Okay, it’s been forever. I don’t know what happened. I’ve been away on trips and when I’m home, I haven’t felt like sitting at my computer to blog. But yesterday, I visited our local CSA and there are so many beautiful, interesting, and inspiring veggies that I need to write about! Zucchini isn’t that unusual [...]
Archive for the ‘Vegetarian Entree’ Category
Parmesan Zucchini Sticks with Roasted Romesco Sauce
Posted in Appetizer, Vegetarian Entree, tagged red pepper, zucchini on July 23, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Homemade Mozzarella & Grilled Margarita Pizza
Posted in Vegetarian Entree, tagged mozzarella, pizza on June 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Okay so mozzarella making is both easy and not so easy. I ordered a starter kit from the Cheese Queen for making mozzarella and ricotta. It’s supposed to take 30 minutes but it took me 2 hours. It also took my kitchen by storm. I had cheese curd everywhere in my kitchen. I was cleaning cheese curds [...]
Multi-Colored Cauliflower with Whole Wheat Pasta
Posted in Pasta, Vegetarian Entree, tagged cauliflower, whole wheat on May 19, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Very exciting news here from the Spotted Apron kitchen – I bought my first mandoline. In celebration of the one month anniversary of the blog perhaps? As you can tell, it’s definitely not an expensive Williams-Sonoma mandoline but it’s still pretty awesome. If I like it and get a lot of use out of it, then I’ll [...]
Watercress & Avocado Salad
Posted in Salad, Vegetarian Entree, tagged avocado, Salad, watercress on May 12, 2008 | 3 Comments »
So it’s been a few days. I’ve been traveling with my husband to celebrate his sister’s graduation from college. It was a fun and joyous time but no laptop, wireless, or pots and pans. But I’m back now and I have some great recipes to share.
In the past week, I posted the recipes for Vietnamese summer [...]
Pea & Ricotta Dumplings
Posted in Appetizer, Pasta, Vegetarian Entree, tagged dumpling, pea, ricotta on May 7, 2008 | 6 Comments »
I’m a real mutt, my ethnic roots stretch from China to Italy to Portugal to Germany. But I grew up with great Italian cooking and one of my favorite comfort foods is a good tomato sauce, preferably with eggplant parmigiana. My instincts are to make every dish with an Italian flair and plenty of garlic [...]
Vietnamese Summer Rolls with Spicy Peanut Sauce
Posted in Appetizer, Vegetarian Entree, tagged peanut, summer rolls on May 1, 2008 | 3 Comments »
As summer is approaching, I’m keeping my fingers crossed that it will actually become warm and sunny at some point in the near future. I might have post traumatic stress disorder after months of twenty-degree weather, heavy down coats, and digging my car out of my parking space every morning. But eventually my PTSD will [...]
Quinoa Risotto with Red Peppers & Arugula
Posted in Vegetarian Entree, tagged arugula, quinoa, roasted red peppers on April 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I bought a box of quinoa a few weeks ago and it’s been sitting in my pantry. I’ve never cooked or eaten quinoa and I still haven’t learned how to pronounce it. But I found this recipe from the Mayo Clinic, built up some courage, and adapted it for the ingredients that I had in my [...]
Homemade Makaruni Pasta with Baby Bella Mushroom Sauce
Posted in Pasta, Vegetarian Entree, tagged mushrooms, Pasta on April 23, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I did it. I made my own homemade pasta. It wasn’t impossible and it tasted really good. We had friends over for a casual dinner so of course, since they are good friends, we decided to experiment on them. I had some dry pasta waiting in the pantry in case the homemade pasta was a [...]
“Healthy” & Hearty Mac & Cheese
Posted in Pasta, Vegetarian Entree, tagged cheese, Pasta, whole wheat on April 13, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I have fond memories of bright orange mac & cheese out of the box from childhood and this afternoon, I came home tired and starving after a long morning. I was in need of something hearty and comforting. So of course, I searched the pantry for a random box of mac & cheese. I got [...]
The Simplest Bean Burger
Posted in Vegetarian Entree, tagged bean, burger, lentils on April 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So I don’t think any bean burgers are ever very attractive in picture form or in real life for that matter. But they can be very tasty. I’ve made bean burgers with garbanzo beans before but this time I had some lentils hanging around and I wanted to save my garbanzo beans for the hummus [...]
