Kind of a Bust - Roasted Garlic and Butternut Squash Cassoulet

I'll start this by saying that not everything can knock your socks off. If everything is fantastic, then nothing is, so I guess it's important to have something pretty average every now and then to remind yourself what a truly delicious dish tastes like. Right??

Bean and squash cassoulet

Bridal Shower Bites - The Radel's Veggie Chili

And we're back with the another Bridal Shower Bites! This time, we're trying out one of the recipes from Aunt Carol and Reen: a veggie chili recipe passed along from Mark, Jr. I was originally worried that since spring's a-coming, it would be a little too warm for a chili recipe, but luckily Boston has refused to follow Punxsutawney Phil's prediction of an early spring and we're still having cool enough weather to try a new chili recipe. Phew!

And we are enjoying them!

Tofu-Veggie Pie

So, we actually made this awhile ago, and I never posted it because it took me a while to upload the pictures.  This is another experiment, not quite as oddball as the melon pasta or ice cream, but certainly a little out of box for us.  Quiche is pretty awesome, and a standby in our house.  You can toss in just about any vegetable, and it's delicious, and leftovers are always welcome.  Anyway, a quiche isn't necessarily the most healthy thing to have on standby, especially with all the butter in the crust and the eggs and cream and stuff in the filling (though I usually just use skim milk, but whatever, you get the point).  So, in an effort to make things a little more healthy, we've experimented with crustless quiches (very good!), and this experiment was with eggless quiche.

These veggies don't know what's in store for them!