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Recipes

  • Simple Chicken Stock for Soups

    Recipe ½ a Chicken 2 medium Carrots 3 stalks Celery 1 large Leek 1 small Yellow or White Onion 4 cloves Garlic 2 – inch piece of Ginger 8-10 sprigs Parsley 20 cups Water Cut a whole chicken in half, rinse and place the chicken in a large stock pot.  Peel carrots and cut into…

  • Tomato Head’s Grit Casserole with Mushroom Cream Sauce        

    I can’t recall my first memory of grits. I may have blocked it. That’s not because of any dislike, per se, but more likely it comes down to shame.  I suspect that my first encounter with grits involved copious butter with lots and lots of sugar, too.  And as any self-respecting Southerner will tell you,…

  • Hot Milk Cake

    ​   Despite the digital age and the ease of having all my favorite books on a portable screen, I’m still dedicated to the real thing.  Books fit my hand, and there’s something particularly satisfying about holding the bottom corner of the next page of between my thumb and index finger; it’s a tease to…

  • Chocolate Chip Cookie Day!

    We don’t mean this as a bait and switch, per se.  It is not actually chocolate chip cookie day as the food calendar would have it, but, honestly, everyday there’s a warm cookie nearby is a de facto festival in my book.  Today, while we are, in fact, celebrating the chocolate chip cookie, we’re doing…

  • Tomato Head’s White Bean Chili

    Yum White Bean Chili Recipe   2 cups dry White Beans, checked for stones and soaked overnight ¼ cup Oil ½ cup Onion, chopped 3 large cloves Garlic, minced, about 2 TBL 1 large Poblano Pepper, seeded and chopped 4 cups Water or Chicken Broth 1 cup Cooked Chicken, white and or dark meat shredded…

  • Warm Winter Pasta Bake

    Yum Baked Rigatoni Recipe 8 oz dry Rigatoni Pasta 2.5 cups Spaghetti Sauce 1 ½ cups Italian Sausage, cooked 2 cups Spinach, chopped 1 cup Ricotta Cheese 3 TBL Basil, Chopped 2 TBL Heavy Cream 2 cups Shredded Mozzarella Cheese Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Cook pasta one minute less than the suggested cook time…

  • Quick and Easy Tomato Sauce

    Yum Recipe   ½ of a large onion, diced (about 1 cup) 6 large cloves garlic, chopped (about 2 TBL) ¼ cup oil 2 – 20 oz. can whole peeled tomatoes 1 ½ cups water 1 – 3/4 ounce box of fresh basil, stems removed and chopped (about 3 tbsp) 2 ½ tsp salt 1…

  • Kimchee Soup

    Yum Recipe ¾ cup onion, chopped 2 TBL garlic, chopped ½ cup ginger, chopped 3 TBL Oil 1 cup kimchee, chopped 3 TBL Gochujang 4 cups water 3 TBL soy sauce 1 tsp black soy sauce ½ tsp five spice powder 3 tsp sugar 1TBL Sriracha 2 cups Napa cabbage, chopped 1 tsp sesame oil…

  • Tomato Head’s White Bean Kale Butternut Squash Stew

    Yum White Bean, Butternut Squash & Kale Soup Recipe   1 cup navy beans, dry ¼ cup oil ¾ cup onion, chopped 1 tbsp garlic, chopped 2 cups butternut squash, peeled and cut into ½ inch cubes 1 cup fennel tops and fronds chopped 1 – 14 oz. can petit diced tomatoes 4 cups water…