Popular Dips and Finger Foods
For Super Bowl Sunday
Category: Vegetarian (Page 1 of 8)
Texas Caviar
A Good Luck Dish for the New Year!
It’s not too late! Goes together in minutes. And it’s darn good! Yep, having this again this year. I love it!!
This is great just as a side salad with burgers too.
Lasagna with Flavors of Portugal
You’ve got to at least try this! Did I say rich?! This is a versatile recipe; meat or no meat, spinach or kale, add melty cheese for a cheesier finish (Yes, bacalhau too, if you’re into it.) but it’s delicious just the way it is. The process is a bit time consuming if you roast the red peppers as well as the egg plant. Jarred red peppers in olive oil are just as tasty for this recipe. Note: Slice the egg plant as uniformly as you can to avoid uneven roasting. This recipe is worth the process! And I didn’t even mention the delicious bechamel sauce. Yep, this recipe is quite a combination of tastes. Let’s get started.
Bean Salad
A Repost
We interrupt your regularly scheduled summer sweets for a bean salad! Before we dive into rich fudgy goodness of chocolate cake, here’s a little intermission. Enjoy this repost! Yep, a buttermilk chocolate cake is next!
Of course our eating habits are quite different from the 60’s. I’ve made a few changes to this recipe but it can even be brought closer to date by simply adding blanched green & yellow beans instead of the canned variety … Just as mom’s Layered Salad might better include baby spinach leaves or a spring lettuce combination instead of iceberg to make it more palatable for many. Those are easy fixes. But sometimes it’s just fun to “remember when” and leave the recipe as it was … Especially on Mother’s Day! OK, I have to admit 3/4 cup sugar in the dressing is way too much.
GPT’s Idea of One Pan Pasta
Less Meghan Sussex’s One Pan Spaghetti al Pomodoro and More One Pan Spaghetti Bolognese … This is what chatGPT thinks a one pan pasta should look and taste like. It’s actually quite good. Perhaps a little more sauce than a typical serving of spaghetti but that’s easily remedied. Just add a little more pasta or reduce the water. Quick, Easy and Delicious!
One Pan Pasta-A Repost
One pan pasta has developed new interest after Meghan Sussex’s Netflix appearance. I’ve an additional recipe I will post in a day or two. One that actually includes meat. In the meantime enjoy this William Sonoma makeover from a few years ago.
William Sonoma make over to fit my available ingredients and to serve the pasta and tomatoes al dente without high alcohol content for the kiddos. Vegetarian perfect with amazing flavor.
Add Anchovies if you like. And for my idea of a true puttanesca sauce add a pinch or two of red pepper flakes when adding the garlic.
You can’t go wrong with pasta
At least this is my take! While perusing TIKTOK recipes I noted this one. Looked easy quick and cheesy perfect. When I finished cooking and took a bite I realized I had combined two recipes in error. It was good but not better than any of these.
…PASTA or any one of these dishes in the search window and see what happens!
Asiago Pasta Salad
Calabrian Macaroni
Chickpea e Fagioli
Chicken Pasta Bake
One Pan Pasta
Pasta Calabrese
Ravioli Lasagna
Salami Peas Pasta
Salmon and Pasta
Spaghetti Soup
Summer Veggies
Cold Pasta
Minestrone
Chicken Fettuccine
No Cook Topping
Cheesy Mushroom Sliders
Add this to your Super Bowl spread for a bit of variety. Not much can go wrong here except you might run out! Amazingly simple with few ingredients. Add Italian Hot Sausage bits for the meat lovers.
Enchilada Soup
When you’re craving enchiladas but don’t have the time try this perfect substitution that only takes about 10 minutes. My fav enchilada is made with just cheeses. And this is how I love this soup too. If you like chicken enchiladas just add cooked chicken to this recipe. It works! This recipe can serve 6 easily with a side salad for a complete meal. I love this soup! Hope you do too!
Yep, this is a repost. It is soup season but it’s really just something I’m craving today.
Basque Vegetable Soup
It’s 1982 and my husband takes a position as a Deputy DA in Bakersfield, California. Really, you did? It was the first time I would live a distance from my hometown. It was a unilateral decision that significantly changed the lives of many.
It didn’t take long to establish ourselves in this community. We were within walking distance of our new favorite restaurant, Mama Tosca’s. And in old town Bakersfield we loved Luigi’s, quite a hangout for Bakersfieldians. In this same area of town several Basque restaurants were longtime establishments. Can’t forget the Pyrenees Bakery! Basque is a part of Bakersfield culture. The food is delicious and overwhelmingly plentiful at these family style restaurants. Just ordering the setup was more than enough for our family. This included a vegetable soup, beans, salad, pickled tongue, spaghetti, bread … And was there a salsa?
This soup recipe is very much a taste-alike of the cabbage soup served at one of Bakersfield’s Favorite Basque Restaurants. It’s light yet flavorful … a year around soup. Enjoy!
