red bell peppers Archives

Mostaccioli with Sweet Rainbow Peppers

November 8, 2009 by Susan S. Bradley 7 Comments

Every Saturday morning, from April through December, whether in Seattle or Portland, I head to one of the many world-class Northwest farmers markets. You might think I would become jaded after awhile, but it hasn’t happened.

Every week, I’m blown away by the gorgeous, tantalizing offerings, and every week I buy way more than I can cook over the weekend. I do this even though there is this strange man following me around, intermittently interjecting, “Enough already! You can’t cook all that.” I pretend to have no idea who he is, but of course it’s none other than MauiJim.

Filed Under: Pasta | Rice | Grains Tagged With: autumn, Autumn Leaves, Fall, fennel, green bell peppers, mostaccioli, pasta, Portland farmers market, red bell peppers, roasting peppers, sausage, tomato, yellow bell peppers

Roasting Peppers Step-By-Step

November 5, 2009 by Susan S. Bradley 2 Comments

When Columbus first set foot on the Caribbean island that is now shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic, he was hoping to find black pepper, the world’s most costly spice. Instead he found the genus Capsicum which the native inhabitants called aji. Probably a little frantic that his expedition was going unexpectedly awry, he quickly renamed the spicy vegetable, pepper, and while he was at it, the Arawak natives, Indians, to support the idea that he had indeed found a western trade route to India.

Filed Under: Basics Tagged With: Anaheim peppers, autumn, bell peppers, Fall, green bell peppers, Italian sweet peppers, red bell peppers, roasting peppers, sweet pimiento peppers

Roasted Fall Vegetable Salad with Warm Goat Cheese & Honey Mustard Vinaigrette

October 31, 2009 by Susan S. Bradley 21 Comments

We are in love with full-meal salads in the OtherWorldly Kitchen, and I scramble every week to come up with a couple of new and memorable offerings. However, it’s challenging to make a salad an entire meal if seafood, poultry, or meat is not included.

Enter the indispensible log of mild goat cheese. It’s always on hand in my kitchen, because it lends itself to so many dishes. I wouldn’t want to be without it.

Filed Under: Autumn Leaves, Salads Tagged With: Autumn Leaves, butternut squash, chevre, Fall, goat cheese, Northwest, Potatoes, red bell peppers, roasted vegetables, salad

Roasted Red Bell Pepper Gazpacho

August 11, 2009 by Susan S. Bradley 14 Comments

I talked about my LOVE for gazpacho earlier this summer in the Spicy Cucumber Gazpacho post. In a moment of wild gazpacho abandon, I promised to share at least six of my favorite gazpacho recipes with you this summer. Whatever was I thinking?