Spinach Bites

These is what J. and I had for lunch today. Spinach is one of my favorites vegetables in the whole world. And use it often in my cooking. Stuffed pastries, salads, stuffed homemade pasta, dips... and other dishes.My Mom used to make these Spinach Bit (read full article)

Cheesy Garden Stuffed Peppers --Pimientos Rellenos "Jardin con Queso""Mmm...I Love Sour Cream"Well, today I decided to make one of Hubby J. favorites. Let me tell you what happened. Ok. Last weekend, while I was doing a marathon of domestic chores (read full article)

Roasted Corn, Lima Bean and Feta Salad

This little lady reminds me that children are just so sweet and innocent when they are brand new. They gurgle and coo and even when they are crying they can take a break and smile up at you for a second, and then back to crying.  They rely solely on (read full article)

Wheat Pizza Crust

Who doesn’t love pizza?  I mean, pizza is as American as baseball and apple pie, right?  Unfortunately, it is also really fattening.  There are some ways, however, to make it a little healthier – for starters, making it at home.  Her (read full article)

The Mad Apple

I love eggplants. For as far as I can remember, I've always eaten these vegetable-fruits, they were part of my family's culinary landscape. Both my parents have their eggplant repertoire: stuffed and fried; sliced in a fan and roasted; pickled; in sa (read full article)

Okra Saute’

This side dish from Simply in Season is super quick tastes like summer. Ingredients: 4 C okra (cleaned and trimmed, I sliced mine) 1 large onion (sliced) 2 sweet peppers (chopped) 1 chili pepper (seeded and sliced) 2 large tomatoes (diced) salt to (read full article)

Veggin’ Cookbook Chronicles: Stuffed Potatoes

I’d like to take you on a little journey. A little journey through The “New Age Vegetarian Cookbook” printed in 1980 by The Rosicrucian Fellowship out of Oceanside, California. Sit back, relax and enjoy the ride as this cookbook i (read full article)

How can we start contribute to save the World?

United nations researchers indicate us one easy technique to lower our impact on the environment Do you know the United nations calculated that the combined climate change emissions of animals bred for their meat were a lot more than cars, plane (read full article)

Guest Recipe Post: Killer Kale Slaw

Andrew from Trainerdrew responded to the request for reader recipes. Here’s a Great Tasting Ultra Healthy Twist on an All American Favorite. Ingredients: 16 oz. finely chopped Kale 2 tbsp. Apple Cider Vinegar 2 tbsp. Honey 1 cup low fat greek s (read full article)

Potato Salad Makes for a Sexy Salad Tossing

Sexy Healthy Potato Salad Yeah, I said it.  I said potato salad and sexy in the same sentence, and I mean it.  Since when is something that’s cool, creamy and tangy not sexy?  I get it, those bulbous little tubers (potatoes) (read full article)

Aloo Baingan (eggplant-potatoes) Curry

The beauty of Indian Cooking is its versatility combed with big flavors. No wonder it is one of the most famous cuisines in the world. I am surprised yet so glad to see Indian restaurants popping every where I see in the recent years. Many westerner (read full article)

Onion and Mushroom Soup

How do make French Onion soup vegetarian without compromising the flavor? This is a tough question. Sure, you can use standard vegetable stock, but the flavors won't be as intense. The basis of any good soup (or sauce) is the stock. If you have blan (read full article)

Whole Grain Tabouleh

Another salad from Simply in Season that makes the most of summer’s bounty. FOR PRINTABLE VERSION CLICK HERE: Whole Grain Tabouleh 1 cup quinoa (Can also use rice or bulgur or couscous) 1/4 cup Green Onions (scallions), sliced (I used chives) (read full article)

Sauteed Zucchini with Cumin

This is the easiest recipe in the world and I feel somewhat ridiculous even posting it. It’s really a no brainer but so perfect that you absolutely have to try it. We recently got into the habit of trying out all of the varieties of zucchini a (read full article)

Super Moist Chocolate Zucchini Cake

Super Moist Chocolate Zucchini Cake Two things that I know to be fact are: 1 – It can be hard to get your daily requirement of fruits and vegetables. 2 – If you grow zucchini, right about now you’re trying to figure (read full article)

Sesame Vegetables

I love to serve these vegetables with salmon.  This dish is so easy and pack with nutrition! Sesame Snap Peas with Carrots & Peppers, from Eating Well Ingredients 8 ounces sugar snap peas, trimmed (about 2 cups) 1 small red bell pepper, cut int (read full article)

Zucchini Garden Chowder

I can always tell when DH likes the recipe, because there are no leftovers! This is a “soup”er soup that tastes like summer! FOR PRINTABLE VERSION CLICK HERE: Zucchini Garden Chowder 2 Tbs butter 2 medium zucchini (chopped) 1 medium onion (read full article)

Thutilinanga Indonesian Chili Fried Eggplants/Aubergine

Eggplant also know as Aubergine is one of our favorite vegetables. Well technically it is a fruit but people use it as a vegetable. These veggies are in the same vegetable family as tomatoes, sweet peppers and potatoes. I know it's kind of weird thin (read full article)

Food Notes: Vegetables & Fruits the Evergreen Trend. (Anybody a Sip of Limoncello?)

Food Trends ~ Latin recipes get vegan twist ~ Hearing of "Latin American food" may evokes images of Mexican carnitas tacos, Argentine grilled steak and Peruvian ... But Latin cooking uses so much... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my websi (read full article)

Vietnamese Spring Rolls and Tamarind Tree Restaurant Review

Picture from Tamarind Tree Website   One of my favorite Asian restaurants in Seattle is the Tamarind Tree.  It is a Vietnamese restaurant located in the international district, tucked away in a little corner.  But it is definitely worth visiting i (read full article)