Looking for some fun recipes for Vegan Cinco de Mayo? As you know, I absolutely adore Mexican Food. I could eat it everyday and have even tried. I love the heat, the savory and the warm combination of flavors like cinnamon, cumin and peppers. It can be zesty with lime and crunchy with veggies. There [...]
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Happy Meatless Monday. I shared with you last week that I have been enjoying creating dishes with as few ingredients as possible. It is a departure from my usual kitchen sink approach to cooking. This recipe is a simpler, nut free version of my creamy Cauliflower Bake. One of the ingredients that is key in [...]
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Happy Meatless Monday. I have a salad to share that is ridiculously easy to prepare, features the floral sweetness of Meyer Lemons and the health benefits of Kelp. You are going to love this one. Last week I fell in love with a salad from the Whole Foods Market deli called Detox Salad. It was a simple [...]
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Happy Meatless Monday. I have four recipes to share for an unforgettable Thai inspired meal. The recipes come with a side dish of vegan undercover activism. In September, Sandy and I helped with a fundraiser for our local animal shelter. The event, called No Beast Feast, created by our friend and fellow veg lover Jo, [...]
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Happy Meatless Monday. Yesterday as we were running I began to crave kale and rice pilaf the way you would crave an ice cream cone or piece of chocolate. The thought overwhelmed me and I blurted out, “Let’s have sauteed kale and rice pilaf with portobello mushrooms and almonds for dinner.” When Sandy and I [...]
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For the second exciting installment of modernizing vintage foods, I give to you, the vegan Waldorf Salad. For a brief history, I went to The Kitchen Project.com. “Waldorf salad [WAWL-dorf] (was) created at New York’s Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in 1896 not by a chef but by the maître d’hôtel, (dining room manager) Oscar Tschirky, the Waldorf salad [...]
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Happy Meatless Monday I have a salad recipe to share that will make incorporating meatless meals into your week a tasty joy. This is a perfect salad to bring for lunch or to enjoy with your meal or as your meal. You can add anything you would like and experiment with all kinds of different [...]
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Photo By: S. Duquet This past week we received a “mystery ingredient” in our CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) share from Living Stones Farm. We recognized it as a very prevalent plant, but seldom one that is consumed. It was Purslane, a leggy-looking sprout with small leaves. Most of us consider it a weed, because it [...]
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Happy Meatless Memorial Day friends. Hope you had a memorable weekend with people you love. This weekend we experienced the most glorious and unexpected heat wave. Because heat waves require chilled soup….Sandy made her Soon-To-Be-World-Famous Black Bean Gazpacho. You will want to have some chilling the next time the sun in your town is blazing [...]
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Happy Meatless Monday. I thought it would be fun to share two completely different menus for Memorial Day planning. This way, you will have plenty of time to shop and incorporate some vegan dishes for your Memorial Day celebrations. Because our gardens are not yet in full swing, you may need to purchase produce or [...]
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