Winter is the time to break out the home-canned tomatoes for a pot of soup. Tomato soup is probably my favorite soup, year-round, but I really crave it in cold weather. This version has lots of vegetables, including a swirl of Swiss chard ribbons added in at the end, plus some smoky flavors from the [...]
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Easy Curried Eggs
As the new semester looms I am finishing up my class materials and doing some advance meal planning for busy weeknights. When you are tired and there is little time to cook, it is easy to fall into the carry-out trap, and I really want to avoid that as much as possible. This is a [...]
Shrimp and Artichoke Frittata, and World Diabetes Day
Did you know that today is World Diabetes Day, and that November is Diabetes Awareness month? Diabetes touches the lives of millions of Americans, both those who are living with the disease and their loved ones. This diabetes awareness blogger event was created by All Day I Dream About Food, a low carb blog authored [...]
Harvest Dinner Pairings, with HandCraft Wines
We are enjoying the end-of-summer bounty from our C.S.A. share, and when I heard that the newest Thirsty Girl event was coming up I immediately started thinking of a “garden” dinner to go with the wines. The featured wines for September are from the HandCraft collection, and vintner Cheryl Indelicato is donating part of the [...]
Simple Seafood Stew
I have been busy wrapping up a significant chapter of my life, so cooking has not been a top priority. I didn’t think you all would want to see my recipe for “bag o’ salad” or “scrambled eggs,” which is the way it has been running for the past couple of weeks. Things are winding [...]
Roasted Eggplant Rolls with Spinach and Pistachio Pesto
I hope you all like pistachios, because I am on a bit of a pistachio kick of late. I discovered that you can buy giant bags of shelled, roasted and salted pistachios at Costco, and without all of that shelling I find myself cooking with pistachios with wild abandon! We all have to get our [...]
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