Todays recipe is a little more indulgent than it is healthy. I made vegetarian baked potato soup out of some leftover baked potatoes, and it was the perfect comfort food for a cold winter day.
I say that this recipe is more indulgent because it is heavy on the dairy and saturated fats. There are some recipes that just don’t work well when you try to lighten them up, and that’s ok. Reserve them for special occasions, not your weekly rotation. Continue reading
Posted in Quick and Easy, Soup, Vegetarian Main Dish
Tagged Cheese, Garlic, half and half, Potatoes, Quick and Easy, Sour Cream
I first started making this sesame barley salad with mushrooms and green beans years ago. I haven’t made it in a long time because the original recipe was so time consuming. Well, I worked on that and now have a recipe worth sharing!
One of the steps from the orignal recipe that I did not omit was toasting the barley in sesame oil. It adds a nutty flavor that really makes this dish special. Continue reading
Posted in Grains, Vegan, Vegetarian Main Dish
Tagged Barley, Garlic, Ginger, Green beans, Mushrooms, Vegan
Friends, it has finally gotten cold here. Like frost on your windsheld cold. I pulled all my green tomatoes out of the garden last weekend, and made this delicous fresh green tomato salsa verde!
I had 8 lbs of green tomaotes, so there was plenty to make this green tomato mince pie as well as many batches of salsa. Keep reading below to hear about some of the variations I tried. Continue reading
Posted in Component Cooking, Condiments and Spreads, Mexican, Quick and Easy, Snacks
I started experimenting with kimchi as an ingredient long ago. So far, my favorite way to eat it is in fried rice. This vegan kimchi fried rice with edamame is a colorful dish that is super easy to make!
I previously posted a kimchi fried rice recipe that had a sunny side up egg on top. This vegan version is just as good, and is a bit more colorful thanks to the red cabbage. Continue reading
Posted in Asian, Gluten Free Dishes, Grains, Quick and Easy, Vegan, Vegetarian Main Dish
Tagged Edamame, Garlic, Kimchi, Quick and Easy, Rice, Vegan, Vegetarian, Whole grain
October is finally here, and the garden is starting to wind down. It’s that time of year when I have more cherry tomatoes than I know what to do with! This year I experimented with this cherry tomato pasta puttanesca.
Puttanesca is known as the poor man meal in early Italy. It has simple ingredients that bring in big flavors. Canned tomatoes are more traditional, but I gave this simple Italian dish a fresh spin by using garden fresh cherry tomatoes. Continue reading
Posted in Fish and Seafood, Pasta, Quick and Easy
Tagged capers, Garlic, Noodles, Olives, Quick and Easy, Tomatoes
I have done it again. All things gyro! This time, I made gyro tofu sliders with tzatziki slaw. The tofu was pan fried so it was nice and crispy on the outside, just the way I like it!
The first time I tried this recipe, I was using up leftovers from the fridge. I had just made my favorite gyro recipe, these tempeh gyro tacos, and I was inspired to try the marinade with some leftover tofu. Continue reading
For me, veggie burgers don’t necessarily need to taste like a burger. Instead, they can be a delivery system for fun flavors. Like these Jamacian Jerk Plantain Burgers, or these Moroccan Carrot Veggie Burgers, or today’s recipe for vegetarian quinoa pizza burgers.
I think one of the best ways to get great flavor in something like a veggie burger is to load it up with different seasonings. Make it complicated for your taste buds to figure everything out, and you will likely enjoy the flavors more. Continue reading
Posted in Burger, Grains, Vegetarian Main Dish
Tagged Beans, Cheese, Eggs, Garlic, Marinara, quinoa, Vegetarian
Last week, I made this creamy colorful broccoli slaw to use up some ingredients from the fridge. It was such a hit, we had it again the next night! This week, I made it again to share with all of my fantastic readers!
What do you do with loads of leftover vegetables in the fridge? Make a salad, am I right?! Well, this broccoli salad turned into a slaw when I decided to use a creamy dressing. Continue reading
Posted in Gluten Free Dishes, Quick and Easy, Salad, Side Dish
Tagged Broccoli, Carrots, Cauliflower, Garlic, Mayo, Red cabbage
Hands in the air if you love lasagna! Me too. But do you ever have leftover sheets of lasagna noodles? My box always seems to have just a few more than I really need for a recipe. I created this arugula pesto lasagna roll ups recipes to use up those extra noodles!
I made this recipe with 5 lasagna noodles, because that’s how many I had to use. It just so happens that I could not have fit more into a 9×9 inch pan as well. Feel free to increase the recipe and make more roll ups, just plan on using a bigger pan. Continue reading
Posted in Dinner, Pasta, Vegetarian Main Dish
Tagged Arugula, Cheese, Garlic, Nuts, Vegetarian
A few months ago, I developed an easy homemade mole sauce recipe. Most of the time I think of meat based dishes when I think of mole sauce. Therefore, I have been playing with the sauce finding good vegetarian uses, like these mole black bean tostadas with slaw!
If you missed it, the first mole sauce recipe I posted was the mole jackfruit street tacos. This recipe is moist and delicious, but I thought it was lacking protein. Therefore, I started working with mole and black beans. Continue reading
Posted in Gluten Free Dishes, Mexican, Vegetarian Main Dish
Tagged Cabbage, Cheese, Cilantro, Garlic, Quick and Easy, Tomatoes, Tortillas, Vegetarian
