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Category Archives: Lunch
No Orange-Orange Juice
As I was doing my juice fast last week, I told myself I was going to be a green juice kind of girl. I have had green juices and not once have I enjoyed any of them. At first I … Continue reading
Posted in Beverages, Breakfast, Gluten-Free, Juice, Lunch, Vegan, Vegetarian
Tagged apple juice, apples, Breville Juice Fountain, carrot juice, filling juices, fresh juice, grapefruit juice, homemade juice, homemade juices, juice, juice cleanse, juice fast, juice for dinner, No Orange-Orange Juice, sweet potato carrot juice, sweet potato juice
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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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Homemade Hot Dog (or Hamburger) Buns
I have been experimenting more and more with making homemade seitan sausages and hot dogs… So I thought, why not homemade hot dog buns? Don’t get me wrong, I’m not a crazy lady… or perhaps I am a crazy lady… … Continue reading
Posted in Baking, Bread, Dinner, Kids, Lunch, Vegetarian
Tagged buns, homemade bread, homemade buns, homemade hamburger buns, homemade hot dog buns, hot dog buns, hot dog buns homemade, yeast bread, yeast rolls
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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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Carrot Apple Beet Kale and Ginger Juice
Let’s face it. Kitchen disasters are inevitable sometimes. And as life goes, when they happen, you either adapt or not. You might say a few choice curse words. You may say such words, look at the pile of dishes you … Continue reading
Posted in Beverages, Breakfast, Gluten-Free, Juice, Lunch, Vegan, Vegetarian
Tagged apple, beet carrot juice, beet juice, carrot apple beet juice, carrot juice, fresh juice, fruit juice, homemade juice, juice, juicer, vegetable juice
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Slow Cooked Corn Chowder
I’ve been enjoying our crock pot since Christmas. For one-dish meals, it works wonders, whether in the morning or at dinner time. Every new recipe is a brand new adventure. Sometimes it doesn’t really work out how I’d like (like … Continue reading
Vegetarian Chicken Sausage with Spinach, Sun-Dried Tomatoes and Pesto
Seitan can be intimidating, especially if you’re not familiar with it. For any new vegetarian, especially, this wheat-based veggie “meat” is straight up weird. It’s texturally similar to chicken (with a slightly larger amount of chew). While store bought versions … Continue reading
Posted in Appetizer, Dinner, Lunch, Meatless Meat, Sides, Vegetarian
Tagged chicken seitan, homemade seitan, homemade vegetarian sausage, pesto seitan, seitan sausage, seitan sausage homemade, spinach sun dried tomato, vegetarian chicken sausage, vegetarian sausage, veggie sausage homemade, veggie seitan
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Chicken Seitan Tortellini and Pesto Soup
Let’s talk about persistence. In the last week, I’ve had the three recipes I’ve blogged, posted on Tastespotting, Foodgawker, and Healthy Aperture. One of those recipes came with two rejections, thus three submission attempts at each site… As well as … Continue reading
Posted in Dinner, Life, Lunch, Meatless Meat, Soup, Vegetarian
Tagged cheese tortellini, chicken noodle soup vegetarian, No-Chicken Broth, pesto, pesto soup, Rising Sun Farms, seitan, seitan and noodle soup, seitan chicken noodle, seitan noodle soup, tortellini soup, vegetarian chicken noodle soup, vegetarian tortellini soup, veggie chicken noodle soup
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When Winter Moves From Inside-Out
Since I was about twelve, I’ve known what it’s like to ride out lows that feel like they’re going to bury me alive. That’s a decade and a half filled with periods of wanting to close myself off to the … Continue reading
Posted in Breakfast, Gluten-Free, Life, Lunch, Vegan, Vegetarian
Tagged almonds, blueberries, blueberry oatmeal, blueberry oats, coconut, crock pot oats, depression, ginger, life, moods, nuts, oatmeal, oatmeal recipe, oats, overnight oats, overnight steel oats, self-motivation, slow cooked oats, slow cooker oatmeal, steel cut oatmeal, steel cut oats, walnuts
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Julie Hashimoto-McCreery
