Vegetables and Fruits

Vegetable recipes

Braised Savoy Cabbage

Braised Savoy Cabbage

Cabbage is so healthy for you. This dish has about 2 T of olive oil as the only ‘fat’ in the entire pot that will serve about 8 people. I like the savoy cabbage because it is a bit more tender than regular green or […]

Sauteed Collard Greens and Sausage

Sauteed Collard Greens and Sausage

Now that I realized you can sauté greens that typically I only braised before, I’m having fun experimenting with some different methods of cooking them. This recipe for sautéed collard greens and sausage is sassy and delicious. Even the folks who don’t like greens might […]

Broccoli Casserole

Broccoli Casserole

I generally make this old-fashioned broccoli casserole only 2X a year – Thanksgiving and Christmas. But when one of my babies asked for it the other day, I thought, ‘Why not!”. Broccoli casserole is delicious and old school all the way down to the can […]

Summer Squash and Zucchini

Summer Squash and Zucchini

It’s Summer! Summer goes hand in hand with many great fruits and vegetables but two of the most prolific summer veggies are squash and zucchini. These are great but often times are cooked in water or until mushy and then the flavor is just gone. […]

Sauteed kale with fresh coconut

Sauteed kale with fresh coconut

Kale is all the craze these days! You hardly ever heard used to hear about people eating kale. It was that green granish restaurants put on your plate to make it ‘pretty’. Well, not any more. Now that everyone knows it is another super food, […]

Make frozen peas taste better

Make frozen peas taste better

Frozen green peas are almost always in my freezer as I’m not a fan of the canned ones. Peas are a vegetable that can be ready in minutes and are kid friendly and are difficult to get ‘fresh’ and not worth the time to shell them yourself. They […]