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Pizza Baked Potatoes

Pizza Baked Potatoes

I have a no waste attitude when it comes to food.  I hate throwing out even the littlest bit of food just because it doesn’t have a purpose, or because I think there isn’t enough left to use.  With a little bit of effort and planning you can prevent this kind of waste.  Today’s Pizza Baked Potatoes was created because I had a small amount of pasta sauce that was not going to go down the drain.  The recipe was so good that I made it multiple times and perfected the seasonings, and today I’m sharing it with you! Continue reading

Cilantro Pesto Pizza

Cilantro Pesto Pizza

I didn’t use to like cilantro.  In every bite of a dish utilizing cilantro, all I could ever taste was the cilantro.  It was too strong for me, and still is if I don’t cut up the leaves into tiny little pieces.  I learned to start to like cilantro when I was introduced to the Tandori Naan Pizza’s cilantro pesto pizza with tomatoes.  This recipe is a mimic of that frozen pizza.  I don’t make it on naan bread, and I don’t always add tomatoes, but this recipe still has the punch of flavor that I loved from the frozen pizza! Continue reading

Southwest Baked Egg Rolls

Baked SW Eggrolls5If you thought egg rolls were for cabbage only, you were wrong!  These egg rolls are packed full of veggies, and given a little cheese to balance.  Oven baking these egg rolls makes them light and easy to prepare, as well.  Southwest baked egg rolls make the regular rotation at my house! Continue reading

Roasted Cauliflower Soup with Smoked Gouda

Roasted Cauliflower soup with smoked gouda

The temperatures are warming and spring is in the air.  The tulips  in front of my house are even starting to sprout up out of the ground in anticipation of spring.  This roasted cauliflower soup with smoked gouda recipe is a great end of winter dish that I have been making a lot recently.  You can make it as rich or as light as you like, based on how much half and half you use.  Plus it will use up all your soup crackers before soup is no longer in season! Continue reading

Butternut Squash and Smoked Gouda Pie with Almond Crust

Butternut Squash Pie

Pie for dinner.  Is that not the best idea you have ever heard?  This savory pie is so full of flavor, you’ll want to eat the whole thing!  The best part, its also healthy.  The butternut squash and smoked gouda pie is made with whole grains, nuts for protein, and packed full of seasonal veggies. Continue reading

Clam and Millet Stuffed Mushrooms

Clam and millet stuffed mushroomsMushrooms are a great ingredient to work with as a cook.    They are rich and full of umami.  Umami is the flavor of savoriness.   When mushrooms cook, something magical happens.  Their dense spongy material softens and releases so much flavor!  Mushrooms are good so many ways, sauted for pasta like this Ravioli Bake with Spinach and Mushrooms, or in veggie burgers like this Black Bean and Mushroom Burger.  In this clam and millet stuffed mushrooms recipe, I stuff a large mushroom cap with diced clams and cooked millet. So rich and flavorful! Continue reading

Roasted Root Vegetable Pockets with Goat Cheese

Root Vegetable pockets with spinach

Earlier this week I shared a recipe for Roasted Root Vegetables with Parmesan Wheat Berries.  We loved this combo of veggies with creamy cheese and nutty wheat so much that I found another way to enjoy those flavors.  These pockets are stuffed with lots of veggies, given a good smear of goat cheese, and topped with mustard-y glaze! Continue reading

Roasted Root Vegetables with Parmesan Wheat Berries

 

Root Vegetables plus Brussle Sprout

Roasted root vegetables are a wonderful staple of the season.  Enjoy as many root vegetables as you can now, because soon spring and summer produce will be back.  I added one vegetable to this mix that is not a root vegetable: Brussels sprouts!  It is also a seasonal veggie, that grows best in colder temperatures, and I couldn’t make this dish without something green! Continue reading

Football Food for Super Bowl Sunday

Football Food

I love watching football all season long.  Football Sundays are cherished for us when the fall rolls around.  It is special because there are so few games to the season, in comparison to other sports.  We huddle around the couch, spending time together enjoying copious amounts of football food! I love to experiment with all kinds of foods, finding the most fun and creative to eat for those special days!   Continue reading

Toasted Ravioli with Homemade Dipping Sauce

Toasted Ravioli with homemade dipping sauce by Alison's AllspiceI love foods you can dip.  Ok, maybe I just love finger foods and eating with my hands.  I feel like a kid again.  Or maybe it’s the dip.  Dips add another dimension of flavor and texture to the food.  I love dips!  Whatever your reason to dig in with your hands, this toasted ravoli with homemade dipping sauce recipe has it all.  Crunchy coating and savory sauce.  Dig in!

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