This is a recipe I adapted from the current issue of Fine Cooking magazine. The original recipe calls for serving it with blue cheese croutons, which is a mixture of butter, blue cheese and walnuts spread on baguette slices and broiled til crisp. I preferred to serve this more as a soup than a stew…
Tag: vegetable
Roasted Vegetable Lasagne
If you look the word adapt up in the dictionary you will find that it means to make suitable to requirements or conditions, adjust or modify fittingly. This recipe for Roasted Vegetable Lasagne is a result of my efforts to create a lasagne which would appeal to my husband’s tastes. I may have mentioned before…
Sheila’s Roasted Potato Leek Soup
It’s amazing to me as one season ends and the next begins how I’m always ready for the change. As eager as I am in the spring to get gardening again after a long winter I’m just as anxious in the fall to put the garden to bed for another season. As the annuals and…
A Greek Dinner
My younger son and his girlfriend are visiting this week from San Francisco. He requested a Greek meal with some of his favorite dishes for dinner last night. Happy to oblige I came up with the following menu. Greek Salad dressed with an olive oil, red wine vinegar and oregano vinaigrette Grilled Pita Bread brushed…
ZUCCHINI SOUP At this time of year with the farm stands and home gardens overflowing with zucchini, everyone is always looking for a new recipe for zucchini. I have an oldie but goodie, which I’ve been making for years. It is for zucchini soup, and I acquired this many years ago when I worked part-time…
GRILLED SALMON WITH BASIL AIOLI Serve this delicious wild Alaskan Sockeye salmon with a mix of veggies which have been blistered on the grill as well. No heating up the oven tonight! This basic recipe was featured in the July 2008 BBQ issue of Bon Appetit magazine. The salmon and the veggies are all brushed…
HOLY GUACAMOLE! Yesterday I noticed the 2 avocados on my kitchen counter were at that stage where you know if you let them sit one more day you will be throwing them in the trash. I don’t know about you but for me there’s nothing better than a perfectly ripe avocado, and nothing worse than…
Recipes for Fresh Tomato Tart And Pasta With Tomatoes, Peppers, And Onions
Here are my recipes for the Fresh Tomato Tart and the Pasta with Tomatoes, Peppers, and Onions, my entries in a recent tomato recipe contest. No, I didn’t win the contest, but I think these are two tasty winning recipes. I hope you’ll enjoy them, especially now while the tomatoes are so plentiful…