Easy Family Recipes
Zucchini salad is a nice vegetarian entree or summer side dish. It is inexpensive to make and also works as a satisfying cold vegetarian meal. Such a great way to use up extra summer squash! Zucchini Salad This Zucchini Salad with Chickpea & Artichoke is what I whipped up for a simple summer dinner tonight. Nope, no in depth recipe planning here, this is fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants gleaning from the garden and pantry style cooking. The fresh zucchini salad makes for a Continue Reading
This Sesame Eggplant is a fun twist on baba ganoush, but served as a vegan entree. I wanted to do a little something different with my eggplant this time. Sesame Crusted Eggplant with Lemon and Garlic is what I came up with. I guess you could say it is sort of a cutlet form of baba ganoush, but obviously the results are quite different, hence baba ga"not". The recipe is really quite simple, and although the sesame seeds do end out creating almost a form of breading, they are merely Continue Reading
Southwest Lobster Rolls may seem like culinary sacrilege to some folks around here in New England, but they taste "wick'd" good & as a born and raised "New Englanda", I'll do what I darn well please with my "lobsta". If you want a little extra zing to the sandwiches add a little of my Avocado Lime Ranch Dressing to the rolls or serve on the side as a dip for chips or fries. Serve Kettle chips, classic macaroni salad, Hellmann's potato salad or air fryer sweet potato fries on the Continue Reading
This vegan cilantro pesto with walnuts is not only delicious, but also gluten free. Yesterday I found myself with some cilantro on-hand that pretty much needed to be used pronto. I didn't have anything in particular in mind for it, but wasn't about to let it get funky on me. I fuddled around on the web for a bit, and came across a recipe for Cilantro-Walnut Pesto on the Cooking Light website. I had plenty of shelled walnuts and most of the other ingredients necessary. It seemed worth Continue Reading
This Roasted Potato Salad is hands down one of my very favorite ways to make potatoes and many readers have had great success with it as well. The crispy roasted potatoes are topped with a whole grain dijon dressing and fresh goat cheese while still hot out of the oven. These potatoes are so yummy, you may want them as an appetizer rather than a side dish, so they don't outshine your main course. This Roasted Potato Salad with Dijon and Goat Cheese Dressing is made with my daughter's Continue Reading
This Creamy Chicken Quinoa "Risotto" with Sweet Peppers and Mushrooms is a little richer than most of the quinoa recipes I make, but the cream and cheese were kept to just what seemed to be necessary. No need to turn the dish into a complete "fat fest". The photos I've shared here are actually of a batch of quinoa risotto which was made the prior evening. You see, as the pot was simmering, soon to be plated, big black storm clouds rolled in making the light of early evening fade to near Continue Reading
