Category Archives: RECIPES

Vegetarian Chili

There are very few things my two kids agree on and food is the one thing they NEVER agree on. So my daughter prefers to eat vegetarian food and my son does not eat anything that doesn’t have some form of a dead animal in it. She loves any kind of dried beans and he has never put a...
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Spicy Jalapeno and Fruit Salad

I once ate a Peach Jalapeno salad at Zingerman’s in Ann Arbor, Michigan (http://www.zingermansdeli.com/) and ever since then I have been in love with the combination of fresh fruit with Jalapeno peppers.  Yes, I know it sounds like an odd combination, take my word for it, most kinds of fresh fruit with spicy Jalapeno really well.  I like to...
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Crockpot Rogan Josh

Almost ten years ago, while on a holiday to London, my kids and I found ourselves awake in the middle of the night with cravings for food.  My husband was still asleep and so in hushed tones, my two kids (who at that time were 10 and 8 years old) and I perused the 24-hours room service menu at...
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A Double Morel Feast

Last weekend I bought a few dried Morels from a vendor at our local farmer’s market and I was very excited about experimenting with them.  The only problem was they were just a handful of mushrooms (they cost an arm and a leg) and so I wanted to make use of them in a way that could get the...
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