Holy Guacamole

We’ve had a string of parties at our place recently, and one thing we’ve included at all of them has been Guacamole!

Guacamole is fast and easy to make, and often tastes SO much better than what you find at the store. Avocados are a great food, high in Potassium, monounsaturated fats (the [...]

Creamy Asparagus Soup

Spring has Sprung!! Spring time means Asparagus. My in-laws heading to Hawaii for a week means they left me with two big bundles of fresh asparagus! Did you know Asparagus is a member of the lily family? I didn’t either, but it’s true!

Great for your heart, filled with folate, potassium and low [...]

Vegetarian Cassoulet

This is an incredible soup on a cold and rainy day. Because it’s done in the crock pot, effort is minimal. I base mine on the Recipe at All Recipes.com

Because I’m so sensitive to MSG, I make my mushroom broth the night before in the crock pot. I chop up an onion, about [...]

Garlic Potatoes

Who doesn’t love Garlic Fries??? Well, we all love garlic fries, but can do with out the deep fried goodness on a regular basis. We attempted to find a suitable replacement and came up with this. This combined a family staple with garlic and came up with :

Garlic Potatoes

1 small yellow [...]

Chicken Tortilla Soup

I was inspired by the Tortilla Soup recipe on All Recipes. I love Tortilla soup, and get it often in restaurants. My family however has wildly different opinions on what constitutes spicy, so I had to come up with something to please everyone.

What I came up with:

2 large bone in chicken [...]

Barley and Roasted Vegetable Stew

Barley and Vegetable Stew

Soup: Don’t let this intimidate you, but it took about 3 hours start to finish. It’s not labor intensive, or even complicated, just a lot of waiting for things to boil and simmer. Just note the time for planning purposes.

Mods: Unintentional, I forgot to buy the Porcini mushroom this morning, so they [...]