Month: November 2015

Balsamic Brussel Sprouts with Grapes

Balsamic Brussel Sprouts with Grapes

  Definitely one of the Star Trek outer space variety of vegetables. Tiny cabbage-like heads on stalks, these at the Farmers Market have had their giant leaves removed.  Usually Brussel sprouts are harvested after a frost which sweetens these cruciferous buddies.  Years when I have grown them 

Kale, Apple and Almond Salad by Pascale Beale

Kale, Apple and Almond Salad by Pascale Beale

  Happy Birthday to this blog—4 years and post #200!! Thanks for participating in this experiment with me!  I am not one who is naturally drawn to measuring or documenting so this has been quite a practice of observation and attempts to translate foods into something others might enjoy or 

Yam Puree with Chipotle

Yam Puree with Chipotle

.   My friend Annette made this up years ago, served it at a potluck, and little did she know that I would promptly take her idea and run with it for the next fifteen years.  It’s simple, delicious, and the perfect combination of sweet-spicy-tangy-creamy and 

Cure-All Chicken Soup

Cure-All Chicken Soup

  I cannot stop eating this soup.  It’s brothy, spicy, and loaded with all the good things. I suppose I have to include a disclaimer about the name so I’m not practicing medicine without a license …but you’ll want to be stocked with ingredients as the cold