Category Archives: Vegetarian
Meatless Monday: Vegetarian Posole with Roasted Peppers, Pinto Beans and Soyrizo
I suppose if you cook every day, it’s bound to happen. I wonder if even the most illustrious chefs experience cooking burnout. Lately I’ve felt as though everything in my kitchen is some variation of just a few standby dishes … Continue reading
Meatless Monday: Creamy Vegan Coconut Pumpkin Soup
Things I especially love about this time of year are plentiful. While the days are noticeably shorter, there is still daylight. And in that daylight, there are still warm hours of the day. I can still get by with wearing … Continue reading
Ethiopian Food, Part 4: Atkilt Wat
I’ve shared a number of Ethiopian recipes with you, and this is the last one to round out all of those dishes. I am not a huge fan of cabbage. As a kid, I distinctly remember my mom cooking it … Continue reading
Ethiopian Food, Part 3: Mesir Wat
For a little while, I thought I was just going to share a slew of Ethiopian food recipes with you. We got started… then life happened and somehow today is October?! With school in full swing, football and water polo both … Continue reading
Meatless Monday: Raw Green Bean Salad with Slow Roasted Tomatoes and Feta
Even as a child (because I was weird one!) green beans were one of my favorite vegetables! Granted, those green beans also often accompanied a frozen package of corn, peas, and oddly square-shaped carrots. Last growing season I accidentally planted … Continue reading
Meatless Monday: Quorn Chik’n and Dumplings
Traditionally, chicken and dumplings are a Midwestern and/or Southern comfort dish. As with many comfort foods, the dish can vary, depending on whose dinner table or restaurant you’re at. Some versions contain more soupy stew and small, flat rectangular dumplings. … Continue reading
Ethiopian Food, Part 2: Ingudai Tibs
Although its taken a couple decades, generally I can appreciate mushrooms these days. Most often it’s on pizza like this one but when we had Ethipian food for the first time, there was a mushroom dish that was pleasantly spicy, … Continue reading
Ethiopian Food, Part 1: Injera and Berbere Spice Blend
One benefit of having kids around who are adventurous eaters is it often means trying new foods. Two summers ago, we were in Berkeley, California and decided to go out for sit-down-style dinner. There was an Ethiopian restaurant down the … Continue reading
Meatless Monday: Vegetarian Pepperoni Pizza Mac and Cheese
My 15-year-old stepson has been a vegetarian his entire life, by his own choosing. The few exceptions around that came when he was really little… He and my husband used to enjoy garlic clam pizza at Golden Boy in San … Continue reading
Meatless Monday: Mushroom Pizza with Homemade Pesto and a No-Knead Crust
I posted a version of this pizza a couple months ago, but wanted to give it a revamping. Half the time when I make this pizza, I cannot decide what it is that works so well. Is the magic all … Continue reading