Before I made this chocolate chai breakfast quinoa, I had literally never eaten sweet quinoa, or had quinoa for breakfast. No good reason, it had just never occurred to me to do either. Have you tried it? Having eaten plenty of savory quinoa for lunch and dinner, after I saw a couple of round-ups featuring breakfast quinoa, […]
Spicy Kimchi Potato Salad
Kimchi potato salad upgrades classic American potato salad with the addition of spicy kimchi.
Traditional or Vegan Strawberry Rhubarb French Toast
The first time I made this baked strawberry rhubarb french toast, I made it with eggs and cow’s milk. Then I made it again, but vegan. And I think if I served them side-by-side, with the exact same ingredients otherwise, people might not be able to tell which is which. Brunch at my place this […]
Watermelon Mint Popsicles and Sake Slushies
Make these refreshing watermelon mint popsicles for those hot summer days ahead.
Salted Caramel Vegan Ice Cream Bars
This recipe began as kind of a challenge to myself. Could I make layered, chocolate salted caramel vegan ice cream bars, even though I had never even made vegan ice cream or vegan caramel? It took a couple of tries, but the answer was a resounding YES. Along the way I learned some techniques for […]
Thai Peanut Kale Salad Recipe
Have you ever massaged your vegetables? Like a real deep-tissue massage, by hand? I’m obsessed with massaging my kale. It’s not weird at all. Okay, maybe it is. But it takes kale from rough and tough, to soft and tender. Here’s my kale before massaging: And after: My obsession began with this kale salad recipe, […]
Vegan West African Peanut Soup
This vegan African peanut soup is a delicious, hearty soup that’s perfect for cold weather.
Hummus Nori Veggie Wraps
Now that my kitchen is usable again (more on that next week), I can finally share one of my favorite snacks lately. Initially I made these seaweed hummus wraps just to help me eat more of the vegetables that my garden has been producing this summer. Among other things, I was overrun with cucumbers and […]
Slow-Roasted Cherry Tomatoes
In the last couple of weeks my tomato plants have been producing tons of cherry tomatoes. Last summer I discovered the best way to use up an excess of cherry tomatoes: slow roast them. Chop them in half, throw them in a baking pan with olive oil, garlic, herbs, and salt, and they shrink up […]