Tomato Pie

This Tomato Pie recipe has been showing up in my dreams for the past few years since I first saw it shared by chef Vivian Howard on PBS’s A Chef’s Life. This recipe is so delicious, with its long roasted onions and two preparations of tomatoes, infused with basil and spice and topped with a creamy cheese sauce. It's so worth the time to roast your tomatoes and cook your onions for...

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Chocolate Chip Cookies | Gluten & Grain Free

It’s the afternoon, the kids are all home, and I’m dying for one of these grain free chocolate chip cookies!!  “Grain Free Chocolate Chip Cookies”  Ingredients 1-1/2 cups All-Purpose Paleo Flour like @kuwlflour  1 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup unsalted butter see notes below, room temperature 1/2 cup firmly packed light brown...

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Napa Cabbage and Bean Soup

Hearty vegetable soups are on the menu almost year round in our home, not necessarily beef or chicken vegetable, but my favorite, Greens and Beans! Cannellini beans have paired well with so many soups in our Italian kitchen.. I use them in fish stew, a puree of cauliflower bean bisque, and here in my "white" version of Greens and Beans. My mom had always made Greens and Beans, which we...

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