
I made this salad with a bunch of things I had on hand. When I cook corn on the cob, I buy and cook more than I need that day, so that I have leftovers I can use for something else the next day. Corn salad is a favorite […]
Lucky me, I live near a farmer who grows peas and sells them freshly picked from his farmstand. I just bought these beautiful snow peas and wanted to transform them into a colorful salad to serve alongside a vegetarian casserole for dinner. I scoured past blogposts to see if I […]
If, like me, you love mushrooms. pasta, and creamy sauces, you will want to make this sauce. It comes together quickly and easily and tastes delicious! In my case, I had some leftover diced tomatoes in a carton in my refrigerator and so combined that with some chopped fresh […]
That lemon dill vinaigrette from my last post was so good, I figured it would be tasty with other combinations of things. Yesterday, I saw something that Ina Garten (aka Barefoot Contessa) posted on Instagram that inspired me. She posted avocado toast with runny eggs, and it looked super delicious. […]
It is beginning to feel like summer. A perfect summer dinner is filled with a variety of fresh vegetables, brought together with a sauce that complements and binds the ingredients. Since my family includes both carnivores and vegetarians, I love to figure out ways to satisfy both preferences with […]
With good vegetable stock, you can adapt lots of soup recipes calling for chicken or beef stock to a vegetarian version. Using canned vegetable stock or a vegetable bouillon cube is always an easy alternative, but the stock I suggest here is much tastier, and pretty easy. Much of the […]
It’s Taco Tuesday! These are the easiest tacos imaginable, especially if you happen to have leftover cooked lentils in your refrigerator. That’s what happened to me. I cooked lentils for dinner one night, then the next night just loaded them into taco shells with traditional taco additions: shredded cheese, chopped […]
With so many people working from home these days, perhaps your daytime environment is more conducive to putting together an interesting sandwich. This is what I made for today’s lunch. I had made a batch of Barefoot Contessa’s luscious eggplant spread for dinner a couple of nights ago and still […]