I don’t know why, but there is something so warm and comforting about stuffed peppers. A little while back when a friend of mine lost her father, I made these stuffed peppers, hoping to comfort her as well.
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Cholent Cook-off Champion!
Sorry I’ve been MIA, but I’m getting married next month so things have been a little crazy. I probably won’t have much time to post between now and then, but bear with me, I’ll be back in full force in …
30 Days to Easy Gluten-Free Living: Gluten-Free on a Budget
This post is part of the 30 Days to Easy Gluten-Free Living event. Check out all the other great posts here. There is a misconception that maintaining a gluten-free diet is really expensive. If you buy all of the fancy …
Outside the Salad Bowl: Spinach & Macadamia Nut Crusted Mahi
**This post is part of a month-long series as I participate in the Salad as a Meal Challenge. This isn’t a recipe from Salad as a Meal, but I had a whole bunch of spinach left over from my egg crepe, …
Baingan Bharta w/ Chickpeas
I’ve been following SusanV of Fat Free Vegan for years now. She always has great ideas for making delicious, healthy food. Recently, she posted a recipe for an eggplant and chickpea curry, which looked divine. She admits that she pretty …
Smoky Turkey Chili w/ Sage
Before you say anything, I realize this is my second recipe in a row using sage (in my kitchen it’s my third: I made a batch of savory and delicious sage pumpkin muffins). This is one of the ways I …
Chicken w/ Mushrooms & Sage
I love cooking and baking with fresh herbs, but I haven’t had much experience with sage. No particular reason–it’s not that I don’t like sage, I just had other herbs I was perhaps more familiar with.
Turkey & Cabbage (Awesomeness)
(Disclaimer: I had trouble naming this dish, so AK helped out… :)) Hard economic times mean a lot of people have to cut their food budgets. Luckily, there are plenty of cheap, fresh ingredients that are filling and healthy, but …
White Wine & Ginger Braised Chicken & Radishes
The first time I had a cooked radish, it took me a while to even figure out what I was eating because the concept was so foreign to me. Since that time, I’ve experimented with cooking radishes in a variety …
Hickory Grill-Smoked Salmon w/ Crispy Rosemary
Taking advantage of the good weather, my family and I have been grilling a lot the past few weekends. [It’s bittersweet, because I really like it, but I’m not the family griller. My brother, Eytan, was. The first time I grilled …