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Author Archives: Julie Hashimoto-McCreery
Easy Banana Cake with Vanilla Bean Frosting
Sometimes I am not sure where the day goes between waking to the sound of my husband’s voice urging seven year old Silas to “Hurry, baby! Brush your teeth! We’re going to be late for school…” and then the slow … Continue reading
Posted in Baking, Dessert, Life, Vegetarian
Tagged banana, banana cake, bananas, cake, cinnamon, dessert, easy dessert, frosting, vanilla, vanilla bean
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Roasted Tomato Lentil Soup with Potatoes and Sweet Potatoes
It’s officially fall. My favorite time of year. Temperatures are noticeably cooler in the early morning and evening. While the colors around here haven’t begun to change yet, I know it’s coming. Vibrant reds and oranges, yellows somewhere in there. … Continue reading
Posted in Dinner, Lunch, Soup, Vegetarian
Tagged coconut milk, fresh herbs, herbs, lentils, Lundberg wild rice, marjoram, No-Chicken Broth, onion, oregano, potatoes, red potatoes, roasted tomatoes, soup, sweet potatoes, thyme, tomato, tomatoes, vegetarian, wild rice
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Homemade Glazed Pop Tarts
When I think of pop tarts, it’s very nostalgic. I remember funny things about growing up. Like obsessively listening to the radio on the weekend, waiting for Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 after looking up what was in the charts, cassette … Continue reading
Posted in Baking, Breakfast, Kids, Life, Vegetarian
Tagged 90's kid, apple, apple ginger tart, baking, breakfast, candied lemon peel, crystallized ginger, dessert, early 90's, glazed pop tarts, homemade pop tarts, lemon peach tart, Nickelodeon, Paradise Fruit, Paradise Fruit Co, Paradise Fruit Company, peach, Penzey's Spices, Pop Tarts, treats, vanilla glaze
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Cheesy Herby Scramble
First of all, let’s just put it out there: it takes about 30 minutes of initial complete utter silence and 2 or 3 cups of coffee for me to be a “morning person.” It’s a love hate thing. Once I’m … Continue reading
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Tagged basil, cheese, dill, eggs, herbs, marjoram, oregano, parsley, Tofurky, Tofurky breakfast links, veggie sausage scramble, veggie scramble
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The Art of a Homemade Veggie Burrito
A few years back, my husband wrote an article for the local paper, rating various taco trucks and hole in the wall taquerias around the Rogue Valley. Being a vegetarian, his firsthand experience was strictly set on the veggie burrito … Continue reading
Posted in Dinner, Kids, Life, Lunch, Restaurants, Travel, Vegetarian
Tagged beans, cheese, Don Pancho tortillas, Frontera, Frontera salsa, hole in the wall, homemade burrito, Los Arcos Medford, Medford mexican food, Mexican food, rice, Rogue Valley taquerias, sour cream, Tacopancho Medford, Tacos Michoacan Talent Oregon, vegetarian burrito, vegetarian mexican food, veggie burrito
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Vegetarian Thai Green Curry with Tofu
While we live in excellent walking distance to all the restaurants in downtown Ashland, I often prefer making a home cooked meal. The cost is usually significantly lower and often brings a greater guarantee that both my family and myself … Continue reading
Posted in Dinner, Lunch, Restaurants, Sauces, Vegetarian
Tagged Anya's Ashland, Anya's Thai Bistro, Ashland Oregon, baby corn, bamboo shoots, carrot, coconut milk, fish sauce, garlic, green curry, kaffir lime, lime, mori-nu tofu, red pepper, thai curry, thai green curry, Thai Kitchen, tofu curry, tomato, vegetarian
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Mini Vanilla Custard Tarts with Chocolate Crusts and Raspberries
I’m not sure how we happened upon the end of summer, yet here it is… school has started, evening temperatures are steadily dropping as the days pass, the skies darken just a little earlier, and I can’t wait for fall … Continue reading
Cinnamon Apple Cake
The following post contains the recipe for a cake reminiscent of fall, that is also ridiculously moist, good-looking, and tasty. You could call it a cinnamon apple cake, or apple spice cake, which it is. I jokingly referred to it … Continue reading
Posted in Baking, Dessert, Life
Tagged apple, apple cake, cake, cinnamon, cinnamon apple, dessert, ginger, golden delicious, granny smith, meyer lemon, orange juice, vanilla
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Broccoli Pesto
Sometimes it gets close to dinner time and I find myself wandering through the kitchen, rifling through the cupboards, examining what vegetables and herbs are on hand, not exactly sure where dinner is going to be found. Lots of times … Continue reading
Posted in Appetizer, Dinner, Gluten-Free, Kids, Lunch, Sauces, Sides, Vegetarian
Tagged basil, basil pesto, broccoli, broccoli pesto, cheese, garlic, nut-free pesto, parmesan, pesto, sauces
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Julie Hashimoto-McCreery
