Keeping with our theme of healthy comfort food -- the way we all want to eat in January -- today I present you with a recipe for a meatless, can-be-made-vegetarian-if-you-use-vegetable-broth version of Shepherd's Pie. Shepherd's Pie is a comforting, hearty casserole typically made with seasoned ground lamb and vegetables and topped with a mashed ...
Roasted Cauliflower Soup
Meal planning in January can be struggle between our New Year's resolutions to eat healthier and our desire for comfort foods to warm our souls in the dark of winter. Consider the struggle over. This rich, creamy roasted cauliflower soup will satisfy your cravings for warmth and comfort without causing any guilt because it's nutritious, meatless, ...
Chicken Pot Pie with Puff Pastry Crust
Chicken pot pie must be such a great way to use up leftover chicken and vegetables. How often do you have leftover chicken and vegetables though? It's not a common occurrence around here. If I waited until I was stuck on how to use all this leftover chicken to make chicken pot pie, I would be waiting a long time. And my family is not that ...
Asian Chicken Noodle Soup
Is it cold where you are? Is the ground covered in snow? Yeah, tell me about it. After the coldest December in twenty years, Chicago is bracing itself for an even colder January. I came home from two weeks in sunny Florida to 18 inches of snow and below-freezing temperatures. It has been a shock to the system to say the least. What we all need ...