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Basil Preserved in Olive Oil
For week 2 of Preserve the Bounty, Jenny challenged us to preserve some of our summer produce in oil or another fat. I’ve put together various combinations of garden-fresh herbs, calendula (marigold) flowers, sun-dried tomatoes, and chile peppe (read full article)
Yummy Green Smoothie Recipe! Ep280
Tropical Green Smoothie recipe, great for beginners, you won’t even taste the greens! Tropical Green Smoothie 1 Banana 1 Mango 1 Cup Pineapple 1 Cup Baby Spinach 1/2 Cup Filtered Water Blend all ingredients and ENJOY!! Yummy Green Smoothie Reci (read full article)
Chocolate Covered Cherry Vegan Ice Cream and it Tastes Amazing
Vegan Chocolate Cherry Ice Cream This ice cream may be vegan but that doesn’t mean it isn’t bowl licking amazingly delicious. Who doesn’t like a big bowl of chocolate cherry ice cream that’s good for you too (read full article)
Cucumber-Tomato Salad, Pot Roast Seitan, Cornbread, and Green Bean Pepper Salad
With the exception of the quick salad I whipped up, all of these recipes came from the Passionate Vegetarian, a cookbook that is seriously undervalued in my kitchen, considering how much it has to offer. I wasn’t a huge fan of the green beans (read full article)
Ripe from Around Here: A Cookbook Review & Giveaway
Sometimes I’m not entirely sure where I fit on the foodie spectrum. On the one hand, I have friends who are vegetarians and vegans. On the other hand I have the Weston Price followers who are all about lots of meat (especially organ meat). I t (read full article)
Stuffed Grape Leaves
Many things in life appears to be difficult to deal with, hard to achieve,or even impossible to happen. This when you see it from a far distance. However, when you close up, all these virtual boundaries you have placed between you and your g (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)
Mexican Rice
Calling all cuisine experts out there with a question -”What EXACTLY is the difference between Spanish rice and Mexican Rice?”. I get all sorts of different answers but nothing conclusive since many such rice recipes claiming to be ̶ (read full article)
Tomato and Beet Salad - Recipe
Tomato and Beet Salad with Feta and Mint This is one of those dishes that is good out of all proportion to the difficulty of making it, which is virtually nil. It is totally dependent on using great tomatoes and olive oil, and home-cooked beets (don& (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)
Tomato Chutney
This is one of those multiple-step recipes that I really hate to post, but it’s just too good not to. Tomato Chutney 1 orange pepper (capsicum) roasted, peeled, seeded, and chopped 1 Walla Walla sweet onion (or other sweet onion) chopped and c (read full article)
Pomodori ripieni di riso
A staple of summer picnics and tavole calde, pomodori ripieni di riso, tomatoes stuffed with rice and oven roasted, make for a simple and relatively quick weekend dinner, part of a buffet or a tasty antipasto for a summer dinner for guests. Here's th (read full article)
Quick Quinoa Salad
I’ve been thinking. Yes, sometimes I do get a moment of mental clarity to actually sort our my thoughts. Usually is occurs around the time I am closing my eyes to go to sleep, mind still racing, small chubby cheek pressed up against my breast, (read full article)
Red Lentil Soup with Green Beans
I picked my first handful of stringbeans from my garden today, and that is what inspired tonight's dinner. I was looking for something quick, easy, and of course made with ingredients I had on hand. It was a day for relaxing, after all.I (read full article)
Chocolate Frosting or Icing
Icing is a more professional term used when talking about frosting that is stiffer and pipes well. But, it is a much debated topic of discussion. Some feel that frosting is considered homespun or creamier and softer than icing. Others feel that frost (read full article)
How to Define Gourmet Vegan Food
It is difficult to define gourmet vegan food as a particular type or style of cooking, as there are so many different dishes from various regional cuisines that can be made suitable for vegans. The uniqueness of gourmet vegan food i (read full article)
Mocha Coconut Rice Pudding
This Mocha Coconut Rice Pudding is the second recipe I’m featuring from Leslie Cerier’s newly published Gluten-free Recipes for the Conscious Cook: A Seasonal, Vegetarian Cookbook. Leslie has generously agreed to give a signed copy of t (read full article)
Pico De Gallo (Fresh tomato salsa)
After marriage, in the initial days of cooking, I was content making traditional foods that I grew up with. Like any new bride full of enthusiasm, I laid down feasts after feasts, making my husband feel that our wedding feast was still on a roll! he (read full article)
Zucchini Noodles with Avocado Dressing (and a Cookbook Giveaway!)
Have you noticed that I haven’t blogged about much cooked food this summer? It’s been so hot and my garden’s doing so well that I’ve just naturally gravitated to more raw foods. Today’s post is another for the raw foods (read full article)
Magnesium in a Vegan Diet
Magnesium is extremely necessary for good health, being one of the major elements required by our body. Like all minerals, magnesium cannot be made in our body and must therefore be plentiful in our diet. Thankfully, even with soils depleted of miner (read full article)



