Eggplant and Orzo Stuffed Peppers

Here’s another blast from the recipe archive past for you, because I’m on my second business trip of two weeks and have barely cooked in days.  And also because I love looking at my beautiful granite countertops from my old condo.  Sigh.  I haven’t made this recipe in a LONG time and now I’m thinking [...]

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Roasted Spring Vegetable Pasta

Ahhhh, spring.  One of my favorite things about you is the new vegetables.  Beans, peas, fennel, new potatoes… this is when I venture back out to the farmers’ market after too many months spent eating kale and winter squash.  Everything is just beginning – the farmers and the customers are all getting warmed up for [...]

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Veggie-Full Soup

Well, it’s December.  Month of card-writing, gift-wrapping, cookie-baking and party-attending.  Not to mention all those loose ends you’re probably trying to tie up at work before the end of the year.  Are you completely overwhelmed yet?  Ready to throw in the towel?  Or still trucking along with some holiday spirit? If you’re feeling a little [...]

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Tomato and Goat Cheese Frittata

Frittatas are a standby in my kitchen – one of the easiest dinners imaginable, with endless variations so you never get bored.  You can throw absolutely anything into a frittata, and it’ll be delicious.  Well… maybe not anything.  Chocolate cake, for instance, would make a pretty weird frittata.  But almost anything else is welcome.  I’ve [...]

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Roasted Vegetable Pasta Sauce

Despite the title of this blog, I am actually something of a neat freak.  Although I do flail about and throw flour everywhere while I bake, I’m an extremely tidy cook and am very conscientious about cleaning my condo – particularly the kitchen, since I spend so much of my time there.  But one cleaning [...]

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