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Foolproof Instant Pot Peach Cobbler + CrispLid

August 21, 2019 17 Comments

In our family everyone has a story about my husband's tenacity. When he wants something done, or a problem solved, he leaves no stone unturned in his quest - no matter how long it takes. I'm more go-with-the-flow. Well, until I tried to make this Instant Pot Peach Cobbler. It took me 7 times to get it perfect. Big, huge sigh. First, a little background. I've been wanting to make more desserts in my pressure cooker. But my biggest complaint has always been the difficulty in getting a browned ...

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Easy Sweet Potato Latkes

November 14, 2018

Appetizer or Entree: Sweet potato latkes with jalapeño, scallions and Ancho chili powder, topped with lime sour cream and chives.

This post is sponsored by BabbleBoxx.com on behalf of Anolon. There are also affiliate links which help support the cost of running this blog. Follow these step-by-step instructions to make Sweet Potato Latkes.  Latkes are synonymous with Hanukkah, but I say this year - you should make Sweet Potato Latkes.  Hanukkah often coincides with Christmas, but this year it begins at sundown December 2 and ends at sundown December 10. For those of you who aren't completely clued in, Hanukkah is ...

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Blueberry Scone Bread

August 13, 2018 19 Comments

Scone bread layered with streusel and blueberries, and drizzled with lemon icing.

First I overslept and woke to a phone call from the wonderful woman who runs the camp I take my dog to. Every Tuesday, just like the mail, I deliver Paprika there through sleet, snow, rain and shine. The camp manager wondered if Rika was coming today for a hike with her buds. Uh - isn't it Monday? No. Do You Have Days Weeks Like This? So this post was due yesterday, which explains why some of you got a blank page when you opened it earlier. When I realized I had the days wrong, I ran around the ...

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Vegan Asparagus Salad with Potatoes and Lentils in a Lemon Vinaigrette

May 7, 2018 19 Comments

Asparagus and potato salad with lentils, mint and a lemon vinaigrette.

A spring vegan asparagus salad, hearty enough for a meal, loaded with asparagus, potatoes, lentils, radishes, sugar snap peas, and mint - all dressed with a bright lemon vinaigrette. Spring wakes slowly here in the mountains. After relishing the explosion of spring for decades outside San Francisco, I'm adjusting to a more tentative, gentle springing forth. I see four fuzzy buds one day on a bush when walking Paprika, and the next day another two gather up their nerve to step out and join ...

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Pear Vinaigrette

November 27, 2017 3 Comments

Make this Pear Vinaigrette in 10 minutes with just one pear, pear vinegar (or apple cider vinegar), mustard, and a good olive oil. It will make your salad shine!

A 10-minute pear vinaigrette for all your fall and winter salads. I would argue that you can have all the makings for a stellar salad, worthy of a James Beard award or something equally lofty, but if you dress it with some mediocre dressing you threw together at the last minute, the salad will quickly become forgettable at best, and jarring at worst. For example, I recently had a lentil salad at a restaurant that could have been amazing. But it missed the mark due to a tart lemon dressing ...

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Mediterranean Cauliflower Salad with Crispy Chickpeas + Miso Dressing

June 16, 2017 6 Comments

Perfect clean eating dinner. Warm cauliflower salad with crispy chickpeas, sun-dried tomatoes and Kalamata olives, all tossed in a miso dressing. Do you have certain ingredients you always go to? The Italians, IMHO, have this nailed. Tomatoes, pasta, garlic, basil, and Parmesan. Those five ingredients can make several days of meals for me. Nothing against this winning combination, but I have my own favorites I often go to year-round. Cauliflower. Sun-dried tomatoes. Kalamata olives. ...

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Strawberry Blueberry Hibiscus Crumble

April 24, 2017 13 Comments

Farmhouse style crumble loaded with strawberries and blueberries, with just a hint of hibiscus tea. Topped with an oats crumble.

Last week, I left my heavy coat and boots behind, and aimed my car down the mountain to the town I’d lived in for the past 25 years. It was the first time to be there as a visitor, since we sold our home in March to move full-time to the mountains around Lake Tahoe. It was a quick overnight trip, and I was curious how it would feel to be back as a visitor in a place that part of me still calls home. The weather was glorious, the trees well into leafing, and flowers popping up everywhere with ...

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Light Asparagus Quiche + Hash-Brown Crust

April 15, 2017 26 Comments

Asparagus and leek quiche made with Gruyere cheese, and a hash brown bottom, is lightened with egg whites and low-fat milk.

Gluten-free asparagus quiche made with leeks, Gruyere cheese, and a hash browns crust -- lightened with egg whites and low-fat milk. Quiche is the quintessential spring brunch dish. And asparagus is one of the first spring vegetables to show up at the market. So I like to kick off spring with Asparagus Quiche.  This year I wanted to lighten it up. Ways To Lighten up Quiche Use a combination of eggs and egg whites in place of all whole eggs. When I want a rich egg-y quiche, I use a ratio ...

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Easy Buttermilk Cornbread

February 25, 2017 12 Comments

Tender, moist buttermilk cornbread that's super easy to make with only 15 minutes of prep work. Comes out perfect every. single. time. Instructions for baking at high altitude as well as sea level. Sometime last year I launched a new project. A personal challenge of sorts. I wanted to create the best cornbread recipe ever. I know, I know. It doesn't sound like much of a challenge to you. It's not like, say, training for a year to run a marathon. Or writing a book. Or launching a non-profit. ...

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Butternut Squash Soup with Apple Cider & Crème Fraîche

February 8, 2017 10 Comments

Healthy 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 just how sick he was. He was hallucinating that he wanted vegetables. I didn't waste any time, and set out to make this one I posted on my blog a few years ago. I love how the apple cider brightens the ...

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Sweet Potato Bread with Honey (High Altitude)

January 9, 2017 25 Comments

Tender loaf of bread that includes a mashed sweet potato, and sweetened with a little honey.

Sweet potato bread might just be the softest bread you'll ever make. It's January, and already life rushes over me with the single-mindedness of a river heading for a waterfall. I thrive on being busy, but after the holiday chaos, I just want to fall into a sofa by the fire, tuck my legs under a warm quilt, and watch the weather. And eat warm bread fresh from the oven. Winter in the Mountains This might sound ho-hum to you, and I get it. But in the mountains, weather is a spectator sport ...

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Miso Mashed Idaho® Potato Stuffed Mushrooms

December 1, 2016 14 Comments

Balsamic Mushrooms Stuffed with Miso Mashed Potatoes

This recipe is in partnership with the Idaho Potato Commission. Thank you for supporting the foods and brands that support The Wimpy Vegetarian blog. It’s that time of year when party invitations show up, and we plan intimate get-togethers of our own. It’s interesting to me that as we march into the darkest days of the year, we become our most festive. We are at our most sparkly, over-the-top socially engaged at a time that thousands of years ago, we were at our quietest. Or so I ...

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