Last night I was barbecuing a steak and cooking a spaghetti squash in the oven. Looking through the vegetable drawer I spied half a cauliflower and decided I could bump up the heat on the spaghetti squash so I could roast the cauliflower at the same time. I also spied a few beets in the…
Side Dishes
Bubble and Squeak
Blush Wine Vinaigrette
When I posted the picture of the salad my daughter and her friend made for our dinner the other night, Sandra asked what dressing they’d used. They got this vinaigrette from Simply Salads: More than 100 Delicious Creative Recipes Made from Prepackaged Greens and a Few Easy-to-Find Ingredients, which my sister gave me for my…
White Bean Salad
This goes together quickly for a wonderful side dish but is also great the next day for leftovers. It’s a riff on a recipe I saw in a magazine. (Can’t remember which and I left out the mint it called for, as I’m not partial to mint in salads. I remember the original recipe called…
Pasta with Ricotta Cheese
My eldest asked that I make this pasta with ricotta cheese. She remembered that she used to love it and asked for it so many times she finally got sick of it. She said she also remembered taking it to the pool to eat at room temperature. At dinner tonight she said it was as…