Bubble and Squeak are little cakes of fried vegetables, typically potatoes and cabbage. The name ‘bubble and squeak’ was coined in 1785 to describe the noises it made when cooked over a fire. I remember it mentioned as a child…
I have a severe love affair with couscous. It makes the make beautiful and delicious grain and veggie bowls. This recipe has a bit of a fall flair with roasted squash, brussels sprouts, and sauteed greens. Even the dressing has…
This post requires a little bit of a confession on my part: I was once a curry-holic. For a 3-4 year period, I would eat curry about 4 times a week (not including leftovers). After pounding my coconut allergy into…
Peaches are no stranger to the odd taco. You can find peach and mango salsa pretty much anywhere these days. The sugar helps cut the spiciness, or enhances it. Sweet roasted corn has the same effect. In this recipe the…
I’m pulling a switch-a-roo with this enchilada recipe, as most of the protein is in the sauce instead of the filling. I wanted to make green enchiladas, but find tomatillo sauce to be really bland and too heavy in cilantro…
I make this whenever I feel a cold coming on or when I get the sniffles. Garlic bolsters your immune system and is shown to have anti-fungal, anti-bacterial and even ant-viral properties. This comes from a traditional Irish recipe, sans…
Lentil soup was another one of my Mom’s dishes. She would have it cooking all day long in the crockpot, the smell filling the house. It’s one of those things that takes me back to my early childhood. Now I…
This is a copycat recipe I whipped up after having Veggie Grill’s famous All Hail Kale Salad. My dressing recipe uses orange juice instead of papaya, since papayas aren’t always easy to find. I recommend tenderizing your kale by going…
Though you wouldn’t normally associate kale with Ireland, it is traditional in this recipe. Made around Samhain (Halloween) Colcannon is made when kale would come into season. Like many cultures that hide trinkets inside of cakes, the Irish would hide…