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How to Make Brown Sugar

December 19, 2020 6 Comments

Instructions on how to make brown sugar in your own kitchen, and 3 tips for softening that brick of brown sugar in your pantry. Brown sugar is essential to a lot of baked goods. It gives them a distinctive caramel flavor that elevates the treat. For example, in cookies, like these Figgy Snickerdoodle Cookies. Or cookie bars, like these Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars. Or in breads. Like this Brown Sugar and Plum Pull-Apart Bread. But sometimes we run out, just when we ...

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Spicy Delicata Squash Salad with Kale

October 28, 2020 Leave a Comment

Autumn means fall and winter squash begin to pile up at the market. Pumpkins, butternut squash, and delicata squash are among my favorites. Pumpkin and butternut squash are great for soups, but delicata is my pick for salads, like this Delicata Squash Salad with Kale. Can You Eat the Skin of Delicata Squash? One of the big reasons I love delicata squash is that yes, you can eat the skin. None of that time-consuming peeling is necessary at all. (Yay!!) This makes it uber-easy and quick ...

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Simple Vegan Chickpea Salad with Olives

August 27, 2020 9 Comments

Super-easy super-quick vegan chickpea salad that's ready to eat in 15 minutes. It has green olives, sun-dried tomatoes, arugula and my favorite vegan Parmesan-style cheese on top.

In summer, when it's way to hot to cook, and almost too hot to eat, I go for a chickpea salad. I have a few I like to make, but right now this chickpea salad with olives is my favorite. It refreshes me perfectly. This Chickpea Salad is Easy and Quick I often have cooked chickpeas on hand - since I cook up a batch most weeks. So this salad comes together in around 15 minutes, depending on what all I add to it. Here's a list of what I typically include, with a couple options. Main Ingredients for ...

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Easy Lemony Basil Pesto – Ready in 10 Minutes or Less

August 22, 2020 3 Comments

Easy lemony basil pesto ready in 10 minutes (or less, if you don't grate your own cheese). Vegan option included!

Vegan & Dairy-Free Option        Gluten-Free        30 Minutes or Less        Low-Carb/Keto        Make Ahead Pesto is my go-to topping sauce in the summer. Especially this easy lemony basil pesto that's ready in 10 minutes (or less if you don't grate your own cheese). Basil is everywhere right now. I keep potted basil plants near the kitchen, including the plants I started from seed last May. And still, I purchase extra basil nearly every time I head for the market. Ingredients for ...

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Blistered Shishito Peppers with Cheese

June 25, 2020

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 traffic, and I am beyond excited to be ...

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Easy Flourless Peanut Butter Cookies

June 22, 2020 Leave a Comment

Easy Flourless Peanut Butter Cookies ready from start to finish in < 30 minutes. Gluten-free plus instructions for high altitude baking with a link to instructions for baking at sea level.

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 varieties are ...

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Easiest Instant Pot Risotto with Charred Tomatoes

May 28, 2020 14 Comments

Recipe and tips for making the easiest risotto you'll ever make in the Instant Pot, finishing with charred tomatoes, basil and cheese. The post includes variation ideas and what to do with leftovers!

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 and got to ...

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Sweet Potato and Chickpea Curry

May 10, 2020 Leave a Comment

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 buds dance and ...

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Honey Lemon Ginger Tea

March 14, 2020 4 Comments

Tea of hot water infused with lemon and ginger, sweetened with honey. It's great for boosting immunity, detoxing, and increasing your energy.

It's stressful managing fear and all the news about the COVID-19 pandemic racing around the world. So it's more important than ever now to take the time to relax. Take a breath. Find ways to nurture yourself. Since I returned from Mexico earlier this week, this immunity boosting Honey Lemon Ginger Tea is my answer. Travel out of the country?? I know, I know. It might sound a little crazy right now, but the trip was long planned, and the virus totally exploded while we were gone. And it was, ...

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Moroccan Citrus Salad with Quinoa

January 21, 2020 45 Comments

Moroccan citrus salad of oranges and kalamata olives dressed in a spicy vinaigrette. Add peppery arugula and quinoa for a vegan main dish.

Moroccan citrus salad of oranges and kalamata olives dressed in a spicy vinaigrette. Add peppery arugula and quinoa for a vegetarian main dish. Citrus is at its peak right now, and brightening hearty winter salads is one of the best ways to use it. Like this Moroccan Citrus Salad that I love to make all winter, or this Sumo Citrus Salad with Cauliflower, Olives and Feta. As note: This recipe was originally posted in January 2012, and updated January 2020. Why Use Citrus Now Variety Grapefruit, ...

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Sesame Crusted Sweet Potato Cakes

October 18, 2019 4 Comments

Vegan        Dairy-Free        Gluten-Free        Easy        30-Minute Recipe   A couple of weeks ago, I posted a Weekly Vegetarian Meal Plan - something I do every couple of weeks or so.And sometimes I fall in love with one of the recipes, and can't stop making it. That's what happened with the Sweet Potato Cakes with Lemony Slaw by The First Mess. I've made this one 3 times now. And each time I make ...

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Easy Peruvian Pisco Sour Cocktail

August 26, 2019

Before I was a Lemon Drop Martini girl, I was a Pisco Sour girl, and it all began in Portland, Oregon. A few years ago, my husband and I were visiting family in Portland. We kicked around ideas for dinner out, and opted for Andina - a Peruvian restaurant downtown in an old brick building. The exterior was inviting, and once inside, it was stunning. And so was the food. Andina completely excels at their small plates. The four of us shared everything with each other, and they were all solid gold. ...

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