Recipes by Deirdre Holmes

United States Chef

	Avocado-Chocolate Muffins by Deirdre Holmes After getting inspired to include the healthy mono-unsaturated fats, as well as many as 20 valuable nutrients in the avocado in baking, I found a couple of good looking recipes on Joy the Baker's website. I took a cake recipe of Joy's as a starting point, and created a healthier muffin version.	2 votes 1 review 4343 views
	A Vegetarian Thanksgiving: Stuffed Potatoes (2 ways) by Deirdre Holmes So, you’re feeling radical, and instead of serving turkey this year, you want to highlight vegetables as the main dish? Great plan – there are so many options!This recipe calls for four large potatoes, which will create eight generously filled potato halves. Depending on how many diners you’re expecting and if you want to serve one…	1 vote 449 views
	Avocado-Chocolate Muffins by Deirdre Holmes There is something about vegetables in desserts that always catches my attention. So when I saw a recipe by Joy the Baker for an avocado pound cake, I could picture it: the lusciously smooth fat (a healthy fat, mind you) of the avocado incorporated into a cake. I was inspired and needed to explore this combination more. Also on her…	1 vote 406 views
	Sweet (potato) Milkshakes & Creamsicles by Deirdre Holmes Big thanks go out to Red Wagon Plants and Family Cow Farmstand, neighbor farms in Hinesburg, Vermont for sponsoring a recipe contest which sucked me right in. Last weekend, Red Wagon Plants was offering sweet potato slips (or sprouts) for sale while Family Cow Farmstand held an “Open Farm” day inviting all to see their raw milk…	1 vote 343 views
	Sweet Potato-Corn Cakes by Deirdre Holmes I was able to snap a few pictures just before my daughters finished off their sweet potato-corn cakes. I made them for a group of kids this afternoon: all clean plates!Sweet potatoes are indeed sweet, but not really potatoes. Sometimes, they are mistakenly called yams. They are actually highly nutritious roots of the morning glory…	1 vote 350 views
	Choco-Beet Cupcakes by Deirdre Holmes One of my favorite ways to increase the nutritional value of baked goods is to add fruits and vegetables. Many of the sweeter vegetables (carrots, winter squashes, sweet potatoes, zucchini) work particularly well and are not unknown ingredients, but beets also deserve a little shelf space in the baking aisle.The original beet still…	1 vote 459 views
	Making Apple Butter by Deirdre Holmes Apple season is inescapable in Vermont. The apple orchards are buzzing with pickers, weekends are booked with apple or cider festivals of one sort or another and we munch on the sweetest, freshest, crunchiest apples several times a day.I have filled many bags, the most aesthetically pleasing ones have been eaten and the rest are…	1 vote 1596 views
	A Hollowed Halloween Treat by Deirdre Holmes It’s Halloween. On this day which has become synonymous with candy, candy, candy, I like to make a special sweet treat which is not only much healthier (granted, it’s not hard to be healthier than candy), but also celebrates the produce, colors, flavors and aromas of fall.Pumpkins are wonderfully high in antioxidants and…	1 vote 266 views
	Green Tomato, Apple, Custard Pie by Deirdre Holmes Not a tomato quiche, not a dessert apple pie either, but a perfectly balanced, sweet-savory dinner pie which helps you use up those green tomatoes on your counter in the fall.Green Tomato, Apple, Custard PieMethod:Preheat oven to 375º.In a medium-sized bowl, beat eggs and add milk, salt, maple syrup and cinnamon.Arrange green tomato…	1 vote 723 views
	Great Glorious Greens by Deirdre Holmes GREEN LEAFY VEGETABLES are an essential food most frequently missing in modern diets. Learning to cook and eat greens is a significant way to create and maintain good health. When you nourish yourself with greens they naturally crowd out foods that are less nutritious. Greens help boost your immune system, strengthen your blood and…	1 vote 686 views