Category Archives: Side Dishes

Eggplant Caponata

Eggplant is one of my favorite foods so I’m always on the prowl for interesting recipes. Nightshade. It’s a ‘nightshade’ food – Solanaceae – considered deadly for people with aching

Simmered Chickpea Stew

Get those garbanzo beans a soakin’ Long ago, when Alex was a youngster, I had a client who gave me a recipe for her favorite garbanzo bean stew. It really was delicious and I made that

Lemon-Zucchini Soup

I am still working through all of the zucchini in my garden. They ripen before I turn around and there are still so many it’s overwhelming. But fun and challenging. Today zucchini soup.

Smashed Potatoes

We made these for brunch on Sunday. They are the easiest to make (and to eat)_. They were really delicious. I maybe put too much salt on them (definitely did in fact) but they were still

Warm French Lentils

I have these old old friends from way back when. David and Beth. They are wonderful, warm, lovely people. I was in their wedding. It’s true. My first foray into wedding life. Since I started

Spicy-Crusted Carrots with Harissa Yogurt

For some reason I made them with the Chicken-pot-pie which in hindsight is curious because they are way too sophisticated for that down-home comfort food kind of thing.