This Spanish rice is a meal by itself but pairs well with all sorts of sides and add-ins.

French Onion Soup Au Gratin to warm your soul and tantalize your senses.

Spaghetti squash goes from light and summery to rich and hearty with the addition of a bit of regular spaghetti and a Bolognese gravy.

Squash soup by any other name.... this is a lovely Autumn Bisque, and can be tweaked to use any or all of your autumn bounty.

Zucchini fritters are another great way to use up all of that end-of-season harvest.

Cheddar cheese soup with a handful of ingredients you probably have on hand.

This Bolognese recipe is simply delicious on your favorite pasta or polenta. This big batch is perfect for freezing -- which makes for a quick meal whenever the urge strikes.

Spinach stuffed bread. There is no limit to the combination of ingredients that can go into a stuffed bread. This time, I used sliced...

Simple and satisfying, mushroom barley soup with caramelized onions and blistered tomatoes to round out the flavor.

This experiment of miso shitake pasta came from my need to play with recently purchased dehydrated shitake mushrooms. Delicious!

Faro salad is a more nutritional carb option that can be a simple side or with the addition of your favorite protein, a total meal.

Caramelized onions, bacon, and 3 cheeses make this French Onion flatbread irresistible!

No one will know that this beautiful sliced tuna steak salad plate is repurposed leftovers!

Not only can marinades be magic, but this pre-marinate and freeze method will save you time and deliver amazing results

Soup's On! Hot & Sour, John Lennon, and May Pang. Yes, they all do relate....

This twice baked potato is great for leftover baked potato and anything you have around to stuff it with.

Caponata and Bolognese, a marriage of two sauces....

Although traditionally from the south of Spain, this gazpacho recipe gives a nice nod to Mex cuisine.

I had some stir-fried Mexican adobe chicken kicking around and was also in the process of developing my mole sauce mix. That's all it...

This calzone recipe is a great reason to keep some frozen pizza dough around. Whether you make fresh filling or have some leftovers suited to be filling.