I was going to post a Pad Thai recipe. Before I clicked “publish” I thought to look for other Pad Thai recipes to include as additional resources. What a stroke of luck! Now instead of posting a recipe, I’m just linking to Chez Pim’s Pad Thai for Beginners.
After reading Chez Pim’s tutorial, I’m too embarrassed to [...]
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Pad Thai
Vegan Tomato Basil Bisque
With the first rain in Hillsboro after what seemed like months of dry weather and an honest-to-goodness record-breaking heat wave, it seemed like the right time to try a new soup recipe. Ashley found a recipe for a vegan tomato basil bisque in The Candle Cafe Cookbook at our local Hillsboro public library. That recipe, [...]
Pasta Salad
Ingredients
3 cups cooked pasta
1 cup Italian dressing
1/2 cup green pepper
1/2 cup red pepper
1/2 red onion
1 can sliced olives
1 cup artichoke hearts
1/4 cup Parmesan cheese
Salt and pepper to taste
Directions
Prepare the pasta according to the directions on its package. While the pasta is cooking, cut the red and green peppers and the red onion into thin strips about 1 [...]
Gazpacho
Gazpacho is a perfect summertime recipe. Many of the ingredients can come straight out of your garden or from a friend’s (thanks, Rodney!).
Like tabouli, gazpacho is easier to make with a food processor. Or you could be much better with a knife than I am (not that hard) and have lots of patience.
Ingrdients
4 large ripe [...]
Creamy Red Potato Salad
The Fourth of July means picnics, and picnics mean potato(e) salad. Here’s one of our favorites.
Ingredients
1/2 cup Italian dressing
3/4 cup mayonnaise
1/2 cup sliced green onions
2 teaspoons snipped fresh dill (or 1 teaspoon dried dill weed)
1 teaspoon Dijon-style mustard
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1/8 teaspoon black pepper
3 pounds red bliss or new potatoes
Directions
Cook the potatoes and cut into [...]
Vegetarian Chili
Ashley was in the mood to cook tonight so she brought out a cookbook she got before she headed off to college last fall: , by Megan and Jill Carle. It has an amazing photo of a vegetarian chili. We just had to try it.
The recipe says “serves 6.” Six what? Ravenous college students? [...]
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