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Favorite recipes for creating and preserving vibrant food. Views to my sweet life too.

Best Black Bean Burgers PLUS
My Mister invented this veggie burger after trying out at least a dozen black bean burger recipes from a wide range of sources and still coming up short of absolute satisfaction. We freeze a few rounded into meatballs for serving with pasta weeks later. I am not sure what inspired him to add sweet corn and carrot, but these additions elevate this burger to oooo la la for flavor and crunch! Then he solved the difficult issue of the veggie patty holding together well by A: let

Tomato and Cherry Quinoa Salad with Shallots, Pistachios and Mint
This amazing GLUTEN FREE quinoa tomato cherries pistachio and peppermint salad with lemony pickled shallots was sooooo delicious! A first...

Black Bean Burgers with Japanese Mayo
These are the ultimate vegetarian burger without resorting to salty fake meat or mealy overly bread-crumbed patties! These are packed...

Creamy Fusilli with Shallots and Mushrooms
This recipe started with the Autumn Equinox. The change of season brought with it a craving for mushrooms, creaminess, pasta, garden...

White Bean, Spinach and Tomato Bake
This is adapted from a Pinterest recipe, with the amount of cheese reduced, the tomato and spinach quantity increased and the white beans...

Alfredo Kale and Shallot Pizza
Ripped from NYT Cooking, which hides behind a paywall so will not pin to Pinterest for ease of reference, therefore I am posting here....

Mushroom Puff Pizza
A delicious mix of savory flavors is addicting here, with the magic of balsamic vinegar, soy sauce and a bit of dark brown sugar in the...

Grilled Eggplant Rounds with Luscious Sauce
Slices of eggplant, grilled, topped with luscious creamy topping, fresh seasonal herbs and pomegranate seeds ! A summer meal or side dish...

Baked White Fish and Vegetables
Simple and nutritious, yet elegant and beautiful enough to serve to company! We love this recipe because you simply change out the...

Skillet Fried Burritos with Roasted Butternut Squash Medallions
My Mister makes these up a dozen at a time and we rewarm them for dinner for days. Peel a couple of butternut squash and slice the necks...

Mac and Cheese: Topping Tips!
If you are working at mastering the fine art of Mac and Cheese, I trust you have already visited my posts on the Ten Commandments of...

Coffee Tequillarita
I learned this at Rick Baliss's flagship restaurant Topolobompo in Chicago. This is an outrageous dessert cocktail!! Glass is rimmed with...

Veggie Stuffed Cabbage
Tender pockets of cabbage leaves stuffed with yum and slow cooked in home canned summer tomatoes. Oooo la la! My Mister grew up in a Polish family and this (a version of Gołąbki (literally: little doves; pron.”go-woomp-kee) is his comfort food. The traditional versions contained meat, our version does not. Adding ground turkey, lean pork, or a combination, might be your choice. We love to fill these with veggies of choice, along with either rice or lentils, some kind of pret
















