Vegetable
Easy Homemade Falafel
When I was in graduate school in Chapel Hill, NC, I lived right outside of downtown Chapel Hill. I was pretty much within walking/biking distance of the campus, and I spent a lot of my time in the downtown area, frequenting the many restaurants and shops on Franklin Street. One
Great appetizer ideas using Fried Green Tomatoes
Another yummy food find from Perry's Plate... Fried green tomatoes presented in two different ways... both of which would make fabulous appetizers for your next dinner party! Fried Green Tomatoes on Polenta Rounds with Bacon, Peppers, and Onions & Fried Green Tomatoes with Caramelized Onion.
Easy Veggie Sides that Kids will like..
Cheesy Cauliflower Brains & Cumin / Brown Sugar Sweet Potato Rounds For me, sometimes the dilemma with dinner is not what to fix for a main dish, but what do have as a side dish, that's healthy, tasty, and not boring -- and that my 5 year old won't automatically reject out of hand. Last night,
Spotlight: Black Bean Burgers
I was just thinking about making black bean burgers the other day, and then I ran across these vegan Black Bean Burgers today at Can You Stay For Dinner. This was just the kind of recipe I was looking for. A black bean burger, or patty, should not try to replicate a hamburger, but revel in the f
Healthy Snack! Oven Dried Potato Chips (Crisps)
Irish blog The Daily Spud brings us this fabulous idea -- Oven dried potato crisps (chips to us Yanks). Salt & Vinegar... mmmm!! Wouldn't these be cute served in little paper food baskets? And not fried, so they are actually a healthy snack... I'm wondering how these would come out in a s
Quick Fix: Mixed-Mushroom Salad
Sometimes you need a meal you can pull together out of just what happens to be in your cabinets. This is one of those meals... The other day I found several jars of marinated mushrooms, at the Dollar Store of all places. I picked up several different kinds... the one here was a mix of different
Eggplant Bites with Red Sauce
I love eggplant... (Eggplant fried up nice and crispy is one my guilty pleasures!) so this take on a bite sized appetizer portion of eggplant parmasan at Talk of Tomatoes sounds pretty tasty! Bites, nibbles, crumbly blobs of Parmesan and breadcrumbs on small pieces of eggplant. This experiment mad
Beet Salad with Goat Cheese
This is an excellent salad recipe that I posted at my Gaia's Greens website a couple of weeks ago when we had beets in our organic produce boxes. It is quickly becoming a favorite in my house!! The combination of flavors is just perfect and it's fast and easy to make. So many people
Fresh Squash 2 Ways
Our 2010 crop is in full swing with yellow and zucchini squash topping the list of most prolific. In spite of the fact that we've eaten squash with almost every meal for the last week or so, I still love it and am always looking for new ways to prepare it. I decided to test a new Squash Pi
Tasty Tofu Pad Thai
Starting off our Asian "Overlapping Meals", we have one of my favorite comfort foods, Pad Thai... As with the goal of this series, many of the ingredients used in this dish will also be used later in the week, for less waste and more cost effectiveness! This version was inspired by the Easy
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