In the cooler months, I often have a pot of soup, stew or chowder simmering on the stove or in the slow cooker. With the recent addition of an Instant Pot to my kitchen, I’ve been making even more soup since I can do it in just minutes. My current favorite: Potato Vegetable Chowder. This…
Buffalo Roasted Potato and Tofu Casserole
Do you ever see a recipe floating around in Facebook, the one all of your friends are sharing and you think it sounds kinda good? Yet you know it won’t work for you because it contains gluten or dairy or meat or whatever it is you can’t/won’t/don’t eat. You know the recipes I’m talking about,…
Roasted Potato & Green Bean Salad
One of my favorite tapas to share during happy hour at La Bodega is their Judias Verdes, a dish of roasted potatoes and green beans with figs and walnuts. In my recipe idea file, I had made a note to re-create this dish at home when fresh green beans were harvested from our garden. My…
Tomato Potato Galette, gluten-free, dairy-free, vegan option
I love pie. I find peace in making pie crust, in blending the dough to that perfect place where chunks of butter still show, where the dough just comes together with the perfect addition of ice cold water. When the crust rolls out perfectly, holding together to make a gorgeous lattice over the top of…
Super Simple Potato Salad (gluten-free, dairy-free, vegan option)
Yesterday I had a quick conversation with a fella in the grocery store checkout lane. He apologized to me because the checker was having someone run over to the deli area and get him a new container of potato salad as his had broken open. I said no need to apologize, I wasn’t in a…