1.5 cups melted clarified butter 1/2 cup oil 40 leaves phillo dough 4 cups finely ground nuts – your preference cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, cardamom, etc to taste 1.5 cups evaporated cane juice (sugar) 1/2 Tbsp lemon juice 1/2 Tbsp brown rice syrup or honey Mix butter and oil.  Cut dough to the shape of the [...]

If you aren’t Norwegian – or know someone who is – you may have never heard of lefse, but if you have, you know that this is a tasty treat that goes with both sweet and savory. Lefse can best be described as a Norwegian flat bread, not unlike tortillas. It is often made with [...]

This is a great recipe if you need to feed a crowd – it can grow as large as you need it to (the kids even like it!)  It is also a way to use up some extra pantry staples… Ingredients: pinto beans – start with 4 cans/6 cups 1 large sweet onion 6 cloves [...]

For the big party last weekend I made the meat sauce… but I also made a vegetarian sauce for those that don’t eat so much meat. As today is Tami’s birthday, and she requested the recipe, here it is! olive oil 1 med. sweet onion 5 cloves garlic – minced 6 roma tomatoes 2 cans [...]

I came across a dilemma today. I picked up a large green tomato at the CSA farm today, and I had no idea what to do with it. Yes, there are the traditional fried green tomatoes, but after the breakfast we had today, that just didn’t seem like the best idea. So, to google I [...]

Ingredients: 3 corn cobs 1 can black beans 1/4 cup finely diced red onion 1 cup chopped cabbage 1 cup cubed mango 1/2 cup zucchini wedges 3 Tbsp lime juice 1 Tbsp rice vinegar 2 Tbsp olive oil dash garlic powder dash salt dash pepper Combine veggies in a bowl. I cut the zucchini in [...]

This is an easy kid friendly recipe that the whole family can help with! 1 cup flour 1/2 tsp. salt 1/2 tsp. baking powder 1 Tbsp. shortening 1/3 cup warm milk In a medium bowl combine the flour, salt, baking powder and shortening.  Slowly add in the warm milk and mix. Knead the dough until [...]

1.5 cups rice 2 cups water 3 cardamom pods 1 whole clove 1 star anise pod 1/2 cinnamon stick 1/4 cup black currants 1/4 cup slivered almonds olive oil 3 potatoes 3 carrots 1 radish 2 cloves garlic – crushed 1 small zucchini 1/4 cup peas 1 medium onion 1/8 tsp ground cardamom 1 clove [...]

I set out to make a pot of potato soup the other night… and it turned into something entirely different, but very tasty! We had some leftover salmon from the night before, so I added that in with the garlic and leeks. Then I used a buttery sweet corn soup (from Pacific) that I had [...]

This was one of the dishes I made to during me vegeterian challenge week – I just didn’t have a chance to add it! 2 Tbsp. olive oil 1/2 onion (I prefer sweets) 1 tsp. minced garlic, or more to taste 1 zucchini – peeled & sliced 2 carrots – peeled & sliced 1-3 cups [...]