Bloggers around the web are up to the challenge of cooking up summer’s most prolific vegetable…zucchini. Here is a collection of inspired and inspiring recipes. If there was IOC-sanctioned steroid testing at the local farmer’s stand, the zucchini would most certainly be disqualified and stripped of their medals. This is the time of year when…
Vegetable Stir-Fry Recipe with Endive & Shiitake Mushrooms
An easy stir-fry with flavors that will blow your mind. Endive and shiitake mushrooms blend perfectly in this healthy side dish. I don’t know about you, but I’ve always thought of endive as something to be used strictly for fancy appetizers or highfalutin salads. You know, something that you would only eat while you had…
Roasted Vegetable Pasta Salad Recipe with Eggplant, Zucchini & Feta Cheese
I may have finally found my ultimate pasta salad. And if you are looking for a Meatless Monday vegetarian recipe, this is definitely one to add to the menu. I will never turn my back on two other favorites, one with salmon, tomatoes and an herb dressing and the other with chicken, plums and cumin…
5-Ingredient Asparagus Recipe with Curry Sauce
When I start posting asparagus recipes, that can only mean one thing. No, it doesn’t mean that we’re holding vegetable light-saber battles in our kitchen, though my little Jedis would be thrilled if I gave the go-ahead for that, especially when it comes to asparagus. I certainly can’t complain about my boys’ vegetable consumption, but…
Quick Mushroom, Zucchini & Thyme Sauté with Fried Egg Recipe
During my health and weight loss journey, I learned a little trick that helped get me to the end of the day with my skinny jean hopes still intact. Really, it was a state of mind. If I focused on what I should be eating first rather than what I shouldn’t be eating, I found…
Grated Cauliflower Salad Recipe with Peppers, Carrots & Capers
I’ve always been a little perplexed by raw food restaurants. And entire menu made up of food that isn’t cooked? Really? And so I was somewhat mystified, but also intrigued when I saw this recipe, labeled Raw Cauliflower Couscous over at the Tasty Kitchen site. The first step in this salad recipe calls for grating…
Lemon Pepper Steamed Broccoli Recipe
I ate five cups of broccoli the other day. Five cups! By noon, I hit my daily fiber requirements, and I’m pretty sure that my skin turned a light shade of green. As crazy as it may seem, I just couldn’t leave this steamed broccoli alone. It was that good and didn’t even meet the…
Roasted Sweet Potatoes Recipe with Chinese Five-Spice Powder
Roasted sweet potatoes take mere minutes to prep. Just toss them with olive oil, salt and Chinese 5-spice powder before sliding them into the oven. If there was a Superfriends Hall of Justice for food, sweet potatoes would be the Superman or Wonder Woman of the group. Or put two of them together and they…
Fresh Green Beans with Bacon, Mushrooms & Herbs Recipe
Fresh green beans are tossed with crispy bacon, sauteed mushrooms, shallots and fresh herbs. This is a wonderful, bright side for your Thanksgiving feast. This post is a two-fer. If you are looking for a side dish for your Thanksgiving feast, then these fresh green beans will do the trick. Bacon, mushrooms, shallots and fresh…
Ten Vegetarian Recipes for the Grill
After I reported the results of my informal Facebook poll yesterday, I started thinking deeply about vegetarian recipes for the grill. Part of this deep thinking involved perusing my vegetarian recipe index. Vegetarian stews – check, vegetarian soups – check, salads – check, grilled vegetarian dishes – umm, sadly lacking. This post holds my jewels…
Roasted Asparagus Recipe with Miso Lime Dressing
Roasted asparagus gets dressed up with a wonderful salty and tangy miso lime dressing. Easy to make and always popular! One of the things I remember most vividly about Barbara Kingsolver’s book Animal, Vegetable, Miracle was the elation the family felt when the first spears of asparagus pushed through the soil at the start of…
Balsamic Roasted Vegetable Recipe with Rosemary, Artichokes & Zucchini
Easter is only two days away and the excitement level is reaching epic proportions. Plans for the traditional feast are made…ham with a brown sugar glaze and studded with cloves, roasted potatoes (or maybe scalloped ones if we run a couple of extra miles first) and a vegetable side dish, such as these easy roasted…
Vegetarian Naan Pizza with Eggplant & Cilantro Jalapeno Pesto Recipe
Pair homemade cilantro jalapeno pesto with roasted eggplant and you have a vegetarian naan pizza that will blow your mind! When I was a kid, the only way my parents could get me to eat eggplant was to take me to a Greek restaurant and set an order of Moussaka in front of me. Maybe…
Sauteed Mushrooms with Marsala Wine & Thyme Recipe
Sauteed mushrooms are fantastic on their own, but are taken to a whole new level with the addition of Marsala wine and thyme. Okay, this story has nothing to do with sauteed mushrooms or marsala wine, but it’s a Valentine’s story that must be told. The other day I told you a Valentine’s tale about…
Crown Roast of Pork with Vegetable Paella & Romesco Sauce Recipe
Sunday dinner or holiday celebrations are kicked up another notch with this beautiful crown roast of pork with paella recipe. The holidays are in full swing and this is the time of year to pull out all the stops. As parties with family and friends start to fill the calendar, we are all looking for…
Spaghetti Squash with Apples & Toasted Pecans Recipe
This spaghetti squash recipe, with apples and toasted pecans is a fantastic healthy side dish for autumnal meals. Spaghetti Squash with Apples & Toasted Pecans Recipe It was the last man standing. Well, actually, it was the last vegetable standing. After the snowfall that snuck up on us like a teenaged farm boy on an…
Roasted Cauliflower with Indian Spices Recipe
Roasted cauliflower goes from boring to addictive when tossed with Indian spices. Serve this alongside curry or Sunday’s roast chicken. It’s that versatile! Roasted Cauliflower Recipe with Indian Spices I’m not sure anything I write about roasted cauliflower can do it justice. Perhaps it’s enough to tell you that I ate this with my fingers,…
Green Bean & Tomato Salad with Lime & Sesame Dressing Recipe
Visiting my favorite farm stand is not just about the overflowing bins of corn, green beans, squash and tomatoes. There is another reason I enjoy going there. When I was a kid, I had an inherent trust of people who lived and worked in my neighborhood. Perhaps this was a result of living in a…
Grilled Tofu Stacks with Pesto & Grilled Vegetables
Scroll all the way to the bottom to enter your savory vegetarian recipes. Click on the button that says, “Add your link”. Be sure to read the rules halfway down. It’s okay to use a post that’s already on your blog – no need to re-invent the wheel. We are heading into week four of…
Best of…Grilling and Summer Barbecue Recipes 2011
Memorial Day is upon us and, in the United States, that means eager barbecue fanatics are scrubbing down their grills, checking their supply of spices and herbs, and wielding their tongs while donning their red-checked aprons. I can already hear the caveman grunts and the bellows for brewskies. I really need to learn to control…