Peter Parker's Pea Soup from Ina Garten by Judy Fisher

This is a hearty, rich pea soup that is great on a chilly evening. Serve with a salad and crusty bread. Delicious! I modified the original recipe with less fat and more spices.

Mom's Famous Zucchini Bread by Denise Sherin

This is a great way to get kids to eat veggies! My son loves this as a snack. I make this in mini loaves for the church bake sale it's always a big hit.

Roasted Brussels Sprouts Chips by Jennifer Tyler Lee

Like potato chips, only 500X better! These crispy, crunchy Roasted Brussels Sprouts Chips will have your kids begging for Brussels!

Old-Fashioned Creamed Spinach by kimberly sullivan

Looking for that classic side dish for a Sunday Dinner? Let this tickle your taste buds and take you down a timeless memory lane!

Yoshie's Curried Beef and Rice by Salad Foodie

Her name was Yoshie and she was my houseguest for ten days many years ago. She spoke 7 languages and was a chaperone from Tokyo with a teen 4-H exchange program. Yoshie loved to cook and wanted to prepare dinner every night for us. Did we protest? Not! Curried Beef and Rice was a thumbs-up favorite of teens and families wherever…

Hearty Chicken Vegetable Soup with Dumplings by Gretchen Wasniewski

A quick to make, hearty and healthy dinner for a cold winter night. This recipe begins with a rotisserie chicken and stretches that economical chicken for 2 full meals. The broth is seasoned with vegetable peels and trim that I always save in a plastic bag in my freezer. The core of tomatoes, the tails of parsley, carrot peels, potato…

Green Bean Casserole by Cathy Spivak

I can't do Thanksgiving without this side dish. I like it with 1 cup of shredded Cheddar cheese added to it.

Vegan Cream of Spinach Soup by The Blender Girl

The best thing about this soup? It takes less than half an hour from chopping board to table; and is dead easy. Unlike starchy soups that need about 30-40 minutes to cook through, this soup only needs about 20 minutes. Just chop up your ingredients, bring to the boil, simmer, blend and serve. I can’t seem to go past using whole…

Country Garden Soup by Faith

The Best Pumpkin Pie by Joann M.

This is my go-to pumpkin pie recipe, topped with brandied whipped cream. yum! Source: Cook's Illustrated If you do not have a food processor, the pumpkin may be put through a food mill or forced through a fine sieve with the back of a wooden spoon. Alternatively, you can cook the pumpkin, sugar, and spices together before…

Tapioca Poriyal (Stir fry) by Navaneetham Krishnan

stir fried with chili powder, spices and curry leaves for the spicy and appealing taste.

Leftover 2-Bean Stew by Amos Miller

A quick bite using odds & ends was WAY too delicious not to post. Forget 8-bean and even 18-bean soups - 2 cans of beans, a few veggies and a little smoked sausage turned a toss-off dish into a tasty winner! I had no intention when I threw this together to share it with anyone other than a couple of hungry mouths in the kitchen.…

Who knew Guacamole could be so easy (and tasty)? by Nick Roche

I must confess that I've never made Guacamole before. It has always been so convenient for others to make or bring to a party that it never really crossed my mind to do it myself; however, the other day there were two nice sized Avocados staring at me in the face on the kitchen counter, perfectly ripe, not too soft, not too hard. The…

Broccoli Florets Chef Style by Nazzareno Casha

Vegetable side dish

Roasted Honey Cinnamon Acorn Squash by Culinary Envy

Caramelized Roasted Honey Cinnamon Acorn Squash is drizzled with honey-cinnamon, and sprinkled with crumbled cheese and crunchy almonds.