We love beans, but ever since getting a Instant Pot we love them even more. There just isn’t any comparison between freshly cooked dried beans and the canned ones from the store. Don’t get me wrong, canned beans are better than no beans at […]
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Tasty Tuesday … Vegetable Barley Soup
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 […]
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 … 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 … Roasted Beet Borscht with Mashed Potatoes
Yes, I know it’s spring, but I also know that it’s still raining here! A lot actually! All this weather reminded me of earlier this year, when we had snow, ice, rain and of course, the flu! We had been stuck on our hill for […]
Tasty Tuesday … Springtime Shepard’s Pie
Local asparagus is in season, and it has been fantastic so far. Almost every time I visit the grocery store, I’ve picked up a giant bunch of these succulent bright green spears. I don’t peel asparagus because I’m not one to make a big fuss […]
Tasty Tuesday … Potage Celeste
Late last week, the weather forecast in Portland was predicting snow and freezing rain for a couple of days. This corner of Oregon gets plenty of rain all winter long, but for snow to make it to the valley floor, everything has to line up […]
Tasty Tuesday … German Potato Pancakes with homemade Apple Sauce
Growing up, Fridays generally meant potato pancakes for lunch. My mom sure couldĀ make delicious “Kartoffelpuffer”, or “Pflinsen”,as they were known in our dialect. Hey, try to quickly say that five times in a row! š By the time we’d get home from school, she had […]
Tasty Tuesday … Vegan Autumn Shepherd’s Pie
The weather has been chilly and very rainy here in the Pacific Northwest this month. Rain is good and we do need it. But when I think that this is just beginning of the wet season, I sure wish I had a fast-forward button to […]
Tasty Tuesday … Curried Broccoli and Potato Stir-Fry
Lately, the broccoli has been looking really good at the store. I bought a bunch and decided to make this curried stir-fry with potatoes and shiitake mushrooms. It’s one of my favorite dishes! Crispy potatoes, “meaty” slices of mushrooms, sundered tomatoes and bright green broccoli […]
Tasty Tuesday … Potato Coconut Soup with sizzling Shiitakes
For Christmas, my sister sent me a fabulous vegetarian cookbook! It’s a treasure filled with vegetarian and vegan comfort food from Germany! Thank you, Schwesterherz! IĀ think of you often when I’m chopping and cooking away in my kitchen! The first recipe I made from the […]
Tasty Tuesday … Caldo Verde
Winter has arrived out of nowhere! Suddenly it’s cold! An icy wind has been blowing into our area from the Columbia River Gorge. I braved the freezing temperaturesĀ Ā earlier today and raked up the last of our fall leaves. Afterwards, I came inside and decided to […]
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