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Category Archives: Lunch
Easy Raw Tomato Sauce
My quintessential summer mealtime would probably include no stoves or ovens being used. Or maybe being used very minimally. There would be lots of veggies straight out of the garden. Perhaps grilled fish or something along those lines. Grilled pizza? … Continue reading
Posted in Appetizer, Dinner, Gluten-Free, Life, Lunch, Salad, Sauces, Sides, Vegan, Vegetarian
Tagged balsamic tomatoes, balsamic vinegar, basil, fresh herbs, garlic, herbs, oregano, parsley, raw, raw sauces, raw tomato sauce, summer, summer tomatoes, thyme, tomato sauce, tomatoes, vegetarian, vinegar
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Herbed Cauliflower, Cherry Tomato and Fontina Pizza
The other night, we had a dinner get-together fall apart at the last minute. At that point I had gone grocery shopping and had all the ingredients for two different curries, one of which included red lentils and cauliflower. When … Continue reading
Posted in Baking, Bread, Dinner, Kids, Lunch, Vegetarian
Tagged Bake Your Day, basil, cauliflower, cauliflower pizza, cherry tomatoes, fontina cheese, Gimme Some Oven, herbs, homemade pizza, mozzarella, pizza, Pizza Home Chef, Recipe for Change, sourdough pizza, Tomato Love Recipe Exchange
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Chorizo and Cheese Enchiladas
Much of the time, I would prefer using fresh and/or homemade ingredients instead of relying on canned, pre-jarred, or pre-made things. I’ve made enchilada sauce from scratch a few times, but we tend to keep canned enchilada sauce on hand. … Continue reading
Creamy Three-Cheese Pasta with Roasted Tomatoes
My appetite has gone haywire over the last couple months. Not hungry, not hungry, not hungry, ravishingly hungry after a couple weeks, though only around 10 o’clock at night. Summer is nearly always like that for me: the warm days … Continue reading
Posted in Dinner, Lunch, Vegetarian
Tagged balsamic tomatoes, balsamic vinegar, basil, cherry tomatoes, creamy pasta, feta, fresh basil, goat cheese, pasta, roasted tomatoes
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Roasted Poblano Guacamole
I kick myself every single time I need to buy an avocado. There are numerous foods in Hawaii that I miss incredibly much all the time, but one in particular I never expected to miss, let alone crave, are the gigantic … Continue reading
Posted in Gluten-Free, Lunch, Sauces, Sides, Vegan, Vegetarian
Tagged adobo sauce, appetizer, avocado, chipotle peppers, cilantro, guacamole, homemade guacamole, homemade salsa, homemade sauce, lime, Mexican, peppers, poblano peppers, sidedish
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Homemade Seitan Carnitas
It seems many cultures offer some form of pulled pork. In Hawaii where I grew up, there’s kalua pig: pork rubbed with sea salt, wrapped in ti leaves, traditionally cooked in an underground oven (imu), and then shredded, creating a … Continue reading
Posted in Appetizer, Dinner, Lunch, Sauces, Sides, Vegetarian
Tagged adobo sauce, carnitas, chipotle peppers, cumin, fresh herbs, herbs, Mexican food, pulled pork, pulled seitan, seitan, seitan carnitas, vegetarian carnitas, vegetarian mexican food, vegetarian pork, vital wheat gluten, wheat meat
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Sourdough Pizza Crust
There are times I am disappointed by my own cooking. I mean this in the humblest way, mind you. See, it’s hard to go out to dinner around here and spend less than $50, especially if you include drinks (and … Continue reading
Posted in Baking, Bread, Dinner, Kids, Life, Lunch, Vegan, Vegetarian
Tagged dinner, fresh mozzarella, homemade pizzas, pizza, pizza crust, pizza dough, sourdough, sourdough pizza crust, sourdough starter
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Sourdough Pretzel Dogs
When I was a little kid, the majority of my play time was spent hanging out with my little brothers and older sister. And by hanging out I mean beating the crap out of one another, then making up just … Continue reading
Posted in Appetizer, Baking, Bread, Dinner, Kids, Lunch, Vegetarian
Tagged Field Roast, finger food, hot dogs, kid food, Lightlife Smart Dogs, pigs in a blanket, pretzel dogs, soft pretzels, sourdough, sourdough soft pretzels
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Spicy Fish Tacos
My summer eating habits are pretty terrible. For one, I still need coffee every morning. I am not hungry for breakfast – ever. Most days, lunch completely eludes me. Then all of a sudden it’s dinner time. Hungry or not, … Continue reading
Posted in Dinner, Gluten-Free, Lunch, Seafood
Tagged avocado, cilantro, coriander, corn tortilla, cumin, fish taco, lime, pacific rockfish, paprika, red rockfish, snapper, taco
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Toasted Coconut, Cilantro and Lime Rice
Rice was a substantial part of any meal I had for at least half of my lifetime. Plain white, sticky, rice. Breakfast at times meant sticky rice, scrambled eggs, and Portuguese sausage. Lunch – nori (seaweed) wrapped spam musubis or … Continue reading
Posted in Appetizer, Dinner, Gluten-Free, Lunch, Sides, Vegan, Vegetarian
Tagged cilantro, coconut milk, ginger, lime, rice, toasted coconut, toasted rice
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Julie Hashimoto-McCreery
