Category Archives: Sides

Meatless Monday: Creamy Vegan Coconut Pumpkin Soup

Things I especially love about this time of year are plentiful.  While the days are noticeably shorter, there is still daylight. And in that daylight, there are still  warm hours of the day. I can still get by with wearing … Continue reading

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Ethiopian Food, Part 4: Atkilt Wat

I’ve shared a number of Ethiopian recipes with you, and this is the last one to round out all of those dishes. I am not a huge fan of cabbage. As a kid, I distinctly remember my mom cooking it … Continue reading

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Ethiopian Food, Part 3: Mesir Wat

For a little while, I thought I was just going to share a slew of Ethiopian food recipes with you. We got started… then life happened and somehow today is October?! With school in full swing, football and water polo both … Continue reading

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Meatless Monday: Raw Green Bean Salad with Slow Roasted Tomatoes and Feta

Even as a child (because I was  weird one!) green beans were one of my favorite vegetables! Granted, those green beans also often accompanied a frozen package of corn, peas, and oddly square-shaped carrots. Last growing season I accidentally planted … Continue reading

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Ethiopian Food, Part 2: Ingudai Tibs

Although its taken a couple decades, generally I can appreciate mushrooms these days. Most often it’s on pizza like this one but when we had Ethipian food for the first time, there was a mushroom dish that was pleasantly spicy, … Continue reading

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Ethiopian Food, Part 1: Injera and Berbere Spice Blend

One benefit of having kids around who are adventurous eaters is it often means trying new foods. Two summers ago, we were in Berkeley, California and decided to go out for sit-down-style dinner. There was an Ethiopian restaurant down the … Continue reading

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Meatless Monday: Vegetarian Pepperoni Pizza Mac and Cheese

My 15-year-old stepson has been a vegetarian his entire life, by his own choosing. The few exceptions around that came when he was really little… He and my husband used to enjoy garlic clam pizza at Golden Boy in San … Continue reading

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Crispy Baked Parmesan Zucchini

For first-time gardeners, or the hesitant gardener, there is always the zucchini plant. It takes a mere single plant to happily satisfy a small family’s cravings through the growing season. Last year I made the mistake of planting four zucchini … Continue reading

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Loaded Baked Potato Salad

Ever since I was little, when it came to potato salad, I’d be the first one to wrinkle up my nose in disgust. UGH! POTATOES! was my general feeling. Did I have any good reasons? No, but I didn’t care. … Continue reading

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Easy Salsa Verde

If I am cooking anything Mexican themed for dinner, it’s almost guaranteed that a bag of tortilla chips is open on the counter while I work. Next to this bag is probably some form of salsa for dipping. In the … Continue reading

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