Salad dressing is an interesting thing.  Most people’s only experience with it is the bottled kind.  If you are one of those people, then I feel sorry for you.  Salad dressing can be downright exciting with a little experimentation and a few quality ingredients.  Recently, I was re-reading past issues of the magazines I subscribe [...]

  Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, or so they say.  I tend to agree.  I love breakfast in all of it’s incarnations.  I love omelets, waffles, french toast, fruit salad, breakfast sandwiches, and the like.  There’s something so wonderful about a nice cup of freshly squeezed juice and a little something [...]

One of the most difficult things about making veggie burgers is getting them to hold together.  Recipes use all sorts of binders to try and get veggie burgers to stay together, including bread, rice, eggs, and in this case oatmeal.  To be honest using oatmeal as a binder is the last thing that would have [...]

One of the reasons people hate salad is the idea that salads are flavorless and boring.  A bowl of anemic iceberg lettuce with a couple of slices of tomato comes to mind when I think of boring salad.  Iceberg lettuce has it’s place, but there are so many other options iceberg is honestly one of [...]

In the REMV app there is a recipe for pot pies.  It mentions the recipe for the sweet potato biscuits could be found here.  These biscuits are an awesome topper for these pot pies, but they would work wonderfully for a number of things.  You could easily change out the cheese to cheddar and add [...]

A good cook knows the adage of want not waste not better than most.  One of the best things about cooking for yourself is finding ways to make the most of the items you have in your pantry or fridge.  I have a serious love of jamming.  It started a few years ago and I [...]

I absolutely love soup.  I love all varieties from creamy soups to thick and hearty chilis and stews.  Often times the only problem I find with vegetarian soups is the lack of flavor.  Some come across as watery, others as bland, and others have mushy vegetables.  I can see how people would hate any soup [...]

Recently a very dear friend of mine has been dealing with food allergies.  It’s  been a difficult process for him to change his diet over.  I guess the problem comes from loving baked goods.  I can see how hard it would be to be without baked goods for the rest of my life.  I consider [...]

I really love fall vegetables. Cauliflower comes into season in the late fall. I can’t wait for it to come to the Whole Foods in my area.  When I see it I must have it.  I must, must, must have it.  I have been cooking it in all sorts of ways. This time of the [...]

The notion that vegetables are flavorless and bland is absolutely absurd to me.  I find many of the most flavorful foods on the planet are found in the realm of vegetables and fruits.  Take for example poblano peppers.  Poblanos have an amazing amount of flavor.  The have a mild heat that doesn’t knock you over [...]