Category: Vegetarian
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Pumpkin Poblano Soup
¼ cup vegetable oil ½ a medium onion, 3-inch piece of ginger, chopped, about 3 TBL 1 small poblano pepper, roasted, seeded, peeled, diced 2 cups packed roasted Pumpkin ½ habanero roasted (optional if you like it really spicy) 1.5 tsp salt 1.5 cup water ½ cup heavy cream Rinse poblano pepper and habanero, if…
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Pumpkin Pancakes
Let’s face it: The Great Pumpkin has arrived and left a trail of spice dust from latte to Little Debbie. And I’m mostly okay with that. I like the way it tastes, and I love riding the wave of nostalgia that each sip or bite brings. It’s a warm current of memory that I look…
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Tomato Head’s Creamed Corn
Ingredients 3 tablespoons oil 1/2 cup onion, diced 1 tsp jalapeño pepper finely chopped (optional) 2 sprigs fresh rosemary 3 ears of corn, kernels removed (3 to 4 cups) 1.5 cup heavy cream ¾ teaspoon salt ½ teaspoon ground black pepper Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add onion, jalapeño and rosemary…
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Guacamole
Juliet famously pined, “What’s in a name? that which we call a rose. By any other name would smell as sweet.” Of course she was considering handsome young Romeo whose family name represented an ancient feud and was, one might say, the Hatfield to her McCoy. But names matter, at least in some matters they…
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Roasted Pumpkin and Poblano Pepper Soup
It’s about that time, you know, when the Great Pumpkin descends and showers candy and other goodies upon cute little ghouls, goblins, superheroes, a handful of witches and miniaturized versions of the walking dead. And there are larger folks, sometimes also dressed in strange attire roaming about, too, herding the little bands of the…
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Pumpkin Spice Champurrado
Despite my inclination to poke a little fun at the growing pumpkin spice craze, it’s actually one of the coolest food and beverage trends to come along in a great while. In fact, anything we do to give pumpkin a lift is really a kind of All-American celebration, because the great orange squash is one…
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Banana Bread
As a child, I never liked the mushy texture of bananas unless, of course, my grandmother transformed them into a magical loaf of sweet bread that was as good to eat hot from the oven as it was toasted and bathed in butter the next day. Banana bread has all the qualities I require in…
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Tomato Head’s Jamaican Pepper Pot
In anticipation of the inevitable dip in temperature, Mahasti is sharing a delicious way to warm up that comes with a bit of heartwarming history: Jamaican Pepper Pot Soup. The name Pepper Pot probably entered the minds of most Americans more through Pop Art rather than a steaming bowl of the soup itself. Andy Warhol’s…
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Tomato Head’s Marinated Zucchini and Mint Pasta
The redeeming grace of summers in the South boils into just a few fine points that prove enough to justify intensely hot summer days. For me, these points can be counted on one hand. Largely, this period of late spring summer multiplies our vegetation options, meaning we have so many delicious options to choose from!…
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Tomato Head’s Pasta with Sundried Tomato Pesto and Roasted Cauliflower
When I listen closely, I can hear it. Maybe you can too. It sounds like a small crack, then a shuffle of a shelf. It sounds like water dripping steadily from the roof onto the speckled ground outside of my bedroom window. It is the sound of freedom from the ice storm that has encased…