Notes about Recipes in this book

• Scrambled eggs with curry, avocado, and goat cheese

  • vickster on October 21, 2018

    A delicious, easy breakfast. I never would have thought of making scrambled eggs with curry powder, avocados and goat cheese. But I loved this and it probably will be a regular breakfast for me.

• Almost hummus

  • PQPantry on February 28, 2019

    Soaked garbanzo beans for 6 hours then cooked in instant pot (didn’t do an overnight soak). Followed the recipe from this point on. Tasty, made for a nice nibble with gluten free crackers before dinner.

• Rice noodle, tofu and snow pea salad

  • mjes on August 10, 2021

    This is a solid receipe especially if you have a guest with celiac disease. I especially like the additional crunch of the water chestnuts. Sometimes, I add a few mung bean sprouts when they are in my fridge.

  • Kmatazz on May 05, 2026

    Flavorless - ingredients qties and flavor profile was way off. I really wanted to like it - should have questioned it when you marinate the tofu in so much oil.

• Our favorite biscotti

  • Rachaelsb on November 14, 2021

    Delish!!! The lemon, orange and lime zest give these a great freshness and these biscotti have a great, dry crunch! I added cranberries and next time will experiment with other dried fruits:-)!!!!

• Sara's cheesecake

  • Kmatazz on April 25, 2026

    I cooked it 17 minutes instead of the last 10 minutes because it was too liquidy in the center. I would also increase the sourcream topping by another 1/2 to cover the entire cheesecake. Will taste tomorrow!

• Potato curry with spinach and mushrooms

  • tarae1204 on April 20, 2023

    I love this easy, practical and healthy recipe. It calls for one teaspoon salt, which doesn’t seem to be enough. Consider adding more salt as you go along. During the later steps of adding spinach then mushrooms, I cover the pot between additions so as not to lose liquid. Wonderful with chutney, mint and cilantro.

  • anya_1p8wlc on May 17, 2026

    Easy and delicious, leftovers great for lunch.

• Black bean chili

  • vickster on January 30, 2019

    Very good black bean chili. I added a little ground beef and cooked in my Instant Pot. Then served with sweet onion and jack cheese. Delicious

  • Rachaelsb on January 30, 2021

    This was very good. Easy to make, straightforward but with a nice bite and chili after taste. I added ground beef.

• Chicken soup

  • vickster on January 09, 2019

    Deliciously homey and comforting chicken soup.

  • MollyB on March 19, 2019

    Very good, simple chicken soup. Loved the parsnips.

• My grandmother's oven-baked beef stew

  • vickster on April 09, 2020

    Best beef stew I ever made! I think braising in the oven in a Dutch Oven makes the difference. Since there is just me, I made a half recipe with 1 lb. steak tips.

• Chicken thighs baked in a pie

  • MollyB on November 05, 2020

    Pretty good, but I've had other meat pie recipes that were more successful (particularly those from Ken Haedrich's Dinner Pies or his The Harvest Baker). I used Italian sausage since that was what I had on hand, but I think a milder pork sausage or ground pork would have been better. I also used store-bought stock and it made the pie a bit soggy on the bottom - a gelatinous homemade stock would probably have worked better. So some of my issues with the pie were ingredient decisions where alternate ingredients might have improved the pie, but I'm not sure I'll make this recipe again.

• Easy cheesy rice and beanies

  • MollyB on January 07, 2019

    Very good, and a nice way to use up leftover rice and bits of cheese. Great for a late-in-the-week weeknight dinner. I used some leftover mixed grains (wild rice, brown rice, quinoa) and canned beans, and it worked fine. The dry mustard is a nice touch, livening up what could otherwise be a somewhat bland (though tasty) dish.

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