Recent Recipes

Mustard Greens with Spicy Potatoes: Wednesday, January 8, 2025

Mustard Greens with Spicy Potatoes: Wednesday, January 8, 2025

Mustard greens, the often overlooked dark leafy green, is the center of attention tonight! If you don’t care for the sharp flavor of mustard greens, just use some chard. The greens are served over a bed of slightly spicy, roasted potato rounds. Poached winter pear pieces accent the greens with a touch of sweetness and a sprinkle of aged gouda cheese adds just enough savory richness to finish the dish.

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Vegetable Calzone: Sunday, January 5, 2025

Vegetable Calzone: Sunday, January 5, 2025

Calzone is just a folded pizza with any variety of filling. This one features a garlic/sweet potato filling with mushrooms, peppers, celery and onion and a touch of basil pesto. Serve it in a pool of Marinara sauce. It’s a real flavor festival!

Make some pizza dough today 2 hours before you wish to dine. It can be a great adventure for kids too. Use 1/2 of the dough to make the crust for today’s calzone. Roll out a second crust and freeze it (or freeze the dough as a ball).

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Cajun Beans ‘n’ Rice with Shrimp: Wednesday, August 1, 2025

Cajun Beans ‘n’ Rice with Shrimp: Wednesday, August 1, 2025


The “Holy Grail” of Cajun food ingredients is on display tonight: onions, bell peppers and celery. Then there’s the seasoning, with lots of paprika, garlic powder, oregano and cayenne. Cajun food is easy to make and, as you will note from the spices, packed with flavor. It was developed by the French-speaking Arcadian people who came from Canada and settled in Louisiana.

In lieu of corn bread we’ll just have a warm corn tortilla.

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Bok Choy Cashew Stir-fry: Thursday, May.39, 2025

Bok Choy Cashew Stir-fry: Thursday, May.39, 2025

Ever-versatile bok choy (also known as White Chinese Cabbage) anchors this delicious stir-fry tonight. Toasted cashews, onions, mushrooms, red bell peppers and sliced water chestnuts provide the links that qualify this meal as a stir-fry. The ingredients are bathed in a delicious basil accented sauce and served over brown rice.

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