winter

  • Spiced Cauliflower Florets

    While I don’t mind cauliflower rice today as much as I did 15 years ago, I still would rather eat a bowl of roasted cauliflower florets. I vary the seasoning from batch to batch. This one has a touch of… Continue reading

    Spiced Cauliflower Florets
  • Green Soup

    This is the default soup I use for when I have an abundance of greens — spinach, kale, chard, etc., AND when I want all the kids including the picky teen to eat their greens. The original recipe comes from… Continue reading

    Green Soup
  • Chicken Pho (Pho Ga)

    Green Toppings Additional toppings Instructions  Continue reading

    Chicken Pho (Pho Ga)
  • Sausage on Curried Lentils and Rice

    This is one of those use-what-you-have recipes, so I don’t provide amounts. Ingredients   Instructions  Continue reading

    Sausage on Curried Lentils and Rice
  • Sticky Toffee Pudding

    This is a dessert that not a lot of people talk about these days, though knowing that fads come and go, I’m sure one day people will remember it and start looking for the recipe again. I love this recipe… Continue reading

    Sticky Toffee Pudding
  • Moroccan Carrot Salad

    Carrot salad is one of those things that my whole family loves (except the youngest). It’s quick and easy to prepare. If I’m being lazy it’s really just carrot-vinegar-sugar-salt. But every now and then I add in a few things,… Continue reading

    Moroccan Carrot Salad
  • Spaghetti with Sardine Sauce

    Quick Lenten dinner you can make with ingredients from your pantry. Continue reading

    Spaghetti with Sardine Sauce
  • In the Bleak Mid-Winter, Gustav Holst

    In the bleak mid-winter Frosty wind made moan, Earth stood hard as iron, Water like a stone; Snow had fallen, snow on snow, Snow on snow, In the bleak mid-winter Long ago. Our God, Heaven cannot hold Him Nor earth… Continue reading

    In the Bleak Mid-Winter, Gustav Holst
  • Red Salad with Tahini Sauce and Pomegranate Dressing

    This is such a festive and yet simple salad that’s especially fitting for the holiday season when you’re likely to look for showy but not work-intensive dishes. The jewel-like pomegranate seeds that sometimes seem to be lit from within really… Continue reading

    Red Salad with Tahini Sauce and Pomegranate Dressing