Category Archives: Sauces

Meatless Monday : Cinco de Mayo Recipes

We eat a lot of Mexican-style food year-round. For a vegetarian, the possibilities are vast. True, there are many non-vegetarian options as well, but so much of what my love for Mexican food centers around is the flavors. The complexities … Continue reading

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Meatless Monday: Barbecue “Pulled” Seitan

One of my favorite things about learning how to cook has been figuring out how to make ingredients that, originally, I would have bought already made. (Then griped at due to the price versus the quality/quantity of the foods I … Continue reading

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Smoked Salmon Salad with Smoky Meyer Lemon Vinaigrette

I have been extremely slow at getting into our gardens this year. Perhaps it’s the cold that doesn’t quite seem to go away. Maybe it’s the number of hours in a day and balancing everything that needs to get done … Continue reading

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Meatless Monday: Vegan Polenta with Lemon Garlic Pesto Cashew Cream Sauce

I go back and forth about incorporating an entirely vegetarian diet often. Truthfully, I don’t eat a lot of meat as it is. When we are traveling, I will keep myself open to trying new dishes – vegetarian or not … Continue reading

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Meatless Monday: Orange Cashew Tofu with Roasted Asparagus

When I was in the 7th or 8th grade, I decided I was going to try vegetarianism.  When I told my mom, who did most of the cooking, she assured me that she wasn’t going out of her way to … Continue reading

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Meatless Monday:Sweet and Sour Tempeh and Tofu

I have heard that some of the best Chinese food can actually be found in New York City, versus anywhere else in the world, including China. Somehow when we were in New York a few years ago, we forgot this … Continue reading

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Chile Colorado Sauce (Basic Red Chile Sauce)

  We are huge fans of enchiladas around our house. Honestly, I usually rely on canned enchilada sauce and then make everything else homemade – homemade tortillas, fillings, sides… seems kind of silly, really, to skimp out on the one … Continue reading

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2013: My Favorite Recipes

We’re getting close to the end of 2013. I am not one for making resolutions, as I fully believe in working to make myself better year-round, without set deadlines. It’s an ongoing challenge. Of course there are things I’d like … Continue reading

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Best of 2013: Your Favorites

  Alright, friends. 2013 is coming to a close and the year has been filled with foods of all varieties. I decided to do a roundup of your reader-favorite recipes from the last year. I enjoyed revisiting some of these … Continue reading

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Vegetarian Thai Chick’n Pizza

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving. I have the cranberry sauce done, pie crust ready to be baked, sweet potato pie filling ready to fill said crust… the artichoke squares are ready for the oven, along with some apple sage veggie sausage stuffing. … Continue reading

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