Roasted Garlic Marinara Sauce and 5 Ways to Use It

It started out as soup. It decided it wanted to be sauce. Tomatoes are starting to come in in many places and you maybe, just maybe, are about to have more than you can eat.  If Roma’s happen to be on your list, here is a great way to put them to work that can…

Pumpkin Pasilla Soup: Vegetarian or Turkified

Pasilla peppers are a little bit sweet, a little bit spicy…but just a bit. These dark green peppers add great earthy flavor to dishes and are a delicious addition to this creamy, roasted tomato soup. Do you still have roast turkey or chicken in the fridge? Here’s a great way to use it up and…

Enjoying the Fruits (and Vegetables) of Summer

I love this time of year.  It brings back childhood memories of running through late-summer orchards, eating ripe peaches from the tree and not caring that the fuzz tickled and that juice was running down my face and neck. My home town was the epicenter of fruit-growing in Utah.  The road, two blocks from my…

Fennel for the Everyday Joe (and Jane) + Soup Recipe

Fennel was on sale at the grocery store last week.  I picked up a bulb, with all of its unruly fronds intact, and headed up to the front. “What do you use that for,” asked the guy at the checkout counter.  “I see people buy it sometimes, but have no idea how I’d use it.”…

Monster Soup

On my last trip to the farmer’s market, I bought a zucchini.  The problem is, when I tried to pay for it, they wouldn’t let me leave without taking 2 more squash.  My options were zucchini and zucchini…or the 1 Hubbard squash they had left.  I opted for the 7-pound monster.  The total for all…

Fresh Roasted Corn Quinoa Salad with Heirloom Tomatoes

Quinoa on its own is kind of blah.  This dish is flavored with orange juice, garlic, and spicy, roasted salsa for kick, along with fresh summer corn and tomatoes for color and sweetness. This dish was originally eaten before I could take a proper picture of the finished product.  It was so good, I made…

Red Lentil Soup on a Cold Winter’s Day

When the weather changes as drastically as it does here in Utah, what I crave does as well.  When the snow hits, I gravitate towards soup and other comfort foods, and rely on a strong dose of color and spice to make up for the lack of sun.  Red lentil soup fits the bill. I…