Category: Vegetables and Sides

Broccoli Salad with Yogurt Dressing

Broccoli salad, now, there's the ticket.  It has the advantages of sturdiness, and anything with broccoli imparts that aura of good health.  My kids will sometimes eat it (though the Nuni's BFF complained that it …

Roasted Asparagus with Creamy Tomato Sauce

Nothing really sings of spring like Asparagus. The little stalks, poking up so proudly, and tasting so very green are the essence of all that is springtime. Asparagus was a seasonal vegetable before eating seasonally …

Garlic Butter Glazed Carrots with Mint

When I was a kid, we mostly ate salads.  My dad was not a vegetable-lover, and with a few notable exceptions (artichokes and asparagus) we primarily consumed our vegetables raw.  As a result, I held …
Garlic Butter Mushroom Sliders

Garlic Butter Mushroom Sliders

Little sliders (fun to eat!, finger food that one can eat on the couch while watching the TV), made from mushroom caps (We'll ignore the fact that for purposes of the challenge, mushrooms aren't exactly …

Meyer Lemon Kale Salad

If you're eating vegetables for their health benefits, you'd be hard-pressed to find something betthan than kale.  Low in calories, full of fiber, and rich in vitamins, A,C and K,  it's commonly referred to as …
Stuffed Pumpkin

Squash Stuffed with Delicious Things

This recipe, which is adapted from Dorie Greenspan, may not pass the five year old test (until she TRIES it) but it is one of my favorites. Dorie calls it "Pumpkin Stuffed with Everything Good" …
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