Recent Recipes
Potato Quesadillas with Mango Salsa: Wednesday, November 5, 2025
Here’s a meal that originated in the simplest of kitchens. Tonight you’ll experience time travel as you reach back to the 1500’s and transport quesadillas back to your dinner table. These potato and cheese delicacies feel pretty authentic as they’re served with new harvest potatoes and cheese as they might have been in the 16th century. Dress them up with some 21st century mango salsa and serve them with some chili-spiced beet greens.
Spiral Pasta with Mushroom Sauce: Tuesday, November 4, 2025
As the colder season continues to roll in, this comforting meal will be most welcome. Whole grain spiral pasta with mushroom sauce is on the menu. You’ll drop some sliced Chik’n strips into the sauce before bathing the pasta with these rich flavors. A side salad and sliced apple complete the meal.
Mushroom sauces present the opportunity to try some new varieties of mushrooms, or a mix of mushrooms. Try Chanterelles, Morel, Porcini or Shiitake mushrooms.
Sugar Snap Peas with Peanut Sauce: Monday, November 3, 2025
Tonight you’ll enjoy a tangy and rich stir-fry dinner production with sugar snap peas playing the leading role. A spicy peanut sauce will get the nod for best supporting role. It’ll be a meal that lingers in the memory as a great ensemble performance.
Asian Pan Stew: Sunday, November 2, 2025
East meets west tonight in this terrific Western-style stew with an Asian accent. Lots of plentiful root vegetables: sweet potatoes, carrots, yam, rutabaga and onion will dazzle your tastebuds. Fresh cilantro and basil, with citrus overtones are also worked into this European-style brown gravy. You’ll make some delicious and hearty marinated/grilled tofu to finish the Asian flair of this meal. Make the stew early in the day.
If using homemade Marinated Grilled Tofu, go to “Tips and Timesavers” and make it before starting this recipe.
It’s Saturday, November 1st, 2025! Time to enjoy shorter days and cool evenings.
November Saturdays already! We are cruising into November and the menus now reflect comfort foods for shorter days and cooler evenings.
Menus and shopping lists for
November 2 – 7 and November 9 – 14
Another great week of dining lies ahead. It’s time to plan ahead and create your grocery orders.
Butternut Squash Soup: Sunday, October 26, 2025
Butternut squashes are still available in the stores and markets. You’ve made this soup before. It snuggles up nicely with a cool November evening. You can also use a mix of squashes; acorn, delicata, pumpkin, etc.
The soup presents a blend of roasted squash, garlic, onion and celery with a hint of curry. It’s finished with fresh cilantro and a squeeze of lime-juice.
Make it early in the day and let it rest for one to two hours. Add the cilantro and lime juice when you reheat it.