It's funny. With all the extra time at home over the past 10 months, you'd think I would have spent hours upon hours in the kitchen. Baking breads. Cakes. And making all my own condiments. Pioneer style. But no. That's not to say I didn't do some baking and experimenting this past year in the kitchen. I did. But I've become ever more interested in mostly simple meals, allowing for a more complicated one only once a week. And that more complicated dish better yield leftovers. Part ...
Top 2020 Posts !
I have 3 different kinds of posts I create: Recipes, Meal Plans and Tips For Going More Vegetarian. Each year, I love to look back to see what the most popular posts of the previous year were, so I can create more of what you love best. Of the 3 different kinds of posts I write, most of them are recipes, so I looked at the single most popular Meal Plan, the single most popular Tips for Going More Vegetarian, and the 10 most popular Recipes. Let's start with the most popular Meal Plan of ...
6 Last-Minute Side Dishes for Thanksgiving
Last- minutes side dishes for Thanksgiving. We have enough to do on Thanksgiving without spending a lot of time on extra dishes. Am I right? That's where these 6 last-minute side dishes come in. I chose them because either the prep was 15 minutes or less, and / or at least a major part of the recipe could be done ahead. As in the previous day. And they're all big on flavor. As a note, the Maple Candied Carrots with Currants were on Food Network a few years ago (yay!!!), and my ...
10 Vegetarian Main Dishes for Thanksgiving
I bet I have a lot of you agreeing with me that 2020 has been an awful year. I'm not going to dwell on it. There are other highly qualified places where you can read about it, and debate all its merits - or lack of them. So let's focus on finding things to be thankful for, as we greet this Thanksgiving season. Anything qualifies. Maybe it's finding a new TV show that makes you laugh. Or you're spending more time with close family - assuming this is a good thing, LOL. For me, I had ...
9 Easy Vegetarian Breakfasts
Breakfast can be tricky when you're trying to figure out a new diet. It's how you begin the day. It sets the tone. This is true if you want to lose weight, go gluten-free, or keto. And it's true if you want to go vegetarian - or move to a more vegetarian diet. If I start the day with pancakes with loads of butter and syrup, I pretty much give up the day for being healthy. And yes, I know there are ways to make pancakes healthier. And I agree, sometimes we need a treat. But the fact ...
My 6 Favorite Chocolate Recipes #Choctoberfest
It's the best time of year: #Choctoberfest! I think we can all agree on one thing this year... 2020 needs more chocolate. A LOT more. #Choctoberfest is our annual celebration of chocolate recipes, now in its 6th year. I've teamed up with some talented food bloggers to share dozens of milk, dark, and white chocolate dishes for this year's virtual event. Plus, we've pooled our resources to bring you an exciting giveaway you don't want to miss! The Giveaway One ...
Top Vegetarian Posts From 2019
I like to look back through the year to see what was popular and what wasn't. After all, just because I thought a dish rocked doesn't mean everyone wants to try it. For those of us with blogs, we study Google Analytics, the God of all that matters (or so it sometimes seems). And based on the numbers, I came up with these 10 top vegetarian posts of 2019. BTW, this means they were posted in 2019. I note this because a lot of my top posts are ones that have been around for awhile. For example, ...
Best 5 Vegan / Vegetarian Kitchen Staples for Quick Meals
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 ...
Vegetarian Meal Plan – Week 9
Easy vegetarian meal plan with comfort dishes that can be prepped in 15 minutes or less (except the enchiladas, which take 20 minutes of prepping). This week's dinners star cauliflower, sweet potatoes, and 3 kinds of legumes. The first few years after I graduated from culinary school, I veered towards more complicated recipes. I wanted to have some fun with all this new knowledge I now had. I still love to bake, especially breads. But for our weekly dinner? I look for something easy and fast, ...
A Vegetarian Thanksgiving : 27 Appetizers & More
Round up of appetizers, cocktails, cider, breads and condiments you can make for your vegetarian Thanksgiving. This collection ends with some fabulous desserts, because dessert for Thanksgiving is mandatory. Thanksgiving plans are ramping up. Two weeks ago, I posted 21 Side Dishes For Your Vegetarian Thanksgiving table, and last week I continued with 21 Main Dishes For Your Vegetarian Thanksgiving. And now I'm back with more ideas for this year's celebration, because ...
Vegetarian Thanksgiving Menu – 18 Main Dishes
18 main dish ideas for your vegetarian Thanksgiving menu this year. We’re working ourselves towards mid-November and the biggest feast day of the year. Thanksgiving, my friends. And all over the country, meal planning has begun. Last week I featured 21 side dish ideas for a vegetarian Thanksgiving. This week, I’ve got your back on Thanksgiving vegetarian main dishes. Because, let’s face it. If you’re an omnivore, deciding your main dish for Thanksgiving is easy. The religion of ...
Vegetarian Thanksgiving Menu – 21 Side Dishes
21 side dish ideas for your vegetarian Thanksgiving menu this year. Thanksgiving is arguably the biggest eating holiday of the year. And vegetarians and vegans hunt for satisfying dishes for their Vegetarian Thanksgiving Menu (or Vegan Thanksgiving, obviously). Before you object, I realize many of our holidays are food centric. Valentines Day is all about chocolate. The summer holidays of Memorial Day, Fourth of July, and Labor Day are the Grand Central Station of grilling. ...
