Tis the season for root vegetables in colder climes (such as ours in New England), and, as such, we are making much use of them here at our house. Last week’s roasted root vegetable pot pie just got polished off (in JR’s lunch) yesterday, in it could be found carrots, parsnips (my, how I love… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Vegetarian
The Evolution of an Obsession: Oatmeal-Apple Bread
A while back, you may recall, I informed you of my latest obsession (really, it’s only one of many concurrent obsessions, most all of which are foodstuffs), oatmeal with brown sugar, apples, and dried cranberries. This oddly healthy (well, the food itself anyway) preoccupation has manifested itself in yet another form, and that form lends… Continue Reading
Mom’s Mushy Stuffing
There are some foods from our youth, regardless of how darned sophisticated one’s palate becomes later in life, that simply cannot be replaced, especially at the holidays. My mother’s mushy stuffing is firmly in this category. It is a stuffing that, at one time or another, all four McCoy children have asked for the recipe… Continue Reading
Cranberry-Apple Chutney
If you, like my brother, abhor the combination of cranberries and orange, for they produce a tangy cranberry sauce (we’re talking homemade here, I’m not implying that one should ever pour orange juice over the gelatinous, can-ridged sauce), this cranberry-apple chutney should do the trick to satisfy your not-so-bracing holiday-sauce cravings. With a base of… Continue Reading
Pumpkin Scones with Ginger-Honey Glaze
Scones are a tricky baked good. Some can be like biting into the ledge that New England sits upon; brittle bits of slate-like crumb, dry, yet dense – tempting us to dump their remains into bags labeled “Quickcrete” and then to plot how we can resell them as such at our local home improvement store.… Continue Reading