One of my favorite quick and easy side dishes on a hot summer evening is Blistered Shishito Peppers. You'll see shishito peppers this time of year in all the markets. But I'll be honest, I walked by them in the produce department for years before actually purchasing them. I'm finally recovered enough from my spine surgery to drive to the farmer's market, a real highlight for me. The one I go to is a 30 - 40 minute drive around the Lake a bit, depending on ...
Easy Flourless Peanut Butter Cookies
We all need cookies sometimes. And a soft peanut butter cookie is one of my very favorites. So when I saw this recipe for flourless peanut butter cookies on Shockingly Delicious, I headed to the kitchen. Check out her fabulous recipe for baking this cookie at sea level! Cookies are generally not considered a healthy food. So I look for ways to make them as healthy as I can. This starts with peanut butter. Is Peanut Butter Healthy? Yes, peanut butter can be healthy, but some ...
June: Vegetarian Meal Challenge Recap
Vegetarian Meal Challenge Let's recap the Vegetarian Meal Challenge posts we've covered so far this year, just in case you missed any of them. As a note, I'm not able to post a new entry this month for this series. This was a physically challenging month for me, and I over-estimated my energy levels. I made the decision to have back surgery to correct a problem with my spine that had been causing me significant discomfort for about a year and a half. Everything went well, ...
Easiest Instant Pot Risotto with Charred Tomatoes
Have you purchased an electric pressure cooker only to have it still in the box, because you don't have a clue what to do with it? Well, you have a lot of company. I admit that I did unpack mine. But then I simply slid it onto a shelf in the pantry, where it sat for a very long time. Eventually, I started cooking my beans in it. Then, when I contracted to write a cookbook, my editor blithely announced that I would include a chapter for the Instant Pot. (ACK!!) So, I dragged it out ...
10 Fabulous Make-Ahead Vegetarian Meals
Sometimes we need to go way beyond traditional meal-planning and actually make everything in advance to freeze or refrigerate. At those times, having a handful of make-ahead vegetarian meals that we love is what we need. As improbable as it sounds, I'm having surgery next week for a spinal fusion. Crazy, right? To have surgery now, of all times? But as the country re-opens, I'm concerned about spikes this summer. So this might be the best time for this surgery for awhile. And frankly, I may as ...
Sweet Potato and Chickpea Curry
Let's say you have some omnivore family members at the table who say vegetarian food is bland. They roll their eyes, maybe they paw at the floor and whinny. Ok, maybe only my husband does that. But if this happens to you, then you need this Sweet Potato and Chickpea Coconut Curry to completely change their minds. Forever. A week ago, I posted about ways to up the flavor in vegetarian and vegan dishes. And by flavor, I'm talking about the umami flavors in food that make our taste ...
May Vegetarian Challenge: 10 Umami Flavor Boosts
So what's all the fuss about umami flavor and what is it? Well, if you want to cook vegetarian (or vegan) dishes, you need to know. Umami flavor Umami is a Japanese word translated as "a pleasant savory taste". Simply put, umami is the meaty savory flavor a lot of vegetarians miss as times. Think of it as a flavor bomb. Technically, umami flavor is the glutamate content of a food that connects to the umami taste receptors. If you're interested in diving more deeply into the ...
April Vegetarian Challenge: Baking Flatbreads
April Vegetarian Meal Challenge : Flatbreads In culinary school, the thing that most terrified me, and that I ended up falling the most in love with, was making bread. I'd never even made biscuits, unless you count adding milk to Bisquick mix. I had tried scones once, but it was a fail because I thought I could use 2% milk instead of cream. Once you've made some bread from scratch, you'll see the pure magic of cooking and baking. Today, yeast is a little hard to come by. So is ...
The Essential Vegetarian Pantry
The Importance of the Essential Vegetarian Pantry Having a stocked essential vegetarian pantry is important, and especially now when we're limiting trips to the market. And when we gird ourselves to venture down the aisles, many items are out of stock. In truth, my vegetarian pantry hasn't changed a bit over the past month, or over the past year. And the value of this peace-of-mind is limitless. For example, when I placed a pick-up order this morning at our local market, and saw the first ...
Easy Homemade Flour Tortillas
It seems like forever now. But exactly one month ago we winged it down to Cabo Mexico for a one-week culinary immersion class with The Farm Cooking School. It was incredible fun, delicious, and nurturing. I made new friends I hope to connect with later this year back in Mexico, God willing. And I came away with new fun recipes - like these easy homemade flour tortillas - and tips galore. Cooking in Mexico as Sabor de Rancho The day we made these flour tortillas, we first bumped ...
Perfect Classic Potatoes Au Gratin (with Poblanos)
First of all, yes I know a classic potatoes au gratin doesn't include roasted poblanos. But I swear, everything else in this recipe is totally classic. It's just that I still have Mexico on the brain after our recent fabulous culinary immersion trip there. If you object to the poblano, just eliminate it without making any other changes. Was it only a month ago we were packing to go on vacation?? It seems like the past 3 weeks have lasted at least 3 months. Is it like that for you ...
Menu #12: Weekly Vegetarian Meal Plan
With all the rampant confusion as we brave grocery stores and hoard items we never considered hoard-able even 2 weeks ago, it's more important than ever to have a Vegetarian Meal Plan. It keeps us focused on what we need from the market, prevents food waste, and helps us stay within a budget. In our home, these are all Mission Critical. WEEKLY VEGETARIAN MEAL PLAN CHECKLIST When I sit down to plan my meals for the week ahead, I start with a checklist. Of course this checklist has ...
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