Garlic Cheddar Biscuits

These biscuits are tasty and work well for potlucks.

Quinoa Burger

This was my first foray into homemade veggie burgers.  The best part is that the ingredients are all the kinds of things I usually have on hand.  In fact, already having all the ingredients, (or a reasonable substitute), was the deciding factor in choosing this recipe!  A problem I encountered with this recipe was that the patties didn't hold together well and started cracking and breaking up.  Even so, I will probably make them again because they are really thick, hearty, filling burgers.

Pesto

I found vegetarian parmesan cheese at Trader Joe's (score!) and decided to use it in my old favorite pesto recipe.  In case you're wondering what I mean by vegetarian parmesan cheese, this particular brand does not contain animal rennet, an ingredient sometimes concealed with the vague term, "enzymes."  Explicitly vegetarian cheeses are actually tough to find at the grocery store, but apparently Trader Joe's has a few varieties. And now I had my first bag of vegetarian parmesan cheese all ready to become pesto!

Grilled Cheese Sandwich

Well, I still have a lot of brioche to use up, so I tried it on a grilled cheese sandwich.