Up until a few years ago I was skeptical about split pea soup. I didn’t dislike it … I just didn’t like it very much. Then a friend of mine encouraged me to try it again and so I made it. And I tweaked my recipe and made it again. And again. And now it’s [...]
When I was a kid, I loved brussels sprouts. I loved them just plain, boiled, and with a little butter on top. I’m pretty sure it had something to do with my mom calling them “little cabbages”. I was in love with miniature food I think – brussels sprouts were little cabbages, broccoli were little [...]
A lot of people have a hard time figuring out meals – how to choose side dishes, how to know what goes with what, etc. I get asked how I choose my side dishes a lot; it’s something people seem to have a particularly hard time with. Maybe this will give some insight into how [...]
[Printable recipe at the bottom of the page!] It’s that time of year again – fresh, green, bright asparagus spears are all over the place. I love asparagus in pretty much any form; steamed, grilled, roasted, baked. But every now and then I want something different and new. Tonight I needed a side dish to [...]
Sunday at the grocery store I saw the most gorgeous artichokes on sale for $1.50 each. It was all I could do to not buy 10 of them. Have I mentioned that artichokes are one of my favorite things? I know some people think they’re too fussy and too much work for too little reward, [...]
I can’t remember where I found this recipe, but it’s been saved in my “keepers” folder for a while. The original recipe calls for leek and a few other things that I didn’t happen to have around. So I made a substitution, an addition, and … well … yum! The photograph above doesn’t adequately show [...]
I don’t know if it’s the blight that everyone has talked about, spreading this far south, or if it’s been the cool weather, or what, but my farmer’s market has had a plethora of green tomatoes lately. And actually that’s fine by me because I love the tangy tartness of a green tomato – fried, [...]
