It's been a while since I've shared something from the "spatula" side of this blog's title, and while I have some m...

This lentil salad is a perennial summer favorite in our household.  It is a great side dish to have on hand to eat throughout the week or t...

I made this salad a number of times last summer and really enjoyed it, so it was a happy coincidence when I realized recently that I had al...

I made this sweet potato gratin last week for the second time, and it again was really delicious.  It's from one of my favorite cookboo...

I'm calling this black bean hummus because the ingredients and proportions were inspired by hummus, but it could just as easily be call...

I have been realizing that I tend to post on here about the more complicated (and usually less healthy) recipes that I make, but I don'...

I really love black beans (I may have mentioned this), and I think that black beans and sweet potatoes are an amazing flavor combination.  ...

As you know if you have ever done it, making polenta the traditional way, which involves near-constant stirring on the stovetop for a half ...

Suddenly it has started feeling like fall, and it just didn't seem right to make coleslaw out of the head of cabbage I had in the fridge...

Tonight's dinner was a bit eclectic - based largely on what I had in the fridge and what I felt like making, these two salads went toge...

We are back home, and this is what my garden had to say to me after a week away.  I was lucky that it rained a lot while we were gone, othe...

I love black beans.  They are one of my all-time favorite foods.  I may have had a hankering to make black beans for dinner tonight because...