by Foodie Pat | Mar 23, 2023 | At Home, Great Veggies, Veggie Recipes
Spring —Now is the right time. If there is one reason to eat asparagus, there might be a dozen. The flavor of asparagus is elusive to describe. Is it buttery or herbal, mellow or nutty, or delicious and surprising? Maybe all of these! The delicate taste of...
by Foodie Pat | Feb 28, 2023 | At Home, Quick-Fix, Veggie Recipes
Did you know the botanically speaking, a nut is a fruit with a hard shell containing a single seed. The true nuts you might encounter in the produce aisle include hazelnuts and chestnuts. Many of the products sold as “culinary nuts” belong to other botanical...
by Foodie Pat | Jun 4, 2022 | At Home, Cooking Class Recipes, Great Veggies, Veggie Recipes
Spring has officially sprung and my thoughts go to all foods “green”—today it’s broccoli, but more particularly, broccoli stalks/broccoli stems, with added “trees” for deeper green color. I title this soup “cream” because it...
by Foodie Pat | Nov 10, 2020 | At Home, Veggie Recipes
Somewhere in the vast universe of cooking videos, I watched Jacques Pepin create 3 vegetable salads. I was riveted as I always am when watching this great man cook. But here was the shocker: the third recipe he demonstrated in the video was a Cream Dressing that...
by Foodie Pat | Mar 29, 2019 | At Home, Veggie Recipes
Introducing truly unique cauliflower—roast in hot oven with pineapple and taco seasoning (scratch, of course). Fill a crunchy shell, top with shredded cheese and guacamole—Wow!! Will you miss the meat? Cauli Florettes
by Foodie Pat | Nov 18, 2018 | At Home, Cooking Class Recipes, Great Veggies, Veggie Recipes, Veggie Tarts
An open-faced tart in France is called a Galette, in Italy, a Crostata, in the United States we call them a Rustic Country Tart. Whatever you call it, this one is delicious. Scratch cornmeal pie crust, thin raw cauliflower slices, diced sopressata, chopped red...
