Category Archives: Vegetables

Flashback Friday – Oven Hot

Posted on 15 April 2011 by Wendi

The following originally appeared on 9/24/08 at Exit 51. Oven Hot This recipe is coming to you courtesy of last week’s Food Chat over at the Washington Post. The timing was perfect since I’m trying to find new and interesting … Continue reading →

Posted in Cooking, Flashback Friday, Food, Photo, Recipe, Side Dishes, South Beach Diet, Vegetables | Tagged Butternut Squash Roasted With Rosemary And Shallot, Exit 51, Fine Cooking Magazine, Squash, Washington Post | 10 Comments

Spicy Roasted Cauliflower

Posted on 7 February 2011 by Wendi

I’m going to tell you a secret. I have gotten very lax when it come to vegetables. I know I should “Strive For Five” and all that but it is not happening. It’s not that I don’t like vegetables. … Continue reading →

Posted in Cooking, Food, Side Dishes, South Beach Diet, Vegetables | Tagged Spicy Roasted Cauliflower, Strive For Five, Vegetables | 20 Comments

Notes on a Recipe, Molly’s Spicy Pickled Carrots

Posted on 31 January 2011 by Wendi

The following originally appeared on 5/11/09 at Exit 51. Notes on a Recipe – Molly’s Spicy Pickled Carrots That Molly, she doesn’t mess around. Those pickled carrots, they knocked my socks off. First, because they were good. Second, because they … Continue reading →

Posted in Cooking, Food, Photo, Recipe, South Beach Diet, Vegetables | Tagged A Homemade Life, Canning, Exit 51, Molly Wizenberg, Pickled Asparagus, Pickled Carrots | 4 Comments

Eat Fresh

Posted on 26 January 2011 by Wendi

The following originally appeared on 5/13/09 at Exit 51. Eat Fresh Advertising executives may want you to believe that eating fresh means patronizing a certain fast food chain. To me, it’s something entirely different. My definition of eating fresh is … Continue reading →

Posted in Cooking, Food, Photo, Recipe, Side Dishes, South Beach Diet, Vegetables | Tagged Asparagus, Eat Fresh, Exit 51, Roasted Asparagus | Leave a comment

Flashback Friday – I Can’t Believe It’s Not Mashed Potatoes

Posted on 3 December 2010 by Wendi

The following originally appeared on 8/11/08 at Exit 51. I Can’t Believe It’s Not Mashed Potatoes Some thoughts on our South Beach journey, now into its 10th day. My desire to bring the camera into the kitchen is not … Continue reading →

Posted in Cooking, Flashback Friday, Food, Recipe, Side Dishes, South Beach Diet, Vegetables | Tagged Cauliflower, Exit 51, Not Mashed Potatoes | 20 Comments

Boathouse Roma Tomato Jam

Posted on 11 October 2010 by Wendi

I have an affinity for the idea of southern living. I don’t know if I would enjoy actually living down in Dixie but in my perfect world, life is full of southern grace, charm, and food. I think it would … Continue reading →

Posted in Appetizers, Cooking, Food, Photo, Recipe, Vegetables | Tagged southern charm, The Boathouse Cookbook, Tomato Jam | 24 Comments

Alton Brown’s Ginger Glazed Carrots

Posted on 23 August 2010 by Wendi

While I’m away on my imaginary vacation, I’m leaving the pantry stocked with posts from Exit 51 that would have been part of the Flashback Friday series. The following originally appeared on 7/8/09 at Exit 51. Alton Brown’s Ginger Glazed … Continue reading →

Posted in Cooking, Food, Photo, Recipe, Side Dishes, Vegetables | Tagged Alton Brown, Exit 51, Food Network, Garanimals, Ginger Glazed Carrots | 6 Comments

Intersection

Posted on 16 August 2010 by Wendi

While I’m away on my imaginary vacation, I’m leaving the pantry stocked with posts from Exit 51 that would have been part of the Flashback Friday series. The following originally appeared on 7/15/09 at Exit 51. Intersection Here at Exit … Continue reading →

Posted in Cooking, Food, Recipe, Side Dishes, Vegetables | Tagged Creamy Cucumber Salad, Exit 51, Pickled Cucumber Salad | 8 Comments

Spicy Sugar Snap Peas

Posted on 14 July 2010 by Wendi

Technology is amazing. We have a world of information at our fingertips. Our cell phones have more computing power than my brother’s Commodore 64 computer from 1982. The idea of Maxwell Smart’s shoe phone in 1965 was absurd and comical. … Continue reading →

Posted in Cooking, Food, Photo, Recipe, Vegetables | Tagged Emotional GPS, Luddite, Put The Cellphone Down, Spicy Sugar Snap Peas | 6 Comments

Dear Ed Part II

Posted on 13 July 2010 by Wendi

Dear Ed(amame), I humbly ask your forgiveness for the unkind things I said to you in my last letter. I need to accept full responsibility for our failure. Because I didn’t give you what you needed in order to become … Continue reading →