Category: Fruit + Vegetables

  • Slow-Cooked Cinnamon Applesauce

    It’s my first Apple Week recipe!  I am starting the week with my new favorite recipe.  Now maybe it’s my awesome Apple Hill apples.  But this is the sweetest most delicious and satisfying applesauce I’ve ever tasted, and I had no idea a simple dish like applesauce could be so incredibly wonderful.  Plus, it took…

  • Roasted Brussels Sprouts w/ Caramelized Onions

    The other day I whipped up this quick dinner and just kept throwing things together, and it turned out so beautiful and delicious I had to snap some pictures and make a post of it!  I had very little left in my fridge aside from a big bag of Brussels sprouts to use up –…

  • Celeriac Mashed Potatoes

    More fall-esque recipes!  Mashed potatoes might be the ultimate comfort food.  On a dark cloudy windy day, mashed potatoes are alllll I need.   I have an awesome super-simple mashed potato recipe for you.  It’s half delicious white starchy Russet potatoes and half celeriac (aka celery root).  It adds some extra fiber and nutrition to…

  • Chili Garlic Onions & Snow Peas

    I’ve had a hectic last couple weeks.  I moved – and it was a nightmare (yes, even more so than usual – but I plan to whine about that on an upcoming post!) I certainly had my share of takeout recently so I could focus on moving and spare myself the cooking time (not to…

  • Orange & Red Onion Salad

    Hello, lovely readers!  I have a few quick updates about the blog before I get on to the food!  First, I’m working on updating my pages to make them a little more viewer-friendly (super exciting changes like altering fonts and adding pictures on my recipes page – I’m quite the techie.)    I’m adding more…

  • Creamy Curried Potato Salad

    I did something pretty strange.  If you’ve looked at my blog, like . . . at all, you’ve probably noticed that I love my spicy foods.  So curry seems like a natural thing for me to make.  But I made a mild, cool, creamy curry dish.    And it’s fantastic.  It still has a nice…

  • Moscato & Cinnamon Poached Pears

    I love this pretty little dessert!  It’s beautiful and elegant, and very light.   Plus way simpler than you’d think.   You really just have to throw some things in a pot to simmer and peel some pears.  Yes, it’s that easy.

  • Smoky Sauteed Carrots

      You know those days when you’ve planned to make a delicious meal for dinner, you’re cooking, getting excited for the deliciousness you put so much thought and effort into.  Then you realize you completely neglected a vegetable for your meal.   Don’t act like you don’t do that.  We all do.  It just happens…

  • Zucchini Crisps

    Crispy slices of baked zucchini!  Yum!   This is one of those recipes I make so often that it didn’t really seem like something fun and special to put on the blog.  Weird how that works, since I make it so much because it’s simple and delicious and healthy and everything I look for in…

  • Sage Mango Sweet Potato Hash

      Awhile ago, in my Amador County Wine Tasting post, I showed off a gigantic yam that I used for a favorite sage sweet potato hash (yes, a yam for a sweet potato hash.  You can use either.  I’m using a yam, but this is from a recipe for sweet potatoes, so I’m still calling…