Chickpea Soup with Sweet Potato and Feta Crostini

Chickpea Soup with Sweet Potato and Feta Crostini

Don’t you love a good soup?  I sure do and more so when there’s less time making it.  This is Yvette Van Boven’s second book – a follow up to her popular cookbook, Homemade.  Homemade Winter is full of hearty, body-warming dishes sure to satisfy the biggest of big appetites.  I adore her illustrations and…

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Roasted Winter Vegetables with Cannellini Beans

My husband and I enjoy roasted vegetables and this recipe is chock-full of nutrients. According to Whole Living, eating more plant-based meals has been proven to lower your weight, cholesterol, and blood pressure. Brussels sprouts contain compounds that trigger the production of detoxifying enzymes in the liver.  So many veggies in one meal has to…

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Thai Sweet Potato Soup with Coriander Pesto

We had friends, Lawrence and MJ over for dinner on Saturday.  MJ is a vegetarian and although I could  have cooked a meal and remove the non-vegetarian pieces for her, I decided to search my food blog archives for vegetarian recipes – I have a few – and went from there. We started the evening…

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