Sweet Breakfast Grits Cake, loaded with cranberries and almonds, is a great way to have grits for breakfast! It might just turn out to be one of your new breakfast specials! I’m always looking for new ways to have breakfast. After all it is supposed to be the most important meal of the day. Grits …
“This saffron herb rice with currants and pomegranate seeds is not only pretty it tastes great too!” 2018 is in full swing and though I’ve been busy you wouldn’t know it from this blog. As I mentioned 2017 did not end on a high note and I was definitely not in holiday mode. Try as …
Chickpea Latkes make great appetizers. They are the perfect base for feta cheese or shredded lamb or whatever you choose! More of a pancake texture than a true latke, they are nevertheless, really good! I’m not going to lie to you. I’ll spell it out straight. Chickpea latkes are not potato latkes. They are not crispy …
Kasha Varnishkes are buckwheat groats mixed with bowtie pasta. Add in some mushrooms and truffle oil and these are way better than my mama’s! These really aren’t my Mama’s kasha varnishkes, because I don’t even remember my Mama making kasha varnishkes. I’m not even sure I knew what kasha varnishkes were when I was growing …
Quinoa cakes are one thing I haven’t made, until now. I’ve made quinoa as a side dish, like I would make rice, but I’ve never tried it in other forms. So… I looked up the ingredients in the quinoa cakes that I sampled when Liz of That Skinny Chick Can Bake and I went to breakfast. …
Mexican Style Quinoa Quinoa (keen-wah) was on my table the other night. That and cauliflower salad. I was satisfied with both but my husband wondered where the rest of the meal was. You know-the protein? I tried to explain that quinoa had plenty of protein for his dinner and I had added chicken to it, …
Onion Baked Rice We returned late last night on a very delayed flight from Phoenix. Though the weather in Phoenix was not as warm as it usually is; it was still much warmer than what we returned to. Denver was 18 degrees last night at 1AM but luckily the memories of Phoenix saw me through …
Farro Salad with lots of summer veggies and a tasty garlic vinaigrette is a perfect main course salad. It has been hot in Colorado. 62 of 64 Colorado counties are requesting federal disaster relief because of drought. My yard is hot, tired, cranky and so am I. Yesterday my electrician came over to fix a …