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Jump to Italian Sausage and Potato Soup Recipe This is a delicious, comforting soup, perfect for cold winter months. It definitely serves as a meal on its own, maybe with a little bread and/or salad. If you like the Zuppa Toscana at Olive Garden you will like this soup a lot .
I had a hard time coming up with a name for these. They really fall somewhere between the categories of cake and cookie. Sturdy like a cookie but soft and thick like cake. Semantics aside, they are really delicious, especially dipped halfway in semi-sweet chocolate. Kind of like a superior version of a snack cakeContinue reading Double Chocolate Holiday Cakes
Jump to White Bean Chicken Chili Recipe This creamy white bean chili is nutritious comfort food! My favorite kind. Pureed white beans add thickness in place of a butter/flour roux, and though there is a bit of heavy cream at the end, the amount per serving is minimal. And you can certainly leave it out,Continue reading White Bean Chicken Chili
Hi all. I just wanted to reach out and let you know about my new interactive community and share a few recipe links for Thanksgiving. It will be different for most of us this year, but I think we still need to make it special. Finding gratitude for even the smallest graces and gifts canContinue reading Thanksgiving
Jump to Pumpkin Muffin Recipe In my never-ending quest to enjoy more baked goods with fewer consequences, I’m happy to report I have found an ally in monk fruit sweetener. It is the only zero-calorie sugar substitute I’ve tried that sweetens without a terrible aftertaste, and, so far, I find it works well in muffins,Continue reading Low Sugar Pumpkin Muffins
Jump to Peanut Butter Cheesecake Recipe Well, here we are. We’ve made it to Fall 2020. I offer you this decadent Peanut Butter Cheesecake in case you need to eat your feelings.
Jump to Gazpacho Recipe I recently received a treasure trove of recipes from my brother, the chef. It includes menus and recipes from our family restaurant, The Treehouse, a fine-dining favorite in Eugene from 1978 – 1998. I’m super excited to dive in over the next several months to compile them into a book adaptedContinue reading Gazpacho
Jump to Hummus Recipe Today I bring you a recipe perfect for picnic season. A little cheese, a bottle of wine, a few crackers, some crunchy veggies, and this roasted red pepper and green olive hummus are an all-star al fresco dining cast. If you need something sweet (as I always do), throw in someContinue reading Roasted Red Pepper and Green Olive Hummus
Jump to Oregon Strawberry Jam Recipe On the one hand, it seems quite trivial to me to write about strawberry jam today. On the other, it seems more important than ever to embrace the pure, simple, delicious pleasures of life. Besides, my sister, Cindy, told me to post this, and I generally do as sheContinue reading Oregon Strawberry Freezer Jam
Hi. Here’s a recipe for you in case you bought the huge bag of cauliflower rice at Costco and are wondering what to do with it. If you didn’t, and you just have regular rice, you could go crazy and use it here as well. If you rice your own cauliflower, you’re an inspiration.