I wanted a cold soup for a first course over the past holiday, but AK isn’t so into fruit soups so I needed something different. Both potato and carrot are great cold, but I decided on carrot since it’s light, …
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Crispy Roasted Carrot Chips
I was going back through a bunch of my old food magazines and found a great recipe in Cooking Light for smoked paprika roasted carrots. I made a lot of modifications: I halved the recipe since I only had just …
Smoky Rosemary & Fire-Roasted Tomato Beef Stew
The 2010 April Daring Cooks challenge was hosted by Wolf of Wolf’s Den. She chose to challenge Daring Cooks to make Brunswick Stew. Wolf chose recipes for her challenge from The Lee Bros. Southern Cookbook by Matt Lee and Ted …
Daring Cooks Challenge: Risotto (w/ Homemade Vegetable Stock)
I may just have a new favorite comfort food. It used to be baked macaroni & cheese before I had to become gluten & dairy free. I hadn’t been able to find something to replace it…until now! The host of …
Dinner Party Appetizer: Sesame-Soy Salmon w/ Crispy Brown Rice Cake
For my dinner party I wanted to start with a fish course; I like Asian flavors for salmon, so I created a sesame-soy marinade with a little bit of sriracha for heat. While the salmon lay soaking up those wonderful …
Dinner Party (Part 4 of 5): Coconut Curry Chicken
I’d had a can of coconut milk sitting in my pantry for months; I’ll admit, I was a bit trepidatious about using it (not sure why). Seriously, I shouldn’t have waited so long–it made this chicken dish so rich and …
Shoppers $1 Sale Recipe: Spinach & Red Lentil Soup
I went food shopping last night unclear on what I wanted to cook this week. To my surprise (and glee), Shoppers had many fresh vegetables on sale for only $1! As I walked up and down the aisles, this hearty …
Asian-Style Baby Bok Choy Salad
For those of you looking for a salad base other than lettuce, baby bok choy is great. Because it’s an ingredient used frequently in Asian cooking, I like to do an Asian-style salad with a sweet & spicy dressing to …
Yet Another Chanukah Recipe: Wontons w/ Bourbon Dipping Sauce
Wontons wrappers are fun–you can pretty much put anything inside, then all you need to do is fry them up into crispy deliciousness. For those of you who are health conscious and prefer not to deep fry things, you can …