Mango mania!

Mango

I looooove mangos!  All varieties. My favorite thing to do is take a very ripe mango, roll it around until the flesh is pulverized and juicy, and then poke a straw through the skin to drink it. I don’t do this as much in Utah – where mangos arrive green – as I did in [...]

Roasting red peppers for a creamy spice bazaar-inspired soup

Moroccan carrot and red pepper soup

Spicy, bright, and good enough to eat every day! At least, that’s according to my husband, who likes this soup so much he’s taken it to work with him each day this week. Carrots were on sale and the snow had finally hit the mountains after several sunny weeks – soup seemed appropriate.  But what [...]

Garbanzo beans pop, pop, pop – who knew?

Fresh garbanzo beans

Have you ever eaten a fresh garbanzo bean?  Have you ever even seen one? I’ve eaten chickpeas for years dried and then cooked, but never, until this month, have I seen these wrinkly legumes in their fuzzy little pods. They “pop” when you try to open them, releasing the air inside.  And they taste very [...]

Beets are beautiful – raw or roasted!

Beets are beautiful

The bunch of big, beautiful, brilliant beets was tossed casually onto the table.   Disregarded.   Late afternoon sunlight warmed the leaves, leaving them languid. Raw beets? Yeah! Beets are one of the most amazing additions to juice.  If you have a juicer, add this to your recipes.  If you have a blender, like I [...]

What to do With a Pound of Mushrooms

Mushroom Soup

Sometimes I buy things on a whim in amounts that don’t seem realistic for my 2-person household. This week it was a 1-pound container of baby bello mushrooms. Since I have been on a roasting kick this fall – pretty much any vegetable that comes through the door is subjected to this cooking method. Today, it was the bellos’ turn.