Vegan and vegetarian kitchen staples for quick meals are great to have around when house guests come to visit. Whether you're the only vegan or vegetarian in the group, or is a diet one of your family members follows, these staples will save you time in the kitchen. When the holidays come, our house is filled with family members. Meat loving family members. They all eat meat at every meal. Demand it, really. For years I went crazy trying to figure out how to make them happy and have a ...
Vegan Marinated Roasted Red Peppers
When I have one foot holding onto summer and the other reaching for fall, I turn to roasted red peppers as a satisfying dish. This marinated roasted peppers dish is a perfect example of one of my favorites, as it brings in so many flavors of late summer and early fall. Best of all, it gets party dish bonus points, since it should be made at least a day ahead to allow the flavors to meld. To be honest, here in the mountains we're firmly planted in autumn and seem to be reaching for winter. So ...
Easy Peruvian Pisco Sour Cocktail
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 ...
Best Traditional Greek Salad
This is the best time of year to make a traditional Greek salad, so if you're looking for your next salad, this is it my friends. All of the ingredients are in season at their peak flavor, and easily found at grocery stores and Farmers Markets. For bonus points, this might also be one of the easiest salads you'll make this year - and for the win, one of your most popular. Seriously. Make it for dinner, a pot luck, or a picnic. It travels well and is best made a little ahead of time. (And if ...
Instant Pot Crustless Key Lime Cheesecake
This post includes step-by-step instructions for cooking a Crustless Key Lime Cheesecake in the Instant Pot (or any electric pressure cooker). My Instant Pot is my current 'go-to' appliance. I use it for soup, chili, and long-cooking vegetables like artichokes and beets. I ventured out into the unknown and made risotto in it for my cookbook, and I will never make risotto any other way. Every week, I try something new in this fabulous pot that can do so many things, but never ...
Easy Southern Pimento Cheese | #ProgressiveEats
Southern Cooking My mom was a southern girl, my dad too. They married the day after her college graduation, and she came to the marriage knowing absolutely zero about cooking. As she often put it, she had to learn how to boil water. Over time, she became a great cook, and her favorite recipes were traditional southern dishes. Fried chicken, okra, grits, and this Pimento Cheese dip for parties. But it was a long road for her, and I don't think it was ever fun for her in the way it is for me. ...
Sumo Citrus Salad with Cauliflower, Olives & Feta
I have 2 things for you today! First up, a Sumo citrus salad loaded with roasted cauliflower, kalamata olives, scallions, raisins, cashews and feta. It's dressed with a bright, orange-citrus vinaigrette. Second, a roundup of more than 20 roasted vegetable dishes for easy dinners that I posted on Parade's online magazine, Parade.com. It's Week 3 of my Vegetarian Meal Plan series. Citrus Salad Time Wintertime means citrus is at its peak, and the stores are full of citrus you only see a ...
Mushroom Powder for Health: Roasted Mushroom Vinaigrette + Warm Cauliflower Salad
Have you tried Mushroom Powder? One of the best things about blogging is having the opportunity to test drive new products for you guys. Granted, sometimes I get emails from people wanting me to post about their fabulous sunglasses, or cross post about selling real estate, but sometimes you strike gold. And this is one of those times. I’m talking about mushroom extract powders from FreshCap Mushrooms. Mushroom Healing Properties Mushrooms are totally on trend right now. And for good reason. ...
Easy Sweet Potato Latkes
This post is sponsored by BabbleBoxx.com on behalf of Anolon. There are also affiliate links which help support the cost of running this blog. Follow these step-by-step instructions to make Sweet Potato Latkes. Latkes are synonymous with Hanukkah, but I say this year - you should make Sweet Potato Latkes. Hanukkah often coincides with Christmas, but this year it begins at sundown December 2 and ends at sundown December 10. For those of you who aren't completely clued in, ...
Coconut Curried Butternut Squash Soup
The calendar unleashes butternut squash cravings in me every October 1, and this year was no exception. Unfortunately, I was in Italy, and searched in vain for my familiar friend on menus. It turns out, butternut squash is native to the Americas, and not as common in other areas of the world. I had to wait. So, the first thing I made when I padded back into my kitchen was this butternut squash soup. A version is also in my cookbook, Simply Vegetarian, as it's super-easy and full of flavor. ...
Blueberry Scone Bread
First I overslept and woke to a phone call from the wonderful woman who runs the camp I take my dog to. Every Tuesday, just like the mail, I deliver Paprika there through sleet, snow, rain and shine. The camp manager wondered if Rika was coming today for a hike with her buds. Uh - isn't it Monday? No. Do You Have Days Weeks Like This? So this post was due yesterday, which explains why some of you got a blank page when you opened it earlier. When I realized I had the days wrong, ...
Honey & Lime Melon Ball Skewers with Mint
Summer appetizer ready in minutes to keep your guest cool in the heat. Melon ball skewers of watermelon, cantaloupe, and honeydew are soaked in lime, honey and ginger. I don't think of myself as being super-strong in the appetizer arena. Once I prepare an entire meal and dessert, I don't have the energy to plan much around an appetizer. But a couple of weeks ago, I posted a favorite dip of mine, Creamy Feta Dip with Lemon, Rosemary and Honey, and now here I am suggesting these melon ball ...
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