Sweet Home Allegra

Savory, crunchy potatoes? Yes indeed! Delightful with a poached egg for breakfast, with a luncheon salad, or as a supper side! Grate 3-4 peeled russet potatoes, then squeeze out the moisture and dry in a towel. (I have not tried frozen hash browns but I wouldn’t rule them out in a pinch.) To prevent your grated potatoes from oxidizing and turning brown, work fast and use them immediately after taking the water out. If holding for a bit: Soak Immediately: Submerge your grated

From The NYT, delicious with or without the salmon!

Lemon juice and lemon zest in angel hair pasta is basic, after that it’s ingredients of choice and a bit of technique. This is stolen and...

Green lentils are simmered in an herb bundle of thyme, rosemary and bay leaf, then cooled and dried before being added to other...

My Mister invented this veggie burger after trying out at least a dozen black bean burger recipes from a wide range of sources and still coming up short of absolute satisfaction. We freeze a few rounded into meatballs for serving with pasta weeks later. I am not sure what inspired him to add sweet corn and carrot, but these additions elevate this burger to oooo la la for flavor and crunch! Then he solved the difficult issue of the veggie patty holding together well by A: let

Easy to make, this gorgeous pie has an ideal balance of sour and sweet, a sugar cookie crust, and all the right undertones of vanilla,...

Grabbed off of Pinterest, I had little faith that these would be as delicious as they were beautiful, but ooooo la la! These were a delight! And the brine is not cooked so the tomatoes stay firm! This is a fridge pickle, not canned, so I only make a few at a time to save space. They take a week to mature and last about a month in the fridge, perfect for summer parties. I love the idea of “dill umbrellas “, placed on the bottom they seem to embrace the tomatoes. So pretty! Mul

This amazing GLUTEN FREE quinoa tomato cherries pistachio and peppermint salad with lemony pickled shallots was sooooo delicious! A first...

These are the ultimate vegetarian burger without resorting to salty fake meat or mealy overly bread-crumbed patties! These are packed...

This recipe is adapted from an online recipe with no origin that I can credit (or blame 😂). It is very easy to make. The bread requires...

Without a doubt, pickling is my favorite way to use November's seasonal cranberries. These little red pearls of pure spicy yum have...

Tuna Noodle Casserole is classic childhood comfort food. This is true even when I choose to forget that in my huge family of the 1950s/60s this consisted of sketchy tuna in over-salted Campbells Cream of Mushroom soup or weird school buffet dried out tetrazzini. I always loved it anyway. THIS updated version. on the other hand, is memory made transcendent: excellent tuna, authentic bechemel, and lots of mushrooms laced with a bit of sherry for ooo la la. There are lovely egg

Ripped but revised from an old Martha Stewart recipe, this has the quintessential heartiness and taste so craved in Autumn! The 2" chunks of roasted pumpkin balance with the oversized rigatoni pasta and the longways quarter slices of shallots roast up so creamy they are nearly liquid. Brown butter crisps up some sage leaves, then some pasta water joins with the goat cheese for the creamy finish. Sugar pumpkins are also called pie pumpkins. They are small, the flesh is sw

I make my Vegetarian Soup Stock from October through to summer food (June), so big sprigs of fresh sage are always just plain necessary....

This recipe started with the Autumn Equinox. The change of season brought with it a craving for mushrooms, creaminess, pasta, garden...

Elegant, beautiful, delicious! And sooooo easy!!! The custard whirrs up in the blender and the entire confection comes together quickly...

SO much more roll your eyes back delicious than any store-bought sun dried tomato that you have EVER tasted!! Why? Farm fresh tomatoes,...

My Lake Michigan resort town, before it was a tourist vacation destination, was a lumber and fruit center, shipping to ports everywhere...

This year's 4th of July fireworks party buffet had everyone oooo la laaa over our dear girl Summer's amazing pasta salad and asking for...

This is adapted from a Pinterest recipe, with the amount of cheese reduced, the tomato and spinach quantity increased and the white beans...