Category: Appetizers

  • Zesty Mexican Style Bean Salad

    I modified this recipe from a recipe in an old Weight Watcher’s magazine. The original had raw green bell pepper and Great Northern beans in it instead, but back in the day before food allergies, I preferred it with roasted red pepper in a jar and garbanzo beans, and with some added spice enhancement. (Shocker,…

  • Vegetable Samosas and Cilantro Dipping Sauce

      Indian food, I so miss Indian food. It’s so yummy, and there aren’t a lot of Indian places that would be safe for me between the dairy and coconut thing, even if the corn thing weren’t an issue. Once of my very favorite appetizers to get were Vegetable Samosas. I love them. It’s been…

  • Roasted Autumn Vegetables with a Balsamic Glaze

    It’s fall (I’m not discussing the “winter” word yet, although it snowed here yesterday) with all those yummy, carbohydrate-filled veggies available. This dish is pretty easy but seems complicated to those who aren’t in the know.  Also, although this may seem like a lot, it’s great as leftovers.  I even love it cold over a…

  • Baked Eggplant and Zucchini Fries with Spicy Mayo Dipping Sauce

    So my friend Mary, the kale whisper, managed to procure about 5 pounds of eggplants for me, or, in other words, a crap ton of eggplants, from her neighbor’s garden. Because she’s just that awesome and cool.  So I made and canned 5 pints of Eggplant Caponata and 6 quarts of a version of Ratatouille,…

  • 15 Minute Salsa

    Since I also cannot buy salsa during this whole elimination torture thing (most have celery and onion, which are two no-no’s at the moment), I whipped this up so I’d have something to eat at my book group, since I’d gotten “regular” allergen-filled food for everyone else.  I wasn’t going for culinary genius, but just…

  • Tiffany's Artichoke Dip

    When I was in graduate school, we had a lot of parties.  I’m a nerdy sort, so these weren’t “trash can punch” kind of parties, but beer and wine and mostly lots of food kind of parties.  And they were always potluck, because no one had any money.  Certain things became favorites, so people never…

  • Pork Peking Ravioli (aka Potsticker, Wonton, Gyoza, etc.)

    Before the food allergy apocalypse hit, one of the things I really liked to do was to make my own Peking Ravioli (aka Potsticker, Wonton, Gyoza, etc.)  or whatever you want to call your basic Asian style dumpling.  Apparently you only call them Peking Ravioli if you live in the Northeast because that was what Joyce…

  • Microwave Popcorn, lots and lots of flavors (and allergy-friendly!)

    So this isn’t the post that was originally supposed to be here. I was supposed to have concocted this wonderful braised pork chop recipe, but Winter Storm Nemo happened and shot my plans to go to the grocery store to hell. I tried to make a go of it with what I had in the…