This tomato and fire roasted corn salad is bursting with the fresh flavors of summer. It is a very simple salad of fresh ingredients tossed in a light homemade sauce that brightens its flavors.
The recipe calls for heirloom tomatoes. I keep this category broad because any fresh and super-flavorful tomato will do. Continue reading
Posted in Gluten Free Dishes, Quick and Easy, Salad, Side Dish
Tagged Basil, Sweet Corn, Tomatoes, Vegan
I have had portabella cheeseburgers at restaurants that have really lacked luster. The mushroom is too raw, lacks seasoning, and just doesn’t taste like a burger when you put it in a bun. This portabella cheeseburger recipe is different. Let me explain why.
First of all, this recipe is a two-step process that should be familiar to any cook. Marinade, then cook, preferably on a charcoal grill. The marinade starts to break down the mushroom, pulling out its moisture, and it adds plenty of savory seasoning. Continue reading
For this clam linguine alla vodka recipe, I decided to mash together two classic recipes, clam linguine and pasta alla vodka. The results are delicious. The sweet seafood-y clams are elevated by the rich, acidic vodka sauce.
I prefer chopped clams to whole clams for this recipe because they are packed in flavorful clam juice that you can use to thin the sauce. I also found whole clams to be gritty in comparison, requiring a rinse that takes away some flavor. As always, use what you like. Continue reading
I don’t think there is such a thing as a perfect fish taco. It can’t be because there are just so many good ways to do it, no one recipe could ever be the best. Nevertheless, I am always in the pursuit of perfecting recipes and fish tacos are easily a food group in my house, so here is another variation for you to try: smoky trout tacos with lemon garlic aioli.
Can we talk about aioli for a minute, please? Does anyone actually use eggs to make their aioli? Maybe I’m the only one that is totally hooked on the ease of using mayo, but what can I say? It’s delicious, easy to make, and I don’t have to fuss with raw eggs. Win-win in my book. Continue reading
Posted in Fish and Seafood, Quick and Easy, Tacos
Tagged Fish, Garlic, Lemon, Quick and Easy, Romaine, Tomatoes, Tortillas
First of all, I love green cabbage. It is sweet and crunchy and goes with everything. Second, I love a warming bowl of soup during the winter. Combined, that makes this smoky cabbage soup my new favorite comfort food!
I have read about cabbage soup and kind-of thought it would just be another vegetable soup. Well, not in my kitchen! I amped up the flavors in so many ways because I wanted to make this soup a little different. Continue reading
Posted in Gluten Free Dishes, Soup, Vegan, Vegetarian Main Dish
Tagged Cabbage, Carrots, Smoked paprika, Sweet Potato, Tomatoes, White Beans
I am a huge fan of vegetable soups, especially when the weather turns cold. This winter, I wanted to switch things up from my classic vegetable soup, so I made a vegetable barley soup instead!
Basically, I took my classic vegetable soup recipe and merged it with my mushroom barley stew recipe (old, old recipe!). I omitted the corn from the veggie soup and let barley more than take its place. Continue reading
Posted in Gluten Free Dishes, Soup, Vegan, Vegetarian Main Dish
Tagged Barley, Carrots, Kidney Beans, Mushrooms, Sweet Potato, Tomatoes
I have a secret to share. I was obsessed with these fried portabella poboy sandwiches so much that I got sick of eating them. They were so good that I just made them over and over and over again.
That was in spring, and now that all the summer produce is starting to wane, some fried comfort food sounds pretty good again. Continue reading
Posted in Cajun, Sandwich, Vegan, Vegetarian Main Dish
Tagged Make ahead, Mushrooms, Romaine, Tomatoes, Vegan, Vegetarian
I always have an abundance of tomatoes at the end of gardening season. I stay very busy at the end of gardening season as well with back to school and fall events so I appreciate this no peel slow cooker marinara recipe that allows me to use my tomatoes with minimal effort!
This recipe cooks for a total of 8 hours on high in the slow cooker (with one required stir). Most recipes in the slow cooker don’t cook on high for that long, but it is necessary with the marinara. Continue reading
I love to use polenta to make bowls because it is so creamy and dreamy! I topped these polenta bowls with smoky swiss chard and toasted chickpeas. Lets discuss the toppings!
I have a love hate relationship with swiss chard. It comes in so many beautiful colors which attract me to it as a vegetable. It is also very nutritious. So what’s to hate? Swiss chard can be bitter. Cooking helps, but it lacks texture when cooked. Continue reading
Posted in Gluten Free Dishes, Grains, Quick and Easy, Vegetarian Main Dish
Tagged Chard, Chickpeas, Polenta, Smoked paprika, Tomatoes
I grow arugula in my garden every year. It is such an easy plant to grow, it sprouts early, loves the colder months, and grows faster than any lettuce I have grown. This also produces my favorite problem, I end up with lots of arugula to find interesting new ways to use. Therefore, today I am sharing my creamy pesto arugula and tomato wraps.
The creamy pesto sauce idea was developed by one of those lightbulb-moments. I wanted to add protein to the wrap, but didn’t want roll-y chickpeas all over the place making the wrap difficult to eat. I opted for white beans instead of chickpeas, and decided to puree them into a flavorful spread, like hummus, but different. Continue reading
Posted in Quick and Easy, Sandwich, Vegetarian Main Dish
Tagged Arugula, Cheese, Pesto, Quick and Easy, Tomatoes, Tortillas
