Letty's Kitchen

Salad Greens Torta with Green Onion and Cheese {gluten-free}

Wondering what to do with those mixed greens that threaten to go bad before you can eat enough salad? The easiest way is to wilt them into this unusual torta. It’s kind of like a tart, but without the crust, kind of like a frittata but made with just one egg. With a crunchy pumpkin seed topping, this gluten free salad greens torta with green onion and cheese is brilliant!

Salad Greens Torta on plate with tomato sauce and whole torta with wedge removed.

When you’ve mixed all the ingredients for this healthy torta and you’re ready to spread it in the pan, you will say to yourself, too much lettuce–what on earth is holding it together? Have faith, go with it. Baked, the torta comes out of the oven behaving like a crustless pie!

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Spiced Potato and Pea Samosa Patties

These spiced potato and pea samosa patties, a vibrant mix of potatoes and peas, fresh ginger, curry, and green chiles are simply the samosa filling naked—happily caught without its fried triangular-shaped pastry. If you are crazy about samosas, you’ll love these patties, a healthier spin on the popular East Indian street food!

They’re easy. Simply mash boiled Yukon gold potatoes with sautéed onion and ginger, curry spices, and peas. Stir in lemon juice and cilantro, and shape into the patties. Pan-fry in coconut oil to a luxurious golden brown, and serve with cooling cumin basil yogurt and tangy-sweet fruit chutney.

Candied Ginger and Honey Hot Cross Buns

Imagine a batch of honey-sweetened whole wheat soft dinner rolls. They’re fragrant with warm spices like cinnamon and ginger and cardamom and loaded with candied ginger and dried fruit. Yep, these candied ginger honey hot cross buns.

Gingery Whole Wheat Hot Cross Buns baked in pan with cream cheese frosting cross on top

Make them healthier with whole wheat flour. Give them a cross made of flour and water before baking, or finish with a cream cheese and maple syrup cross once the buns have cooled. The flour and water cross is traditional and the frosting cross is my twist.

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Vegetarian Paella Salad with Spiced Walnuts

Bright and healthy with savory, sweet, color and crunch, everything you want in a stellar salad, this paella salad with spiced walnuts has it all!

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Vegetarian Paella Salad with Spiced Walnuts in wooden bowl

Bok Choy Risotto (Instant Pot pressure cooker)

Crunchy bok choy stirred into soft, chewy-creamy risotto—this classic Italian rice dish pairs two unassuming foods, Arborio rice and bok choy. Bok choy’s tender green leaves wilt into the hot risotto, and the sweet, the almost-white stalks keep their pleasing crunch. And best of all, this bok choy risotto cooks in your pressure cooker or Instant Pot in 5 minutes!

How to cook risotto in the pressure cooker–learn with this recipe!

The truth is, I’ve never made risotto in anything but a pressure cooker. Then I read that busy modern Italian cooks use a pressure cooker to make risotto! Ta-da! Why go the labor-intensive standing-at-the-stove method when I can set the timer for 4 minutes, release the pressure and have risotto done and perfectly cooked?

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