Tag Archives: Everyday Food

Cauliflower-and-Cheddar Soup

Poor ol’ cauliflower. I feel like cauliflower gets a bum rap in the vegetable world. I mean, really, have you ever heard someone say that their favorite vegetable is cauliflower? Well, this soup makes cauliflower shine! This soup was so … Continue reading

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Grilled Butter Lettuce with Creamy Dressing

This recipe was good, but I think my mistake was that I washed the lettuce right before grilling it, so it never did get that char on it that I was looking for. The lettuce really shrunk down and wilted, … Continue reading

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Herbed Potato Salad

Oh Martha. My potato salad did not look like Martha’s potato salad. It was OK, but was kind of bland. She said to keep it chunky, but the pieces were just too big for me so I mashed things up … Continue reading

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Creamy Shiitake Alfredo

I gave Toby the task of getting us the 1 pound of shiitake mushrooms at the grocery store, but he came back empty-handed. He said that 1 pound of them would cost about $15! So we used half baby bellas, … Continue reading

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Denver Omelet Cups

Sigh. So I thought that I had jumbo muffin cups, but apparently I do not. I had to use regular size muffin cups, and apparently those don’t work for this recipe. I had extra hash browns left over. It was really hard … Continue reading

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Mushroom and Lentil Soup

Yesterday was a good day for soup! It was cold and they were calling for snow (it didn’t happen). Nothing warms you up like a big bowl of soup. This soup is simple to throw together, you just have to … Continue reading

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Vegetable Egg Scramble with Feta

I thought this would be a nice, easy recipe to have for dinner. I love having “breakfasty” foods for dinner, don’t you? I doubled the recipe, since it only serves 2. I think I my red onion wedges were a … Continue reading

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Pasta e Fagioli

There’s something about tiny little shapes of pasta that I love. I knew Liam would like this, since it has tiny pasta AND beans. We all really liked this recipe, but, of course, Toby said the celery was too crunchy. … Continue reading

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Corn & Zucchini Orzo Salad

This recipe makes a TON. It says it serves 6, but it serves more like 16. I had so much zucchini chopped up, and I had to leave about two zucchini out because I didn’t have a bowl big enough … Continue reading

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Tomato Panzanella with Ricotta

I like tomatoes, but I don’t love them, you know? Even though this salad is mostly tomatoes, it was still really good! After I made it, I kept munching on it, and I had to stop myself, because this was … Continue reading

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