Mustard Greens with Garlic and Mustard Seeds

Calcium has been on my mind a lot lately. We don't do dairy (or soy), which cuts a lot of calcium out of our diet. Or does it? The more I think of all the greens we eat around here, the less concerned I am about our calcium intake. I am challanged as to how to get the girls to eat calcium-rich greens like DH hnd I do, but they eat sardines, which are one of the foods that are very high in calcium

Pho Ga (Vietnamese Chicken Noodle Soup)

I have a friend whose husband is Vietnamese. They just recently traveled to Vietnam with his family to visit family members still living in Vietnam. One of the highlights of her trip was visiting an old great aunt who lives on a farm. Everything she made for them she grew or raised on her farm, and my friend said it was some of the most delicious food she's ever eaten. I am very slightly

Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies

Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies - simple, subtle and sublime. What more can I say?Dry Ingredients2 cups GF flour blend (I used this one)1 tsp. baking soda1/4 tsp. baking powderdash salt1/2 tsp. cinnamon1/4 tsp. nutmeg1/4 tsp. clovesWet Ingredients1/2 cup canola oil1/2 cup brown sugar1/4 cup maple syrup1/2 cup mashed banana (about 1 medium)1 tsp. vanilla extractAdditions1/2 cup Enjoy Life chocolate

Pasta with Butternut Sauce

Cold weather makes me want to cook squash. Lots of squash. I've been buying butternut squash on a regular basis and we've been enjoying butternut fries (the only way the girls will eat butternut!), but I was hankering for something different. And then, what to my wondering eyes should appear but Ina's recipe for Pasta with Squash, Leak and Bacon! There was a butternut on my counter and a snow

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Scones

Baby, it's cold outside! I have not felt this cold in a long time! On Monday night we got treated to sleet accumulations of about 2 inches. The girls are thrilled with the novelty of making sleet angels and sliding down the slick driveway in a cardboard box (because the once-a-year snow we get does not justify buying sleds). Driving around is another matter, the roads have been covered in ice