Congratulations to Alex Tschegg of Matthews! He's the 8-year-old chef-in-the-making from Matthews, North Carolina who was the winner from North Carolina of the 2015 Healthy Lunchtime Challenge. Alex is one of 55 talented young people who will be dining with First Lady Michelle Obama at the Kids' ...
Easy Weeknight Meals
Oyster Mushrooms Berkeley over Tagliatelle
Back in the 1970s-1980s, every vegetarian owned a copy of The Vegetarian Epicure by Anna Thomas. One of my all-time favorite recipes from that cookbook was Mushrooms Berkeley. Over the years, I have made a lot of different variations, including my Beef and Mushrooms Berkeley included in ...
Brussels Meets Italy
Brussels Sprouts are among the most polarizing of veggies - people either love 'em or hate 'em. I'm a self-confessed Brussels Sprouts lover, but have often resorted to cheese and dairy enhancements to get my carnivores to enjoy them. This week, I stumbled on an interesting idea by Kay Chun in ...
April Fools’ Day – Fool Your Family Carnivores with Chorizo Seitan Pasta
Since tomorrow is April Fools' Day, what better time to fool the carnivores in your family? My recipe for Chorizo Seitan Pasta uses Upton's Naturals Seitan and is a dead ringer for a spicy Spanish sausage. Since our son Nick claims Seitan has the most "meat-like" texture of any of my favorite ...
Amazing Beet Pasta
I love beets – always have, always will. Unfortunately, my family doesn’t share my infatuation with beets. I have tried, with moderate success, to get them to tolerate beets. Which is why it is sometimes nice to be a Boy Scout widow. I know that there are worse things in this world to ...
Before Watermelon and Cherry Tomato Season Ends . . .
The peak season for both watermelon and cherry tomatoes is approaching its end. Since I love the beautiful array of colors in the gorgeous artisan cherry tomatoes I've written about before, I decided to throw caution to the wind and combine these two unlikely ingredients! While I've previously ...
Celebrate Labor Day with My Easy Grilled Pineapple Chicken Salad
Happy Labor Day! If you'd like to know a little more about the history of Labor Day, check out this link. If you're looking for something a little more adventurous than a grilled burger to enjoy today, I hope you'll fix my Grilled Pineapple Chicken Salad. I created it for an impromptu cookout ...
Torchiette with Chicken and Apple Sausage, Red Grapes and Gorgonzola
Here are some things I love: I love finding new meatless products and figuring out how to use them. I love finding bargains in the market or my grocery store. I love mixing ingredients in combinations that don't seem obvious at first - but which turn out to be delicious. Tonight was one ...