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 [...]

BLTA Pasta

It stands for Bacon, Linguini, Tomato and Avocado. The vegetables may vary, but that’s what we call it.

This is a great way to get some veggies in your kids, and is flexible for divergant tastes. It’s also FAST, and easy to toss together on a night when time is of the essence!

1 slice of [...]

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 [...]

Lentil Stuffed Pasta Shells

This was an attempt to make stuffed pasta on a vegetarian night. The kind of night when you are sick to death of the veggie options tried previously, and you really WANT stuffed pasta so I thought what the heck.

I love lentils, and they have stood in for many a meat dish. [...]

Mango Salsa

Salsa in my family can mean many things. My 11 year old son and I like salsa that makes sweat pop out on your head, your eyes water and your nose run. You just know germs and skin cells are burning away. My husband, after 22 years knowing my family, can now tolerate [...]

“Low Carb Mashed Potatoes”

That’s what we told the children they were. In reality, it was mashed cauliflower. What brought this on?

Well, I have control issues when it comes to buying food magazines. Oddly, I don’t like watching cooking shows. But give me a food magazine and you won’t find me for a while. [...]

Vegetarian Egg Rolls

My DS11 has a thing for Chinese food. Since I’m sensitive to MSG and salt, I’m not it’s biggest fan. But making home made, I get to control what goes into my food, so I gave egg rolls go.

1 Head cabbage, cored, quartered and sliced.
a ton of mushrooms, coarsely chopped.
2 cans water [...]

Grilled Veggie Sandwhiches

I would have written this up last night, but I was too full. I started this when my son challenged me last fall to a full month of Vegetarian dinners. Not one to pass on a dare from an 11 year old, I cracked to it. (though I’ll qualify he specifically [...]

Brainy Breakfast

It’s that time again. It comes round every spring, you’d think I’d be on it.

Yep. School testing. Specifically for my 3rd grader, GATE testing.

I’m ashamed to say, breakfast is not my best meal. Despite my knowledge that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, that it sets the tone and foundation for [...]