Caramelized Onions, Rice Plate, Sunset and a Cardinal

April 21, 2025 On Friday (April 18), I pulled out my food processor. I put some butter, 1/4 cup, into my large Dutch oven, put a piece of parchment paper down on my induction stove top, moved the heavy Dutch oven onto the large burner and set the temperature setting to 3 (medium low). While […]

Instant Pot Low FODMAP Pot Roast

Since Bruce is trying to eat a low FODMAP diet, and I had a chuck roast, I looked for a good pot roast recipe that I could modify to be low FODMAP. I found one in The Rootitoot Cookbook, A Grandma’s Recipes for Your Instant Pot by Ruth “Rootitoot” McCusker. If you haven’t discovered her […]

Spanakopita AKA Spinach Cheese Pie (Vegetarian)

This is slight modification of the “Vegetarian Pleasures” spanakopita recipe by Jeanne Lemlin. She uses small curd cottage cheese and doesn’t include nutmeg. This recipe is great for a buffet, as it feeds a crowd and tastes great at room temperature. I cut it into small squares for pot lucks.