Every few months, I get a hankering for Hungarian dishes from my childhood. One of my favorites was Chicken Paprikash - but even though I ate meat until I was 19, I still enjoyed the delicious sour cream, bell pepper, and sweet paprika laden sauce over wide buttered egg noodles much more than I did ...
Gluten Free
East Skillet Bratwurst Dinner – featuring Beyond Sausage Brats!
Move over, Tofurky and Field Roast . . . Beyond Sausage is here! I've never tasted a vegan sausage that tasted so much like meat - before now. My carnivore hubby, ever eager to please, brought me Beyond Sausage Brats home from Sprouts - and we couldn't wait to them them out in some of my ...
Not Your Mom’s Stuffed Peppers Redux
If your childhood was similar to mine, your mother may have made stuffed green peppers with minute rice and ground meat swimming in tomato sauce. (My hubby claims that his mom always used ketchup!) Frankly, mom - they were never my favorite dinner. Although I've blogged about ...
Baked Stuffed Zucchini Blossoms
Did you know that zucchini blossoms are not only edible - they are delectable! Many of the friendly Asian farmers in Building A at the Charlotte Regional Farmers Market are selling zucchini blossoms in the fall as well as the spring. That's good news for me because stuffed zucchini blossoms ...
Mediterranean Cutlets for an Easy Weeknight Meal
With my 92 year-old mother in rehab following a hip fracture and surgery, my time for cooking healthy meals for my family has been in short supply this past month. Probably, not unlike your home - since each of us has a unique set of family trials, triumphs, and tribulations to get through at any ...
Easy Chick’n Creole
One of the reasons that carnivores like boneless chicken breasts is that they are versatile and can be prepared in an almost infinite variety of ways. Funny thing. That’s the very same reason that I like Gardein Chick’n Scallopini. Since tomatoes are often present in my cooking and I’d made ...
Spicy Corn and Black Bean Salad . . . the Perfect Side for Tailgating!
My son Nick called me from his new apartment in Tampa this week because he was looking for a great side dish for his very first dinner party. He originally wanted to make the stuffed poblanos that he and I made a couple of months ago. Unfortunately, he bought jalapeños instead of poblanos . . ...
Peruvian Vegetable Stew: Vegan and Gluten-Free
With cooler weather rapidly approaching, I love turning to my slow cooker for easy weeknight meals. But I also like to play with flavors – and since I do a ton of Italian, French, and Mediterranean cooking, I decided to change things up and concoct a stew that borrowed some elements from the ...
