During my last trip to the grocery store I was finally able to get a bag of whole grain pearled barley to make this soup again. It’s nothing fancy, but it’s oh so good on a cold and rainy day. There are loads of veggies […]
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Tasty Tuesday … Lemony Roasted Vegetables and Feta Cheese
This simple roasted vegetable dish will be on my menu regularly! When I noticed this recipe in the New York Times I thought “that looks really good”, and since I had all the ingredients I decided to make this on New Years Eve. It was […]

Tasty Tuesday … Vegan Red Lentil Chili
The weather here is getting colder and wetter. That means soup time at our house. I’m a huge fan of lentils, especially the versatile red ones. They turn a beautiful salmon red when cooked and are popular in many cuisines around the world. Here, in […]

Tasty Tuesday … Mediterranean Stir-Fry
For the last two weeks I’ve been spending much of my time sitting at my computer sorting and deleting photographs. A few days before I started deleting in earnest, a message on my computer screen jolted me awake by alerting me to the fact that […]

Tasty Tuesday … Winter Vegetable Curry
Winter Vegetable Curry with Paratha and a little Indian Tomato Pickle Like I’ve said many times, I could eat some kind of curry almost every night and never get tired of it. This hasn’t changed for me even during the pandemic. I think I crave […]

Tasty Tuesday … To Knead or not to Knead! That is the Question!
The pandemic has been a rather frightening and sobering experience and has made us appreciate many times over all the good things, friends and family in our lives. Thankfully no one close to us has gotten infected. But millions and millions of our fellow […]

Tasty Tuesday … Vegan Pad Prik King
One upside of the pandemic for me has been learning to better manage grocery shopping and varying our meals without having to run to the store all the time. A couple of trips to the grocery store got my pantry restocked with our favorite condiments, […]

Tasty Tuesday … Vegan Thai Coconut Mango Curry
Were I to ever find myself stranded on a tropical island, on which I could choose only one kind of fruit tree to grow, it would be a mango tree. While I love most fruit, the mango is my absolute favorite! Right now my favorite […]

Tasty Tuesday … Wild Mushroom & Coffee Dutch Baby
An intriguing cookbook I recently came across at the library was “Bake the Seasons”. The author is Marcella DiLonardo and I think her book is fantastic. While browsing through pages of yummy sounding recipes, I noticed this Wild Mushroom & Coffee Dutch Baby recipe. It’s […]

Tasty Tuesday … Golden Autumn Vegetable Chowder
Fall has arrived here with rain, cooler temperatures and beautiful cool season vegetables. There are of course still vine-ripened tomatoes and colorful sweet peppers for sale at the farm market, but cauliflower, broccoli and various cabbages are showing up there as well. Cauliflower is one […]

Tasty Tuesday … Delectable Vegetable Tagine
Without question, the best couscous and tagine I’ve ever eaten was back in 1984 in Paris. We had gotten lost in the area near the famous Père Lachaise Cemetery where we visited Jim Morrison’s grave, when we came upon a tiny restaurant from which the […]

Tasty Tuesday … Moroccan Dutch Baby with Cinnamon-Spiced Beluga Lentils
There are days when dinnertime’s almost here and I still don’t know what to prepare for supper. I’ve never really been a planner and that includes what to eat when. One of my reasons for this is that I like to see what’s fresh and […]

Tasty Tuesday … Fresh Farm Market Vegetable Paella
Paella always reminds me of Tarragona, the fascinating Spanish city we visited seven years ago. It’s right on the Mediterranean Sea, about an hour south of Barcelona. There, El Pigot quickly became our favorite place to eat! It was right on the town square which […]

Tasty Tuesday … Incredibly Delicious Fruit Cobbler
When I started my subscription to the Washington Post last year, I didn’t realize that it would become one of my favorite sites for recipes. I have to confess that I’ve made this dessert several times now and this morning I had a wedge of […]

Tasty Tuesday … Spicy Rhubarb Soup with Red Lentils
Last week, Missy from thyme, and everything else posted a very scrumptious sounding rhubarb pie with cardamom recipe. It got me thinking about rhubarb and how I rarely use it in cooking or baking. My grandmother used to bake a yummy rhubarb cake when I […]

Tasty Tuesday … Fresh Farm Market Summer Tacos
When summer temperatures soar, I don’t like turning on the stove in the kitchen for any longer than necessary. This is where a quick sauté comes in handy. And since fresh corn has been really tasty this year, I’ve been buying some almost every time I […]

Tasty Tuesday … Avocado Spring Rolls
One of the things I love about traveling, is not having to cook for a few days. While visiting friends in California, I discovered a really cool Vietnamese restaurant just short walk from the hotel where I was staying. When I walked into the place, […]

Tasty Tuesday … Vegetarian Vegetable Yakisoba
Noodles!! I love noodles! Give me some noodles from anywhere in the world and I’ll serve you a scrumptious meal! While running some errands near Beaverton, I finally took the time to check out the fantastic Umajimaya Asian grocery store there. This place is unbelievable!! […]