Serve this all-in-one meal with orange or apple slices, grapes or melon cubes. Pick up a package of fortune cookies for dessert, and share your good fortunes!
Simple Tex Mex Black Eyed Pea Casserole, comfort food New Year's dish baked with cheese, rice, bacon, spinach and tomatoes. Photographs included. recipe box
A gingery glazed nut topping and brown-butter-spiked cream cheese frosting are the finishing touches for this spectacular spiced pumpkin cake. Double the topping if you want to pile the nuts on as shown in the photo.
Note: if you don't have a gas burner, you can roast the chilis under the broiler element. Just place them as close as possible and cook on high heat, turning them occasionally until completely charred and blistered....
Asparagus and Tofu with Guilin Chili SauceI love to stir-fry asparagus. I most often serve it in a Chinese fermented black bean sauce. The slightly funky saltiness of the preserved beans seems to be a Herbivoracious -
Chili is the ultimate crowd-pleaser and cool-weather comfort food. This simple version lets hearty beef and beans simmer all day, ready to wow 'em when the lid comes off.
