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Category Archives: Appetizer
Creamy Herb Potato Leek Soup
Sometimes I forget what it’s like to cook with additional little hands in the kitchen. That sounds really creepy, I know. I’m referring to cooking with kids, not miscellaneous spare body parts I’ve failed to confess to owning. I have … Continue reading
Posted in Appetizer, Dinner, Kids, Lunch, Sides, Soup, Vegetarian
Tagged appetizer, cooking with kids, food, fresh herbs, leeks, potato leek soup, potatoes, soup, soup recipes, spring soup recipes, vegetarian, vegetarian potato leek soup, vegetarian potato soup
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Cinco de Mayo Favorites
Somehow it’s already the first weekend of May. My brain tries to wrap itself around how quickly time flies, but in the midst of doing so, all I can really think about is big fat veggie burritos or tacos laden … Continue reading
Posted in Appetizer, Beverages, Booze, Breakfast, Dinner, Kids, Life, Lunch, Meatless Meat, Sauces, Vegetarian
Tagged 101 Cookbooks, Chile Lime Tequila popcorn, churros, Cinco de Mayo, Cinco de Mayo Recipes, Climbing Grier Mountain Eggplant Parm Nachos, Food52, Foodie Crush salsa, guacamole recipes, homemade horchata, homemade tamales, horchata recipe, Leite's Culinaria, margaritas, Mexican food, Mexican Rice, Mexican Street Fair corn, Molletes, recipes, rice, roasted poblano guacamole, slow cooked beans, tamale casserole, vegetarian Cinco de Mayo
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Homemade Seitan Fried Chicken
When it came to potlucks when I was a kid, everyone had two requests from my mom: her stir-fried beef broccoli or her fried chicken. Even writing the names of these things down makes my mouth salivate. I remember the … Continue reading
Posted in Appetizer, Dinner, Lunch, Meatless Meat, Vegetarian
Tagged best chicken style seitan, homemade seitan, Homemade Seitan Fried Chicken, making seitan, Meatless Monday, meatlessmonday, seitan, seitan chicken, seitan fried chicken, vegetarian, vegetarian fried chicken, veggie meat, vital wheat gluten, wheat meat
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Jalapeño Cheddar Buttermilk Cornbread
Whirl-wind weeks. They come and go, but damn… when they hit, it’s from every angle. I am writing this post from an i-Pad. My laptop – you know the one holding every back up of my posts here, all the … Continue reading
Posted in Appetizer, Baking, Bread, Dinner, Lunch, Sides, Snacks, Vegetarian
Tagged baking, buttermilk, buttermilk cornbread, buttermilk cornbread muffins, chili and cornbread, corn bread, corn muffins, cornbread, cornbread muffins, cornbread recipe, cornmeal muffins, jalapeno cheddar, jalapeno cheddar cornbread, moist cornbread, savory muffins
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Vegetarian Gorgonzola Bacon Burger Pizza
Sometimes I’m pretty sure I can demolish pizza like a teenage boy. I love the versatility of pizzas: sauces of whatever variety you like, toppings galore, dessert, dinner, breakfast… Really, the possibilities are limited only to your imagination. I have … Continue reading
Posted in Appetizer, Dinner, Lunch, Meatless Meat, Snacks, Vegetarian
Tagged burger pizza, dinner, dinner recipes, gorgonzola, gorgonzola bacon burger, gorgonzola pizza, homemade pizza, Lightlife Smart Bacon, pizza recipes, sourdough pizza crust, sourdough pizza recipe, vegetarian bacon pizza, vegetarian pizza, veggie meat pizza, Yves morning sausage
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Whole Wheat Cinnamon Vanilla Marmalade Pull-Apart Bread
Yesterday, my dad came up to Ashland for a visit. I somehow managed to not take a single photo (as evidence, or as a possible inclusion in this coming Sunday’s Day to Day Life post… C’est la vie). The last … Continue reading
Posted in Appetizer, Baking, Bread, Breakfast, Dessert, Kids, Sides, Snacks, Vegetarian
Tagged baking, best pull-apart breads, bread recipes, ceylon cinnamon, ceylon cinnamon bread, cinnamon bread, cinnamon pull-apart, dessert, homemade bread, homemade pull-apart loaves, marmalade, marmalade bread, pull apart bread, pull-apart bread recipes, pull-apart loaf, sweet bread, sweet breads, sweet pull-apart bread, vanilla bean, vanilla bean bread, vanilla bread
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Apple Halves with Chèvre and Honey
I’ll admit – posting the following recipe absolutely feels like cheating. It’s not fancy, it’s not intricate, it’s not labor intensive, or evenly remotely time consuming. But it’s a delicious snack that I threw together out of sheer hunger… Speaking … Continue reading
Creamy Potato Leek Soup
‘Tis still the season for soup, I say. Sometimes when I can’t think of what to make for dinner, I will look around the kitchen and my brain immediately goes to soup. Especially if it’s a pureed type – anything … Continue reading
Posted in Appetizer, Dinner, Gluten-Free, Lunch, Soup, Vegan, Vegetarian
Tagged creamy vegan soup, leek soup, leeks, potato leek soup, potato soup, potatoes, soup, soups, sweet peppers, vegetarian soups, winter dinner ideas, winter soup
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Warm Beet Green Salad with Beets, Goat Cheese, and Pine Nuts
I grew up on an island small enough to travel from one side to the other, then back, in less than half a day. Everyone knows everyone, or knows of everyone. Family isn’t always blood-related. Anyone can be aunty, uncle, … Continue reading
Posted in Appetizer, Dinner, Gluten-Free, Lunch, Salad, Sides, Vegetarian
Tagged aged balsamic vinegar, appetizer salad, beet greens, beet salad, beets, dinner salad, goat cheese, Hawaii, honey boro, kanten, Kauai, li hing mui, lunch salad, pine nuts, salad, vegetarian, warm beet salad, warm salad
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Spicy Citrus Fish Tacos with Creamy Avocado Sauce
I love tacos. Not overly decorated Americanized tacos covered with mass piles of sour cream, cheese, unflavored shredded lettuce and globs of guacamole. That’s not a taco. I like homemade corn tortillas (although you can find decent, authentic corn tortillas … Continue reading
Posted in Appetizer, Dinner, Gluten-Free, Lunch, Sauces, Seafood
Tagged avocado crema, citrus fish taco, creamy avocado sauce, cumin lime slaw, fish taco, homemade fish tacos, honey coleslaw, honey cumin lime slaw, not fried fish taco, pan seared fish taco, slaw, slaw fish taco, spicy fish taco, tacos
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Julie Hashimoto-McCreery
