Looking for an interesting side dish and a dose of vitamin A? Try out this Potato and Kale Galette. If you haven't had Kale this is a great dish to try it in. The potatoes are cooked in a skillet and come out nice and crispy. The Kale is inside between layers of potatoes. And the added bonus it that it is as pretty as it is tasty…

I love serving this in individual au gratin dishes straight from the oven for a wonderful presentation. But, no matter how you serve it this classic tastes great. Some crusty Italian bread or Herb bread and a side salad round this out for a wonderful meal.

Grab some of those remaining eggplants from the local farmers market along with some fresh spinach and tomatoes to create a neat twist on veggy lasagna. Lasagna noodles are smeared with a spinach ricotta cheese based spread, topped with roasted eggplant slices and then rolled up into spirals. The spirals are topped with a delicious roasted tomato sauce and baked. This is great fall comfort food. While the recipe looks long it can be split-up with roasting earlier and the result is worth the effort…

Little effort, big results. Everyone needs a good Marinara Sauce recipe and this is it. This sauce lends itself easily to variations. For example, add 2 ounces of sautéed diced pancetta and a ¼ tsp. crushed red pepper with the garlic; deglaze with ¼-cup vodka and stir in ¼ cup of heavy cream after discarding the basil and garlic and simmer for 5 minutes. Now you have a Vodka Sauce.