Recipe: Sausage Jambalaya

Sausage Jambalaya is without a doubt one of the top comfort foods of my childhood and now my adult life. It’s something my mom made because it was quick, easy, and simple. I enjoy it for those same reasons. It can be a bit of a poor man’s dinner too. Rice, a few spices, and… Read More

Recipe: Vegetarian Wontons

For a printable recipe card, click here.  It will open a new window (you need Adobe Acrobat reader).  It should print out on a 4×6 index card or photo paper.  There are two sides, a full-color front and instructions on the back. I’ve shown off these vegetarian wontons in my bentos lately. I’ve finally getting… Read More

Red Pepper & Butternut Ravioli: Step 5

It’s time to cook our raviolis.  When it was time to cook mine, I hit a real stumbling block.  I’ve never cooked fresh pasta before.  I did a bit of research, read a lot of recipes online, and came to a decision.  Since this was a big ol’ experimental process anyway, I was going to… Read More

Red Pepper & Butternut Ravioli: Step 4

It’s time to fill our circles and make them into ravioli!  Are you as excited as I am?  I hope so.  I can see the light at the end of the tunnel to use a well-used phrase. Grab your butternut squash puree out of the fridge.  Remember, we put it there HOURS ago while we… Read More

Red Pepper & Butternut Ravioli: Step 3

Look at that!  Pretty pasta dough.  Ready for you to shape it and mold it into whatever you want.  Now quite frankly, you don’t have to make ravioli with this.  You could roll it out flat and cut it into strips for fresh pasta noodles.  That sounds good too.  But we’re making ravioli.  So, go… Read More