Happy National Zucchini Day!! I have no idea why we celebrate zucchini on a specific day, but regardless, I thought it would be a perfect time to share my favorite zucchini recipe! So whether you’re tired of making zucchini bread from your garden’s bounty, or you’re looking for an inexpensive meal that doesn’t require meat…then … Continue reading
Category Archives: Vegetarian
Vietnamese Spring Rolls
A couple of years ago, one of my friends who liked to pop in for dinner or lunch a few times a month would like to sometimes surprise me by showing me a new recipe she had picked up. A Korean friend showed her how to make these, and I was so excited to … Continue reading
A Quick Summer Salad
Grilling season is a great time to experiment with different types of salads. A lot of times, too much focus goes into the meat, and it can be easy to forget about getting a wide range of veggies in your diet. While beans, potato dishes, chips, and pasta salads are great side dishes, it can … Continue reading
Hungarian Sour Cherry Soup
Happy Valentine’s Day, everyone! This is a recipe I have been waiting to share with all of you for a while. It is from my new friend Andrea, and she so graciously typed out her recipe as well as took pictures for each step in the process. So fantastic! I first tried this recipe at … Continue reading
Fettuccine Alfredo
Should you decide to stay in on Valentine’s Day, here is a great recipe you can make for a romantic evening. I grew up on this recipe. It’s my dad’s alfredo sauce, and yes, I remember him making his own fettucine noodles from scratch when I was little girl. While I’m not going to that … Continue reading
Hawaiian Toasted Sesame Salad
It’s that time of year where we are all start thinking about exercising and eating right again. One of the most common changes everyone seems to make is to add more salads into their diet. While this is great, store bought salad dressings really aren’t that great for you. Most of them contain soybean oil, … Continue reading
La Madeleine’s Tomato Basil Soup
This is the recipe of all tomato soup recipes. Sure, most of us probably grew up on Campbell’s tomato soup; I know I sure did. But somewhere along the way, tomato soup decided to grow up, and this is the adult version that I have now welcomed into my life. Campbell’s is now a distant … Continue reading
Apple Tuna Salad
It has been quite a while since I last posted. I have no excuse for not posting much over the summer except for that it was the usual “lazy, hazy, crazy” days of summer. But before I get that Nat King Cole song stuck in your head, I have to say that I am enjoying … Continue reading
Pesto
Basil is one of the easiest herbs to grow in a garden, and if you’re not careful it can quickly take over. The picture to the left was harvested out of my dad’s garden yesterday, and there was still TONS of it left. We made about 3 double batches of pesto from what you see … Continue reading
Japanese Salad Dressing
This is one of my favorite salad dressings. It was the first one I ever had at a Japanese restaurant as a child, and I was so happy to stumble across the recipe one day. It’s perfect for a hot summer day, and so good that I could just drink the stuff. It’s loaded with … Continue reading