The Wimpy Vegetarian

Savory Finnish Baked Pancakes (Pannukakku) with Smoked Salmon | #BreadBakers

February 13, 2017 14 Comments

Savory Finnish baked pancakes with dill, topped with smoked salmon. Perfect brunch dish!

The Finnish words lettu and pannukakku both translate as *pancake*, but have different meanings. Pannukakku is the type of pancake baked in an oven, my favorite way to make pancakes. Lettu, the kind we're all more familiar with, is the stovetop kind made in a frying pan or griddle. I think of them as the high-maintenance, demanding kind. You have to be with them every step of the way to make sure you flip them at exactly the right moment. They're the kind where the second batch never ever looks ...

Butternut Squash Soup with Apple Cider & Crème Fraîche

My husband was under the weather last week, and weakly pleaded for this soup from underneath a mountain of quilts one afternoon. I nearly fainted. He wasn't begging for a burger or ice cream topped with hot fudge. He was requesting, sit down for it, a vegetable based soup. That's when I realized ...

15-Minute Chile con Queso Dip

"Anyone over 60, raise your hand!" I looked up to my husband and said, "That's you!" And then after a moment, I realized, oh wait, that's me too! Ack!! I still don’t think of myself at a 60-plusser. Our hands shot up along with almost half the group, and we were all waved over to join a stocky ...

Bites of potato stacks, nacho style with cheese, black beans, salsa, avocado and a dollop of sour cream.

Idaho® Potato Nacho Stacks | #SundaySupper | #GameDayIdahoPotatoes

This post is sponsored by the Idaho® Potato Commission in conjunction with a social media campaign through Sunday Supper LLC. All opinions are my own. I’m a just-in-time girl. I can plan. Really, I can. But, and this is what I blame it on, I’m an optimist. I always think I have more time ...

Barley soup with potatoes, mint, lime, and a little turmeric.

Vegan Barley Soup with Potatoes, Lime, and Mint

Years ago, I went through an intensive docent training to lead tours at a nearby Audubon ranch where egrets historically nest. If you haven't seen it for yourself, I'm here to tell you it's very moving to watch eggs suddenly appear on top of tall trees and hatch, followed by squawking open mouths, ...