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Category Archives: Vegan
Top 16 Recipes from 2012
It’s almost 2013 and yet, somehow it feels as though 2012 just started a few short weeks ago. Its been a good year, filled with family, friends, travel, new recipes, good food… A year’s worth of blogging. And I’m graciously … Continue reading
Cashew and Red Pepper Marinara Sauce
I think I’ll share a secret with you. I love cooking, experimenting with recipes, and making food for folks. However, it’s a conundrum. When it comes to hosting folks for a meal, I feel as if I’d earn a big … Continue reading
Vegetarian Shiitake Leek Stuffing
I am deliriously behind in sharing some recipes from… oh, Thanksgiving. We’ve been busy. My husband and I just celebrated our one year anniversary. Then his birthday, the following week. Not to mention my mister has a band, Cast of … Continue reading
Leo’s Limoncello
When one of my stepsons turned thirteen, his mom hosted a dinner at her house which also included her parents as guests – Vincent’s grandparents. Quickly after we arrived, Leo – Vincent’s Italian grandfather – pulled out a green Grolsch … Continue reading
Posted in Beverages, Booze, Gluten-Free, Life, Vegan, Vegetarian
Tagged Eureka lemon, everclear, homemade limoncello, homemade liqueur, limoncello, limoncello liqueur, limoncello recipe
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Spiced Apple Cranberry Pie
I’ve been enjoying the flavors of fall incredibly much. While for the past many years I’ve been intimidated by ingredients that I don’t often use, or recipes that require some actual form of skill (and less reliance on luck), I … Continue reading
Cranberry Apple Pear Sauce
The first time I made homemade cranberry sauce after meeting my husband, he was very, very hesitant to try it. He said he’d never liked cranberry sauce before… I realized he was referring to the canned, jellied cranberry sauce you … Continue reading
Posted in Appetizer, Breakfast, Dessert, Lunch, Sauces, Sides, Vegan, Vegetarian
Tagged apples, cranapple sauce, cranberries, fall cranberry recipes, fall recipes, pears, side dishes, Thanksgiving recipes, Thanksgiving sidedish
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Chai Spiced Homemade Applesauce
We have a Japanese maple tree that borders along our front yard and the neighbor’s house. It’s the tell-tale give away I depend on each year to determine fall’s arrival. The leaves transition from vibrant greens of every shade to … Continue reading
Posted in Appetizer, Breakfast, Dessert, Gluten-Free, Kids, Lunch, Sauces, Sides, Vegan, Vegetarian
Tagged applesauce, bosc pear, brown sugar, ceylon cinnamon, cinnamon, cloves, ginger, gravenstein apple, Gravenstein apples, gravenstein applesauce, homemade applesauce, honey, nutmeg, orange peel, pears, spices, vanilla
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Roasted Tomato Cashew Basil Soup
I am not someone who dwells on the changing seasons, hoping for summer to last a little longer, or for winter to pass more quickly. As the seasons change, I accept and adjust accordingly. Except the whole shoe thing: I … Continue reading
Posted in Appetizer, Dinner, Gluten-Free, Lunch, Travel, Vegan, Vegetarian
Tagged basil, cashew soup, cashews, creamy vegan soup, garlic, roasted tomatoes, tomato basil soup, tomatoes, vegan soup, vegetarian soup
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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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Vegan Spam
Once upon a time, I had a craving for a spam musubi. Yes, that mysterious rectangular pink colored who-knows-what. If you didn’t grow up in Hawaii or haven’t spent a good amount of time there, the whole idea of … Continue reading
Posted in Appetizer, Dinner, Gluten-Free, Sides, Vegan, Vegetarian
Tagged garlic, nori, nutritional yeast, soy sauce, soybeans, spam musubi, sticky rice, tomato juice, vegan spam, vegan spam musubi, vegetarian spam, vegetarian spam musubi
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Julie Hashimoto-McCreery
