Mushroom and Potato Skillet Pie

One pan and complex flavors make this dish a popular one at my house all year round, but especially throughout winter. It’s a hearty vegan meal that makes you forget … Continue reading Mushroom and Potato Skillet Pie

Gnocchi with Mushrooms and Comrade Cluck

For years I’ve avoided heavily marketed meat substitutes such as No Evil’s Comrade Cluck, a stand-in for chicken. Why do I have this bias? I guess because these products are … Continue reading Gnocchi with Mushrooms and Comrade Cluck

Halibut and Mushrooms

We’re returning to the Pacific Northwest soon to spend the summer wedged between the Cascades and Puget Sound. In anticipation, I made this very northwest dish featuring fresh caught halibut … Continue reading Halibut and Mushrooms

Shrimp and Grits

Shrimp and grits as a thing, a meal that’s worthy of attention, first crossed my radar in 2010 on a trip to Charleston, South Carolina.  Grits weren’t something I much … Continue reading Shrimp and Grits

Portobello Burgundy

This dish almost didn’t make it onto Comfort Me With Beets until I realized that the reason I wasn’t initially wowed by it might be exactly why others would appreciate … Continue reading Portobello Burgundy

Tofu Frittata With Oyster Mushrooms and Tarragon

There was a time when I scoffed at tofu, associating it with virtue-signaling vegetarians, as ridiculous as the socks and Birkenstocks set who went to work as Wall Street traders. … Continue reading Tofu Frittata With Oyster Mushrooms and Tarragon