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Smoky Cilantro Pesto with Penne and Cherry Tomatoes

Smoky Cilantro Pesto with Penne and Cherry Tomatoes

I love love love cilantro.   Swap out basil for cilantro and then replace pine nuts with smoked almonds! While visiting friends in Madison, WI, we were challenged to utilize a bumper crop of cilantro.   We decided to make pesto and decided to use 

Baked Potato Soup

Baked Potato Soup

  Leftover baked (not boiled) potatoes are a huge time saver.  No roux, slurry or béchamel required for this super easy bowl of happiness.   Each person can still customize flavor toppings as if personalizing his or her baked potato. This recipe comes together quickly 

Smoky Hummus

Smoky Hummus

          Smoked paprika pushes the otherwise standard hummus recipe over the top! When my husband and I first started dating, he was famous for showing up at family events with hummus.  My extended family didn’t know his surname, but just inserted 

Red Soup – White Bean & Pasta Soup

Red Soup – White Bean & Pasta Soup

This minestrone-like veggie, bean and pasta soup gets its red color from tomato paste.   Jackson coined the name for this soup at age 3, which is admittedly easier than veggie-white bean-pasta soup…so it stuck.   Easy soup that starts like most by sautéing carrots,