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Asparagus Soup

Asparagus soup with basil-sun dried tomato bread, and our good shrub friend, broccoli.

Simmering onions, clove of garlic, bunch of asparagus (no tops) and celery for 5 minutes in water, covered, adding tops, parsley, basil and cornstarch and the carnation skim milk for 5 more minutes. When tender, remove from heat and puree in food processer, […]

Thin-Crust Pizza

Low-fat feta, green olive, cremeni mushroom, romano, mozzarella.
Welcome, spring.

Pesto Le Vista

Basil-parsley pesto (frozen pureed cubes mixed with romano and chopped pine nuts) stirred into orzo, garlic bread, potato-cheese samosa, black bean patty and carrots

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Pinch My Salt’s Meme of 7 (or 10) Things You May not Know About Me and Food.

Like much of their generation, meat is a staple for 3 meals a day of my parents and dessert goes with at least 2 meals. Everything that isn’t from a tin is fried in butter has the flavor and […]

Aparagus Provençale, Low fat

What if I make the Asparagus Provençale but instead of the called for 1/2 c of butter, or the nearly 1/4 cup of butter I used last time, if I cook in a tablespoon and enough water to basically steam the veggies?
Beside that gnocchi with ’shrooms and a rollup of multigrain flatbread rolled around omelet […]

Getting Gnocchied Up

Fresh salsa, cremini mushrooms boiled with the gnocchi, cucumber salad of English cukes, mayo, dill and diced celery. And our ubiquitous every so nutritious veggie.

Alphabet sugar cookies

I got little cookie cutters of alphabet. This sugar cookie recipe has the tip to roll out and cut out onto parchment paper on the cookie tray so they don’t overbrown. Maybe next time.

The dough stirred until it comes together in a ball (to keep chilled, work it with hands dipped in ice water; found […]