Alphabet Soup
Did you know that alphabet pasta has a history of over 100 years old? It’s been more than a century since people (especially kids) started eating those funny bits of pasta. We’re doing it, too with this vegetarian soup.
dairy free
Potato and Beef Salad With Pickles and Mustard
Although it has some carbs, we think this hearty salad really is worth your time. The secret to it is to cut and chop the root veggies and especially the cooked beef as finely as possible. Mix everything well and you end up with a creamy, tasty, and nutritious dish. In fact, is this a complete meal, or what?
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Hot Pineapple and Avocado Salad
This fruity salad is not just a simple and healthy mishmash of fruits. It’s really hot, energizing, and refreshing, it’s juicy and meaty, so it is so much more. Feel free to increase the hotness factor by seasoning with chili flakes. Also, flavor with parsley and garnish with lime wedges if you want.
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Chocolate Bacon Skewers
These little decadent snacks are meant for special occasions and special occasions only. You probably don’t want to gorge on them on a daily basis. So, as if bacon and chocolate weren’t enough, we coated the skewers with chili, pecan, and/or coconut flakes.
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Pear and Walnut Pizza
Aren’t you tired of topping your pizza with the same ingredients over and over again? Don’t you feel the need for something different from time to time? In case you do, try pear wedges and walnuts for a change.
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Chicken Thighs With Hot Pineapple Salad
Chicken thighs, everyone! There is nothing new here, right? Wrong. We serve them over a hot pineapple cherry tomato and red onion salad, but not before marinating them in agave syrup, soy sauce, and ginger.
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Roasted Cherry Tomato and Hummus Toast
Everything can be upgraded and improved with respect to cooking. It is a well-known fact especially as far as sandwiches go. In this hummus toast, for example, we can first flavor and roast the cherry tomatoes, then serve everything seasoned with raw sunflower seeds and paprika.
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Onion and Olive Pull-Apart Bread
We’ve upgraded this pull-apart bread with cooked onion and olives. We’ve ended up with a super-bread which you can serve with just about any dish you could think of. Now, a lot of people would eat it as a full-fledged snack dish. Erm, we number among them, too…
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Date, Pecan, and Coconut Brownies
Why don’t you upgrade your brownies this time? You’ll use dates, pecan nuts, and coconut (oil and flakes) for this. Just blend them and add them to the base mixture. Taste the difference.
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Creamy Butternut Squash Soup With Toast
Let’s substitute croutons with star-shaped toasted bread for this super-creamy and warming butternut squash and other goodies soup. It’s dairy-free and nutty, like in ‘coconutty’. And you are just one step from making it vegetarian if you so desire. Replace the Cheddar with a rennet-free version and there you have it.
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Braised Marinated Rabbit
We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: if you eat meat, you should eat rabbit meat more often. It’s lean, it’s healthy and it’s pretty easy to cook. We’ve marinated ours before braising it and we used for that ginger, turmeric, beer, and chili among others. You should, too.
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Baked Butternut Squash
Baked butternut squash is amazing with its mild sweetness and its unique flavor. Here you have a butternut squash dish that is a dessert and a side-dish at the same time. Just flavor with cinnamon and olive oil and sweeten it more with brown sugar and forget about it for 1 hour in the oven.
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