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Category Archives: Vegetarian
Toasted Coconut Cake with Vanilla Buttercream Frosting
Some days require cake just because the day requires cake. There doesn’t have to be a special occasion involved. No birthday, no holiday, no celebrating. Just cake. I don’t believe in justifying reasons for dessert (even though I do it … Continue reading
Posted in Baking, Dessert, Snacks, Vegetarian
Tagged buttercream frosting, cake, coconut cake, dessert, easy dessert, fluffy coconut cake, small layer cake, toasted coconut cake
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Buttermilk Ginger Scones
When it comes to breakfast, I generally opt out of eating it. Usually because I’m not often hungry until lunch time, not so much because I don’t appreciate breakfast foods. The truth is, there are a few breakfast items I … Continue reading
Cashew Basil Pesto
When it comes to summer, one of my favorite widely available ingredients is fresh basil. In the last 6 years, I only successfully grew it once. This year, however, our garden is FILLED with all sorts of basil! Lemon basil, … Continue reading
Summer Corn Salad
Summer has arrived full-on and I don’t know how the hell it happened. Next week is July? How’d we get here? For the first time in 28 years, I’ve got a garden that is chock-full of produce. Rich two-year-old compost … Continue reading
Not Your Grandmama’s Red Velvet (Cup)cake(s) with Cream Cheese Frosting
Sometimes a recipe poses obstacles. For instance, when a certain little boy tells me he’d like red velvet cupcakes for his birthday party, I need to wrestle with the idea of using food coloring I’d typically prefer not adding to … Continue reading
Vegetarian Meatloaf
I’m sure meatloaf gets a bad rap because, well, the term “meatloaf” isn’t exactly sexy. What the term does do, however, is describe precisely what it is – ground meat shaped into a loaf (P.S. “loaf” is also unsexy sounding all on … Continue reading
Sweetly Spiced Yogurt Pudding
We just had a week filled with birthday celebrating. Silas has had three separate birthday celebrations – all of them including homemade treats and cooking. I made a vanilla cake with salted caramel meringue buttercream filling. The process of making … Continue reading
Gluten Free Green Chile Sweet Corn Mac and Cheese
The last week has been a whirlwind. While I’ve got more than a few recipes ready to show up on this little blog, the last handful of days have been long and come 10:30 at night, the last thing I … Continue reading
Posted in Appetizer, Dinner, Gluten-Free, Kids, Lunch, Sauces, Sides, Vegetarian
Tagged gluten free, gluten free pasta dishes, green chile cheese sauce, green chiles and sweet corn, homemade mac and cheese, mac and cheese, macaroni and cheese, quinoa macaroni and cheese, quinoa pasta, sweet corn mac and cheese, vegetarian
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Jamaican Jerk Seitan
It’s officially summer around here. While I enjoy long summer days, filled with sunshine at 5:30 AM well until after 8 PM, already that time is flying by. I’m looking forward to meals that don’t involve heating my kitchen, or … Continue reading
Posted in Dinner, Lunch, Meatless Meat, Sauces, Vegetarian
Tagged dinner, homemade seitan, jamaican jerk chicken, jamaican jerk sauce, jamaican jerk sauce recipe, jamaican spiced sauce, jerk sauce, spicy sauces, spicy seitan, vegetarian jamaican chicken, vegetarian jerk sauce, vegetarian meat, veggie jamaican jerk chicken, wheat meat
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Julie Hashimoto-McCreery
