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Pizza Party Time!!
We recently got an outdoor pizza oven — Ooni Koda 16 — and it’s been so fun experimenting with different pizza dough recipes for ourselves and our friends. Friday night pizza night is a much more active tradition now. And our friends love it when we host a pizza party, too! Chris and I started…
Read MoreVegetarian Cassoulet Beans
Springtime is the right time for vegetarian cassoulet beans. I finally got into the heralded and exclusive Rancho Gordo Bean Club and we’ve been eating our weight in beans to try and keep up! Included in the most recent delivery was a pound of cassoulet beans, which I’d never had before. And I was surprised…
Read MoreSheet Pan Salmon with Asparagus
I realize I’m late to the sheet pan dinner game, but that’s only because I hate to turn on my oven because it heats up the kitchen so much. But I can’t deny the ease of this sheet pan salmon with asparagus! Add some purple cabbage for color and when it’s out of the oven,…
Read MoreThree Bean Salad Recipe
Everything I love to eat was invented by someone’s grandma. Three bean salad is a good example of “old lady food” but you know what, old lady food is yummy and this three bean salad recipe is a good one. I have an undying devotion to bean salads. They’re wonderful. Make them on a day…
Read MoreGigante Bean Salad
Healthy, delicious gigante bean salad with apples, corn, jalapeños, apple cider vinaigrette and Royal Corona gigante beans
Read MoreVegan Chili
I served this vegan chili at our Super Bowl party last night (Go Rams!) as part of a Frito pie buffet and three people asked for the recipe so I figured as long as I was writing it down, I’d put it up here, too. I was kind of surprised I hadn’t posted this yet,…
Read MoreBratwurst Stew with Beans and Butternut
Bratwurst stew with navy beans and roasted butternut squash, seasoned with nutmeg, garnished with fresh dill
Read MoreBreakfast Chef Salad
I first encountered a breakfast salad fifteen years ago. My ex-husband’s sister-in-law was from Japan and she always ate a small salad with breakfast and told me salad was a regular component of Japanese breakfasts. I thought to myself it was a grand idea, but never made it part of my daily breakfast habit. And…
Read MoreFarro Cauliflower Salad
It’s been a long while since I’ve posted anything on this blog. It’s not that I haven’t been cooking; in fact I’ve been cooking a lot but it’s often hurried and rushed and uninspired. But today! Today I made this farro cauliflower salad to take on a picnic at Laguna Gloria, and it turned out…
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