Variations on Cooking

I have been working on my next book all about soups and stews and of course, it's summer now so I have been revisiting the cold soup....

Ingredients 1 ounce (about 1 cup) dried mushrooms, preferably porcinis 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 2 shallots finely chopped 2...

Ingredients 5 cups of diced, peeled beets 1 cup of red diced radishes 1 small red onion, chopped 1 red bell pepper, chopped ½ English...

With Summer just around the corner it time to start thinking about warm-weather dishes. This recipe came to mind when I was in the...

I have been working on several new recipes when the other night I changed my tomato watermelon salad: I have been playing with maceration...

With all the fresh veggies available you could swap anything of the veggies listed below with most anything you could find in the market:...

In the same stack of recipes was this for baked beans, I created this recipe for a contest, like most of the contests I entered I came in...

I adapted this recipe from both my Greek and Fattoush Salad recipes, it does take a bit of time marinating but it worth the wait and it...

It is surprising how many carbs are in everyday items, like coleslaw, traditional Deli Style coleslaw has 6 to 8 carbs for a half a cup,...

Here is a recipe that I had adjusted from Vegan to Keto, now you can use any radish you wish for this or even a medley - to make this...

Here is a sandwich from a time in which we're were what I called the 95% vegan. I found it stuck in one of the yellow pads that were...

It surprising that when I go to the market I can not find cut chickens but there plenty of whole chickens, which I prefer to use and if...

This recipe is from when we were 95% Vegans for 2 plus years and it did not make it into my veggies cookbook since it was on the cookie...

Our go. to salad, it is quick and easy and not too fussy. This my version of a Ceasar Salad, I use to make it the traditional Mexican...

Ingredients 5 cups of fresh basil leaves, packed well 1 1/4 cups of sun-dried tomatoes, rinsed, dried and chopped 1 cup of fresh...

Here is the dish I made the other night; it is pretty straight forward. Ingredients 8 oz of fresh pasta of choice 1 cup dry white wine ½...

Ingredients 2 tablespoons unsalted butter 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 4 teaspoons, minced shallots 1 pound, chopped mixed...

This recipe was on the pad that I found at the back of the cupboard during spring cleaning, it is actually from the year before we went...

I started working on this recipe last fall and with everything going on it I forgot all about it until today. I was cleaning up the...

A few weeks back I came across this recipe in my Grandmother cookbook, it was just a list of ingredients with a few cooking notes, and it...