Recipes Index

A summary/link of all the recipes I have posted on the blog: divided into

• Starters
• Soups
• Breakfast
• Main Courses
• Sides
• Sandwiches
• Desserts
• Farmers Market Finds

Starters

• Make your own seedy homemade crackers with this Amazing Crackers recipe
  
• Strawberry and Cheese Bruschetta Recipes
   
• Chilled Vegetable Pizza
  
• Prosciutto wrapped Cantaloupe with Red Pepper Lime Oil and Manchego
  
• A breakfast or brunch idea or just great for parties is this Rosemary and Cheddar Breakfast Sausage Dip
  
• Broccoli and Cheese Muffins, a tasty way to disguise broccoli. One batch of the recipe should make 40 mini muffins, or a dozen of the regular muffin size ones.
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• Cashew Cheese on Cucumber with Pesto is an appetizer that requires no cooking if you are in a summer heatwave like I was, and it’s vegan, gluten free, and healthy and is just prepwork with no need for a grill, oven, stove, or anything with heat in the kitchen
  
• Easter or Spring little appetizer or side of a Spaghetti Nest Recipe you can top with mozzarella and marinara, or a baked egg, or have fun with meatballs or pesto or more!
  
• Roasted Garlic and Brie Stuffed Bread
  
• Honey Walnut Baked Brie Recipe
  
• Apple Slices with Brie and Walnut and Honey or Agave Nectar, easy and pretty
  
• Cheddar Rosemary Gougeres, which was one of 3 dishes I paired with bubbles (champagne and sparkling wine!)
  
• Mini Cream Cheese Puffs An easy 15 min recipe for lil bites of buttery goodness
  
• Pão de Queijo: 3 different recipes (2 using a roux method, one using a blender for a fluffier version) of Pão de Queijo (cheese bread)
   
• In celebration of the upcoming Cinco de Mayo, on a previous weekend I decided to have a Guacamole Bar at my home. I made 3 guacamole recipes – one recipe from Alton Brown, one recipe from Bobby Flay, and one from Rick Bayless.
  
• For a different kind of Mexican dip, consider Mexican Street Corn Dip as well as all these other ideas of how to enjoy Food Should Taste Good gluten free non GMO chips!
  
• Edamame Hummus
  
• Saison Beer Ricotta on Cucumber
  
• Cucumber Rollups
  
• Scallion Pancakes Recipe
  
• Smoked Beer Cheese Recipe: Roasted Garlic, Parmesan, Tillamook Smoked White Pepper Cheddar in bell pepper jack o lanterns
  
• Beer Cheese Faceoff
  
• Spinach or Squash Cheese Pinwheels
   
• Buttery Ranch Oyster Cracker Mix
  
• Caramelized Onion Jam with Goat Cheese and Food Should Taste Good Sweet Potato Tortilla Chips
  
• Caprese Skewers
  
• Slow roasted tomatoes with ricotta, Stinging Nettle Balls, Michael Smith’s Potato Bacon Cheddar Tart
  

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Soups

• Roasted Cauliflower and Leek Soup Recipe
  
• H50’s Strawberry Champagne Soup, served with Champagne Ice, Pistachios and Mint
  
• Watercress Cauliflower Soup: touch of pepper from the watercress, it also has a feel of creaminess from the cauliflower but without the fat, and is extremely simple to make. You just need to saute some onion, cut the cauliflower, pull apart the watercress, and have a blender. On a rainy cool day, it’s comforting yet takes advantage of very nutritious ingredients.
  
• Green Gazpacho that celebrates the bounty of greens with green pepper, celery, scallions, jalapeno, parsley, cilantro, and chives
  
• Butternut Squash and Ale Soup with Candied Almonds and homemade Mascarpone with Cambozola
  
• Watercress and Orange Soup
  
• Washington’s Birthday and Peanut Soup (with Gardein Chicken Scallopini)
  

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Breakfast

• A breakfast or brunch idea or just great for parties is this Rosemary and Cheddar Breakfast Sausage Dip
  
• Get in your craving for shrimp and grits but with a savory oatmeal instead which you can set up an oatmeal bar so people can customize the savory oatmeal toppings with various hot sauces, bacon, shrimp, etc. with my Savory Shrimp and Savory Oatmeal post
  
• You can prepare everything for this Biscuits Breakfast Casserole the day before and then just pop it in the oven, which is perfect for a non morning person or after a long night up. I like how this casserole basically puts all of breakfast – like a breakfast that would have Biscuits and Sausage Gravy as one item, and Cheesy Egg on the side, all together in every bite.
  
• An alternative delicious breakfast casserole stars croissants with this Croissant Breakfast Casserole with sausage, cheese, egg, and green onions
  
• Baby Bell Peppers and Swiss Strata
  
• This Breakfast Casserole is a perfect way to whip up something hearty and savory for a brunch potluck. I have made it here in this post with sausage, and another time with leftover veggies and Easter ham – just put in eggs, bread, and whatever leftover meats and veggies you have and enjoy
  
• This breakfast post suggests a few different ways to incorporate creamy rich avocado, be it via a breakfast burrito or with an english muffin!
    

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Main Courses

• Tomato Pie Recipe with Fresh Cheeses and Uncooked Cherry Tomatoes
  
• Enjoy a “Christmas” Southwest Style squash casserole that uses green chiles and red salsa with this Vegetarian Southwest Squash Casserole
  
• This Balkan Cheese Pie – Burek and Adjika Sauce is similar to a Mediterranean quiche but made with layers of cheese and phyllo (adding mushrooms or ground meat is optional), and can be served with salad or vegetables or soup
  
• April Fool’s Recipe for Spaghetti Pie, a mashup of lasagna and spaghetti with a nod towards 1957 April Fool’s Spaghetti Harvest. This dish is the recipe for the Meatless and Vegetarian pie only, your sauce can be from a jar or your own homemade, so it can be meaty or spicy or whatever you’d like
  
• Use your summer tomatoes in a new way with this Chinese Tomato and Eggs Recipe
  
• This recipe for Cheddar Garlic Oven Baked Chicken Breast is something I’ve had in my repertoire for many years and is an easy way to make an pleasing chicken breast that is moist but also offers some crispiness.
  
• Why not make your reubens a little less messy (ok, just a little) by making them in slider form? Reuben Sliders are great for a party and timely for St Patrick’s Day too
  
• For your grilling, can I humbly suggest this kickass Recipe for Cheddar Whiskey Burgers that has a combination of beef and pork with a bit of whiskey, and then is stuffed and then topped with a cheddar whiskey sauce?
  
• For a side for a picnic or BBQ, how about Ramen Noodle Broccoli Slaw!? It has great texture and is a great value to put together for a group
  
• Roasted Vegetable Lasagna Rollup Recipe I like the idea of individual rolled pieces that this Roasted Vegetable Lasagna Rollups Recipe calls for. it’s a great to portion out servings for a group. They are easy to make, and by roasting the vegetables it adds more flavor and is a great alternative to meat lasagna. A little red pepper adds a subtle little additional kick.
  
• Lighten up your pasta alfredo by making a healthier cauliflower alfredo instead- I make mine a Cauliflower Alfredo with Spinach
  
• Green Mac and Cheese for St Patricks: Avocado Mac and Cheese that includes lime zest/juice, green onion, cilantro, jalapeno- all the green things
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• Featuring avocados: Avocado Pesto, or try this cool dish of Soba Noodles with Kale, Miso, and Avocado
   
• A pasta sauce dish that is also like a pesto but uses corn instead, then topped with basil and grape tomatoes for a colorful dish celebrating late summer and fall? Hello Ravioli with Corn Sauce Recipe
   
• 3 Cheese Macaroni and Cheese with Broccoli and Sweet Pugliese, a really great mac and cheese
  
• Brie and Blue Cheese Fondue Recipe
  
• Cheddar and Swiss Fondue Recipe
  
• Butternut Squash Lasagna in Béchamel sauce
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• Spaghetti Carbonara
  
• Here’s two recipes in 1 post: how to make Parmesan Cheese Bowls (which you can use for salads or in this case risotto) and a Strawberry and Shrimp Risotto in my recipe of Shrimp and Strawberry Risotto in a Parmesan Bowl
  
• Kai Jiew Thai Style Omelette
  
• Recipe for Matzo Brei with Parmesan chewy but soft and toothsome all at the same time, and is a fun use of some extra eggs to stretch to feed more. Serve it like an omelette or scramble it, and eat it with savory or sweet accouterments, your choice!
  
• Honoring President Lincoln with vegetarian Chicken Fricassee
  
• Tofu and Mushrooms A La King
  
• Fresh Ricotta, butternut squash, baby zucchini in Pasta Shells
  
• Beer Stout Vegetarian Shepherd’s Pie with Beer Braised Onions
  
• Vegetarian Shepherd’s Pie inspired by Moosewood
  
• Gouda Mac and Cheese with Peas and Microgreens
  
• Pumpkin Mac and Cheese (with fontina cheese, and a topping of breadcrumbs, panko, walnuts and parmesan!)
  
• Spinach Parmesan Rice Bake, or Cheesy Rice with Mixed Veggies
  
• Transylvanian Eggplant Casserole: from Moosewood
  
• Cheese Soufflé 101
  
• Champagne Fondue Recipe
  
• Gluten Free Fondue with cheddar that also accounts for corn allergies!
  
• Wild Mushroom Stroganoff
  
• Bourbon Chicken Recipe
  
• Slow roasted tomatoes with ricotta, Stinging Nettle Balls, Michael Smith’s Potato Bacon Cheddar Tart
  

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 Sides

• How ballsy (ha ha) is it to mash up mac and cheese and risotto using Israeli cous cous with this recipe for Israeli Couscous and Cheese
  
• Wild Rice Recipe with Apples and Pecans of a rice dish really celebrates the bounty of autumn. The mix of brown and wild rice is healthy, but has crisp tart bites from the apples and butteryness of the pecans. Though I make it most often in the fall and winter, I just like this all year round as a side dish.
  
• Harvest Quinoa with Apple and Walnuts is a variation of the above but with more apple and a bit dryer to go with main dishes that have a lot of richness already
  
• Chive and Onion Cheesy Hash Brown Potatoes is a casserole that is super comforting and easy to put together thanks to using some already prepped ingredients
  
• Summer Berry and Farro Salad makes enough for 10 so you can eat it all week or take to a potluck or picnic bbq,  and is a dish that does well cool or room temperature, and has healthy blueberries
  
• Another healthy farro salad, this time with a Strawberry Farro Salad and some info I drop on varietals of Oregon Strawberries!
  
• Perfect for a work potluck and that you can serve warm or cold, and prepare the day before, is this Lemony Spinach and Pasta Salad with Cherry Tomatoes and Feta
  
• Cornbread Salad
  
• Savory lentils with this recipe for Lentils with Roasted Tomatoes and Horseradish
  
• Recipe for a Vegetarian Lentil Salad with Roasted Oranges and Radicchio is also great for a group
  
• Creamed Kale or Creamed Cabbage Recipe
  
• Cabbage Casserole with Leeks, Ricotta, and Nuts could be a great holiday side with it’s red and green colors for vegetarians it can be a main dish
  
• For a healthy salad try Roasted Shredded Brussels Sprout Salad
  
  
• Elote Pasta Salad
  
• Quinoa with Roasted Cauliflower and Mushrooms
  
• St Patrick’s Day and St. Norbert College’s Cheese Broccoli
  
• Cumin Smashed Potatoes
  
• Crispy Smashed Potatoes
  
• Cauliflower with Brown Butter, Pears, Hazelnuts uses cauliflower in a new way besides covered with cheese and cream or roasted…
  
• Hash Brown Casserole – I’m sorry the picture looks terrible, but trust me this is delicious
   
• Four Greens with Garlic Saute uses mustard greens, kale, turnip or dandelion greens, and swiss chard. Have it with rice, as a side dish to a protein, top it with nuts as shown or with a poached egg…
  
• Maple Roasted Brussels Sprouts
  
• Mashed Brussels Sprouts
  
• Another great recipe with Cauliflower is to swap out the traditional potato in Colcannon and instead make it a Cauliflower Colcannon
  
• Pan Roasted Corn Salad with Mozzarella and Tomatoes in Lemon Dressing
  
• 3 Vegetarian Side Dishes: Corn Niblets in Butter, Roasted Carrots with Dill, Green Beans in Parmesan
    
• Cornbread Stuffing – Veggie Version has smokiness from vegetarian ham and some heat from Thai chili pepper
  
• Another take on green beans that can be served for a side at lunch or dinner and is great for a potluck Green Beans with Walnut and Feta and Mint Vinaigrette
  
• Homemade Biscuits (Cappy’s Biscuits)
  

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Sandwiches

• Use fruit in a savory way by adding it to your grilled cheese with this BlackBerry Grilled Cheese that boasts fontina cheese and basil (and optionally pesto)
  
• Another healthy sandwich boasting fruit, this time it’s a Strawberry Ricotta Sandwich and some info I drop on varietals of Oregon Strawberries!
  
• Ham and Cheese Slider Melts
  
• Radish, Edamame, Ricotta and Greens Sandwich
  
• A ridiculously easy way to get your spicy mayo sushi taste but more of a meal but creating a Spicy Mayo Baby Shrimp Sandwich
  
• Cucumber and Ricotta Sandwich with a recipe for Homemade Ricotta
  
• Reminds me of a sandwich to enjoy along the beach: my recipe for a Dill Shrimp Salad Sandwich with Cucumber
  
• Asparagus and Cheese Sandwich
  
• Watercress Cheese Sandwiches
  
• Buffalo Blue Cheese Chicken Salad with Avocado and Greens Sandwich
  
• Vegetarian Hummus Avocado Tomato and Greens Sandwich
  

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Desserts

• Have you ever heard of a dessert called Cranachan? My version is an Apple Cranachan Recipe with Pomegranate Whiskey Cocktails that is hearty from the oats and whiskey but presentation wise with the layers looks fancy. And then I added in 2 cocktail recipes for Pomegranate Whiskey cocktails to add a holiday touch with red – a variation on a julep and a variation on a Moscow Mule
   
• Berry Popsicles: a Raspberry Peppercorn Popsicle version, and a Blackberry Basil Popsicle that just uses berries, sparkling water and honey and one additional ingredient
  
• April Fool’s Recipe with no Trick: Strawberry Fool Recipe is blended strawberries with the cut strawberries and the fresh whipped vanilla cream
  
• So easy, only 4 ingredients to make Chocolate Matzo
  
• Salted Almond Butter Chocolate Bars
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• Buckeye Balls
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• Pineapple Bread Pudding
  
• Upgrade your brownie by topping it with potato chips!
  
• Dark chocolate porter cake
  
• Ricotta Pie Recipe, or Pizza Dolce, or a cheesecake with ricotta. You can top it with chocolate like I did, or put chocolate chips inside the mixture, or top or add fruit inside instead, it is very versatile
  

Farmer’s Market Explorations

• Peppers at the Portland Farmers Market
  
• Celery at the Portland Farmer’s Market
  
• September Photo Highlights of the  Portland Farmers Market at PSU
  
• Pea Shoots and Portland Farmers Market Pickles
  
• Portland Farmers Market at PSU, 2011; Cheese Edition
    
• Portland Farmers Market at PSU, 2011; Meats and Seafood Edition
    
• Portland Farmers Market at PSU, 2011; Mushroom and Baked Goods Edition
  
• Broccolo romanesco: The Fractal Veggie
  
• Early Summer Bounty: Asparagus and Sugar Snap Pea Salad, Strawberries and Creme Fraiche
  
• Fiddlehead Ferns with Pasta,  and Stinging Nettles with Mushrooms
  
• Brussel Sprout Rapini
  

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