Category: Recipes
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Polenta Pizza with Pesto and Poblano
Looking for a reminder of the proportions to use for pesto, I found a polenta pizza recipe that I did not follow. This adventure in vegetarian cooking earned high marks for flavor and nutrition.
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Rolled Eggplant
Rolling rather than layering eggplant gave a unique presentation to what would have been akin to lasagnas.
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Apple Sauce and Rye Bread
Looking for a different kind of bread I found one that called for dried apples. I anticipated modifying the recipe using a fresh apple instead, but found none at home. However I found applesauce with cinnamon in convenient four ounce cups. Preferring honey over sugar, I made a few other emendations to the original recipe…
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Rich Wheat and Rye
We have a new favorite bread in our house. This light bread is so rich and moist it needs neither butter nor honey for generous amounts of each are baked in.
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Lemon Shrimp Stir Fry
A quick nutritious meal with shrimp and spinach and zucchini.
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Stir Fried Leftovers
When I intentionally cook more than we will eat for dinner, I carefully package and freeze extra portions, occasionally carefully layering and arranging partly cooked ingredients so the dish will finish cooking when we defrost and microwave it later. We call those meals “planned-overs.” This recipe is for leftovers, servings of vegetables and meat that…
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Fluffy Wheat and Rye
This recipe shows my process toward creating bread that captures both the flaky texture of challah and the taste of rye bread. I blended two recipes, challah and rye breads, considering the fat and protein content in a typical large egg. Life, I suppose, is a work in progress. Each day we take steps. Some…
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Fettuccined Vegetables in Creamy Sauce
This dish developed when we had visited a restaurant that was changing its menu: Several items on their old menu were no longer available and their new menu was not ready. I opted for their fettuccine Alfredo and their sautéed vegetables, which they listed as two separate items. Individually they were fine, but after I…
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Four Flour Flapjacks
Short on eggs and all-purpose flour I made some adjustments to our usual pancakes and was delightfully surprised. Because I often make bread, we normally have all the items listed below in our pantry.
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Broccoli Pasta Quiche
The filling can be prepared while the pasta cooks. Chop the vegetables while waiting for the water to boil then mince the parsley and whip the eggs while the vegetables steam. Serves: 4 – 6 Preparation: 15 minutes; Bake for 50 minutes; Ready in 65 minutes. Ingredients: 6 ounces whole wheat vermicelli or thin spaghetti…