In just an hour, on the stove-top, in one pan, this Turkey Meatball Stew is cooked to perfection. It's an ideal, scrumptious comfort food dinner for the cooler months. As you may know, when my husband started eating meat again after being a vegetarian for twenty-one years, I had a celebration of sorts. Remember, … [Read more...]
Smoky Chipotle Pumpkin-Sage Risotto Recipe
This Smoky Chipotle Pumpkin-Sage Risotto is the ideal dish for fall. It's full of fall flavors, warming spices and is of course incredibly delicious! It finally feels like fall where I live. It's a little bit grey outside, I've dusted off my UGGS and the couch is adorned with cozy blankets. All of this is an … [Read more...]
Cuban Chicken Stew Recipe with Alcaparrado
This Cuban Chicken Stew has ingredients found in Alcaparrado, which you'll learn all about as you read on. It's a hearty, comforting stew that's bursting with delicious flavors.New culinary word or the day: alcaparrado. Have you ever heard of it? I hadn't either, until a few days ago when I read a Cuban recipe in the … [Read more...]
Curried Corn Stew with Lentils and Sweet Potato Recipe
Curried Corn Stew is subtly sweet bus has many deep, rich savory flavors from the Eastern spices used. It's a gorgeous bowl of vegetarian comfort food!Have you ever seen an ingredient in the market and wondered what it was? And how to use it? I know I have and I am a culinary school graduate! But that's the … [Read more...]
Cream of Chestnut-Potato Soup Recipe
A friend of mine recently asked me what Friday Flowers is all about, and if I cook with the flowers. No, I don't. (Well, very rarely -- Nastursiums for example, are tasty and edible.) However, Friday Flowers is really about how certain flowers make me think about certain foods. And on most Friday's, I share these … [Read more...]
Root Vegetable Skillet Baked Lasagna Recipe
I'm kicking off my Veggie Week Challenge today with this delicious Root Vegetable Skillet-Baked Lasagna recipe. This dish is incredibly rich, flavorful, and hearty -- oh-so-hearty! You'll be just as satisfied as if you'd had braised short ribs! Really! Have you ever noticed when you cook something in the oven, the … [Read more...]
Thanksgiving Recipe: Apple-Sweet Potato Soup with Shallot “Croutons”
I was thrilled when my friend Cathy of What Would Cathy Eat invited me to participate in her Healthy Thanksgiving Challenge! Cathy's challenge is all about making an amazingly delicious Thanksgiving feast, without a lot of fat and salt.I did it! Well, not the whole feast, but a delicious first course of Apple Yam … [Read more...]
Sweet Potato Shiitake Sausage Soup with Udon Noodles
My cooking is all about the combination of true comfort foods and farm-fresh ingredients. I love slow cooking: spending time in the kitchen with the food, learning about each ingredient, getting to the essence of flavor to make it shine. (And incidentally, helping my whole house to smell good for hours on end.) I … [Read more...]
