Menu ideas and recipes for tahini, sweet potatoes, split pea soup, quesadillas, broccoli, striped mullet and swordfish Tahini treat I want this sauce on everything. This maple-lemon-tahini sauce from Bon Appétit is intended for roasted sweet potatoes. The recipe, which we loved, made a lot of sauce so I put the leftovers on roasted broccoli …
Ham bone (and ham), beans, sweet potato and greens soup — a big bowl of tasty comfort that’s a perfect recipe for a chilly day or night. Don’t have a ham bone? Sear some slices of ham instead. Mmm mmm good. ~~~ It all started with a ham bone. As soon as I saw Jim …
Before local corn harvests disappear, I want to share this Chipotle Corn Soup recipe. Ooh, it’s good — sweet and spicy. Some of you may know my love for chipotle. Just last Thursday I made chipotle-infused Slow Cooker Barbecue Pulled Chicken from a recipe I found on the Elly Say Sopa blog, but, as usual, …
My take on Brazilian fish stew or moqueca is a quick recipe if you skip the marinade step — either way it’s full of flavor and healthy too. ~~~ This certainly isn’t an authentic moqueca, but it’s good enough. Better than good enough, it’s delicious. This could be a 30 minute meal if not for …
A hearty minestrone (or minestra) soup recipe that you can throw together quickly featuring greens, beans, zucchini, tomatoes and red bell pepper. ~~~ Rachael Ray’s Minestra has been the backbone of my go-to minestrone soup recipe for many years. Yet, the first time I made it, I felt it was lacking some critical ingredients. I …
I first made Hoppin’ John soup for New Year’s Day last year. Southern tradition says eating black-eyed peas and greens will bring you luck in the coming year. 2011 was a pretty good year, so I’m a believer. I was going to make it again for New Year’s Day this year, but when the day came, we …
A surprisingly tasty–because I had low expectations–broccoli cheese soup. And it’s healthy too–no cream! ~~~ Broccoli soup isn’t sexy, but it can be delicious. I had a bowl yesterday for lunch with a roasted eggplant, provolone and pesto mayo pita bread sandwich. I was very happy. I found this recipe in the March/April issue of …
A New England clam chowder recipe that will become a favorite in your house — it is in mine! ~~~ Today is National New England Clam Chowder Day! I’m not taking the day off but I did start celebrating last night by making chowder for dinner. I’m from clam chowder country, Massachusetts, so it’s sort …
Yes, yes, it’s the first week of the new year and you all have resolutions about eating healthier, exercising and being the perfect you. However, sometimes you need to treat yourself, and those around you, to a warm comforting bowl of fat. Don’t worry, it has vegetables in it too! Beer cheese soups have been …
We’re still feasting on leftover food from our New Year’s beach weekend. Monday night we had the remains of our New Year’s Day dinner – my shrimp pesto pasta. Last night we used up the leftover deli meats in giant sandwiches. But we wanted something more. Since Tuesday is usually my night to cook, I …
Grabbing the Gusto 