On my first trip to Iran, my sister-in-law took a break from traditional Persian food and made macaroni for dinner one night. It was a cross between the very americanized spaghetti my mother made and persian flavorings. It was just a great comfort food, but quite tasty. Just don’t think “Italian”. I recently found a…
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Sweet Potato Baked Ziti
Welcome to my world of experimenting with sweet potatoes. Stews, ravioli, latkes, casseroles, cassoulets…why not baked ziti? The sweet potatoes added a nice bright flavor to the ricotta cheese. I could have eaten the cheese mixture by itself – really, taste it when you mix the sweet potatoes and cheese, you’ll see what I mean….
Fall Harvest Cassoulet
Emily was home after a food-filled Thanksgiving with her grandparents. She was complaining about feeling stuffed and gaining weight, so I wanted to make a healthy, tasty vegetarian dinner using some of the sweet potatoes from my garden to get her off to a good start this month. Aside from the sweet potatoes, I had…
Savory Caprese Bread
Fresh basil from the garden, sun-dried tomatoes from last year’s harvest, olive oil from the sun-dried tomatoes, and fresh mozzarella – sounds wonderful, doesn’t it? Now put them all in a bread…oh my! I doubled the recipe to make one to eat and one to share. That worked very well. This bread can be a…
Sweet Potato Latkes
For anyone who has not had enough sweet potato casserole, here are some latkes that are perfect for you. These sweet potato latkes are less savory than most of the latkes I make, so they are best as a snack or side dish. We had them with applesauce, but I was really tempted to melt some…
Hanukkah Latkes
It’s Hanukkah – time for latkes! Potato latkes, Spinach latkes, Noodle latkes we love latkes! The perfect one for this Thanksgivnukkah year is Mashed Potato Latkes – yummy with some leftover cranberry sauce. There are the traditional Potato Latkes, which we only eat with applesauce or as a dinner with a fried egg… One of my…
Uncle Jack’s Mandel Bread
As a child, I so looked forward to when my Uncle Jack would come to our house…he often had a loaf of mandel bread with him. Those days were a special treat, Uncle Jack’s mandel bread was pretty much my favorite food in the world, second only to…..Twizzlers. Orange juice dough, candied cherries, almonds and…
Sweet Potato Casserole
Every year the sweet potato casserole is a subject of debate – pecan crumble or marshmallows. We are fairly split – everyone else wants marshmallows, I want pecan crumble. Since I am cooking, this time I win, and it is pecan crumble (last time it was marshmallows). One thing does stay the same – I…
Cavatappi with Lemony Brussels Sprouts and Lima Beans
Brussels sprouts and lima beans, the two vegetables that make most of America groan and kids run to hide. We are so accustomed to steamed, over-cooked, stinky, frozen Brussels sprouts and dried or frozen lima beans cooked until they are bland and mushy. But once you have tasted these vegetable prepared fresh, in manners that…
Spicy Southwestern Fish Bowl
This is the time of year when I use the “lasts” in my garden. This “last” is my sweet peppers. I still have poblano and jalapeno waiting to be used, but these were the last of the sweet peppers I harvested before the frosts. This recipe is from PinchofYum.com, the only change I made was…
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