Category Archives: Dinner

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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No-Knead Pizza Dough + Tomato Basil Pizza Recipes

Last week, we started off the week with homemade pizza, made with my sourdough crust. We had leftover pizza the night after. The next day, there was this risotto. Thursday night, we had a spinach lasagna somewhat reminiscent of this … Continue reading

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Meatless Monday: Pesto Pasta Salad

We are into the swing of little league season, since Silas made the minor leagues this year. That generally means there are at least a couple games weekly, including one mid-week game. Not a huge deal, except those mid-week games … 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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Veggie Fried Rice

Although I am over 2,000 miles away from Kaua’i these days, there are parts of my upbringing that I’ve obviously carried with me. When it comes to food, certain habits still exist. For instance, when I make chili, my southern-born … 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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Meatless Monday : Cream of Asparagus and Mushroom Soup

A couple weeks ago, I told you how excited I was that fresh asparagus would begin showing up in our grocery stores. It’s one of my favorite spring time vegetables. Roasted, steamed, in risotto, baked into a frittata, topped with … Continue reading

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