Roasted Orange Bell Pepper Sauce w/ Black Pasta

A Cored Yellow Pepper (c) jfhaugenIt’s Halloween

With everything ’round us orange and black,
in the holiday spirit here’s a dish to match.

Halloween recipes seem to be about sweets and treats or blood sausage Black Pasta (c) jfhaugenand offal. So I want to get this post up quickly so you’ll have something more balanced and less intimidating Continue reading Roasted Orange Bell Pepper Sauce w/ Black Pasta

Peanut Butter Cookies—Gluten-Free, Honey-Sweetened, Crisp & Chewy

Peanut Butter Cookies (c) jfhaugenPeanut . . . Peanut Butter!

I love peanut butter and I am not alone. We Americans annually eat 700 million pounds—that’s just over 2 pounds per person per year! Good thing that peanuts, having the qualities of both nuts and legumes Continue reading Peanut Butter Cookies—Gluten-Free, Honey-Sweetened, Crisp & Chewy

Long-Cooked Green Bean, Tomato & Chickpea Stew

Long-Cooked Green Bean Stew after 15 minutes (c) jfhaugenA Pan for Almost Everything

Great pots and pans make cooking so much more enjoyable. For a number of months I had been admiring a certain All Clad simmer/sauté pan—the perfect size, 12 inches, with high (5 ¾ inch) sides and a lid Continue reading Long-Cooked Green Bean, Tomato & Chickpea Stew

Mint & Scallion Soba Noodle Salad w/ Cucumber, Carrot & Green Bean Threads

Mint & Scallion Soba Noodle Salad (c) jfhaugen“Everything is Great with Soba Noodles.”

That is a direct quote from my husband, Paul. Our introduction to soba noodles came while we lived in Los Angeles and frequented an area around Sawtelle & Olympic Boulevards that has many Japanese shops and restaurants. We discovered what was soon to become our favorite restaurant, a “noodle bar” named Mishima. Continue reading Mint & Scallion Soba Noodle Salad w/ Cucumber, Carrot & Green Bean Threads

Apples Baked in Apple Juice

Apples Baked in Apple Juice (c) jfhaugenThe Sun, The Rain and The Apple Seed

Such a glorious time of year. Yesterday afternoon I walked through a grove of deciduous trees with the sun pouring through the yellow and orange leaves bathing everything in golden light. Today, just picked apples are baking in our oven filling every room with the fragrance of cinnamon and spice. Continue reading Apples Baked in Apple Juice

Crispy Kale Chips

Crispy Kale Chips (c) jfhaugen

Hail to Kale from Fall to Spring and Every Month In Between

My first introduction to kale occurred when as a caterer in the 80’s we used it as a sturdy and colorful garnish for some of our buffet platters. We also threw it away at the end of each event, because in those days no one we knew actually ate kale. Continue reading Crispy Kale Chips

Everyday Healthy! Everyday Delicious!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nataliemaynor/530316492/Welcome to my site. I hope you will join me in the weeks/months/years ahead as I share with you my enthusiasm about all things food, my philosophy about diet as our way of life, and my creativity in the kitchen with mostly vegetarian recipes. Below are my personal beliefs as well as the guidelines underlying my recipes for living everyday healthy–everyday delicious. Continue reading Everyday Healthy! Everyday Delicious!