There is a nice balance of flavors in this salad with the various ingredients and the dressing is especially good – always when dijon mustard is part of the mix. The salad can be made ahead and the almonds and dressing added up to an hour before serving. Great for your summer meals – add … Continue reading
Broccoli is a vegetable I don’t seem to cook very much as I do like it. In China super-charged wok burners deliver searing heat that encircles the bottom and sides of the wok. The results are rendering raw vegetables tender on the inside and nicely browned on the outside. Food emerges in a whoosh of … Continue reading
I am always looking for new recipes to cook veggies such as the three in this post. It all began when a sister sent me a link for roasted cauliflower; then I found a broccoli recipe on the same site. Ina Garten always has good recipes so I used her roasted potato recipe. All three … Continue reading
This is a fantastic, creamy, cheese filled sauce with the added bonus (vegetable) of a whole head of cauliflower pureed in. There is no butter, flour or milk, just infused water with herbs and spices, cauliflower and of course some good cheese. I have made pizza crusts and rice using cauliflower and added this veggie to … Continue reading
While reorganizing all my cookbooks I found this one “Martin Yan’s Feast: The Best of Yan Can Cook“. Does anyone remember “If Yan Can Cook, You Can Too”? In 1978 he first started teaching Chinese cooking in Calgary on a Canadian talk show. Beginning in 1982 he hosted over 1,500 episodes of the PBS cooking … Continue reading
My family loves broccoli served in many different ways. We like it steamed, roasted, added to a stir-fry, in macaroni and cheese, just to munch on and in salads to name a few. It’s a very versatile vegetable and so good in all kinds of recipes. This cold salad my niece Bethany shared is just … Continue reading
When you have your own garden you cook whatever is ready to be picked. I have a small raised bed garden and my snow peas are producing like crazy – I need to pick them every day. I especially like to grow these as I like them small and tender – not what you usually … Continue reading
There are so many good Weight Watcher’s recipes available and this is my third recipe where pasta and broccoli are combined in a “healthy” sauce. Pasta + broccoli + cheese sauce – yes I do like this trio together! I have been using a new pasta called Cavatappi that I like a lot as … Continue reading
This is an immune-boosting recipe from the dieticians at Mother Earth News which I have changed a little. I use to get the Herb Companion for a very long time and they have now joined Mother Earth News so I thought I would give this new magazine a try.
This is one of my favorite vegetable combinations to make in the microwave. A great side dish when your oven and stove top are busy – like on Thanksgiving.