I made this salad on the fly when I found out that a friend of ours was joining us for dinner. We were out of traditional salad fixins and were having burgers on the grill. I thought this would be the perfect accompaniment and I had all of the ingredients on hand. Ingredients 1 Can […]
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Happy Monday! This is the first of five posts this week that I’m sharing some fun original recipes with a twist, they will only have 5 ingredients each. I promised to do this in Saturday’s post and quickly realized that we are ingredient fiends. Sandy and I love spices, nuts, extra dashes of this and […]
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I love a well dressed salad. I want my salad the way I used to like my pints of Ben and Jerry’s…full of chunks of the good things. I want to see mammoth hunks of apple, plump dried cherries or grandiose veggies that cradle the dressing like a tidal pool. Give me enough nuts to […]
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I have often thought that Hubbard squash were the King Kong of squash…large, misunderstood, a bit scary and really sweet on the inside. Hubbards can be many different colors including blue and orange, and will range in size from 5-50 pounds. They always pop up in the farmers markets right around Halloween. I have questioned […]
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Over the weekend we bought a new car, a KIA Soul. I fell in love with the stark white version and immediately thought it looked like a hand cut vegan marshmallow. To honor such a lovely thought and our new sweet ride, I made up a hot cocoa concoction that is craveable and decadent. It […]
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I am absolutely cuckoo about Mexican food. I could eat it seven days a week. I love the layers of flavor and the heat. I love that there is always some marriage of warm food with cold condiments (salsa, fresh tomatoes, avocado). Last night Sandy and I were over scheduled in a way that made […]
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On the last day of the farmers market Amy from Living Stones Community Farm managed to blow my mind for the last time until spring. Her luscious Kabu Turnips made their market debut just in time to get us addicted. They are tiny like a radish with a similar spicy attitude. I brushed one off […]
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Since the very beginning of the Vegan Challenge I have been giving it my all to embrace greens. I have made smoothies out of Kale and eaten raw tacos out of Collards. We have purchased bunch after bunch in an attempt to truly fall in love. It hadn’t happened until now…I have been wooed by […]
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I don’t typically post two recipes in a row, but the Maple Whipped Cream and this pudding were meant to be together. I would be remiss to not share them back to back. I found this recipe in the newspaper and fell in love. I think sweet potatoes are nearly perfect. They can be both […]
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This time of year I start longing for things that require a dollop of whipped cream. I am not fond of going without so I concocted a vegan Maple Whipped Cream. It is dense, creamy and reminiscent of all things fall. You could use this as a kicked up filling for a pumpkin roll or […]
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