Meatless Monday: Boston Black Bean Soup A few weeks ago, a friend of mine got braces for her second time. Having had braces twice myself, I’m well aware of the pain of...
Meatless Monday: Avocado-Tahini Crostini A few days ago, I attended a house concert featuring my friend and colleague, Kate MacLeod. House concerts are always fun—intimate and informal. Sometimes they’re structured...
Meatless Monday: Kale White Bean Soup, Fast or Slow I got a multicooker for Christmas this year. While I’m quite adept at cooking from scratch (because that’s how I always cook) I’m intrigued with the...
Meatless Monday: Black-Eyed Peas, Squash & Shiitakes Tomorrow is New Year’s Day. Southern tradition says that eating black-eyed peas on New Year’s Day brings good luck. As with any superstition, there are many...
Meatless Monday: Goji-Saffron Soup with Sorghum When I was looking through my cookbooks and magazines for Thanksgiving ideas, I stumbled upon several recipes that looked so unusual that I marked them for...
Meatless Monday: Pear Almond Tart Looking for a dessert that looks and tastes amazing, but takes relatively little time to make? Try a Pear Almond Tart. It’s beautiful, delicious and very...
Roasted Cauliflower with Crispy Sage I committed to make three dishes for Thanksgiving this year. When you plan a meatless meal for a meat-heavy holiday, things can get complicated...
Meatless Monday: Yam Brussels Sprouts Pizza Turkey and stuffing may get most of the Thanksgiving accolades, but for those of us who are meatless, it’s the side dishes that end up being...
Meatless Monday: A Vegan Thanksgiving ’Tis the season of elevated eating. This Thursday is, of course, Thanksgiving. It’s always been one of my favorite holidays. My grandfather’s birthday was around Thanksgiving,...
Meatless Monday: Moroccan Roasted Veggie Bowl Superfood bowls are so much fun to put together. With veggies, legumes, grains, sauces and dressings all mixed into one bowl, these one-dish meals can seem...
Meatless Monday: Jamaican-Spiced Quinoa Chili Chili was one of the first things I learned to cook, way back when I first left home. It always felt like a huge accomplishment, even...
Meatless Monday: Spiralized Yam Bowl with Avocado Pesto I’m not gluten free, but that doesn’t mean I don’t enjoy substituting spiralized veggies for pasta. In recent months, i’ve spiralized zucchini, apples, yellow potatoes and...
Meatless Monday: Broccoli with Peppers, Olives and Feta Cruciferous vegetables are the bomb. Also called “brassicas,” broccoli, cauliflower, kale, bok choy, cabbage, romanesco, Brussels sprouts, etc., are packed with immune-boosting phytochemicals. High in sulforaphane,...
Meatless Monday: Chickpea Tofu Scramble Since I’ve cut my soy consumption in the past few years, one of the brunchy items I’ve missed is tofu scramble. It’s one of those meals...
Meatless Monday: Chickpea Tofu In the past few years, I’ve cut back on my soy consumption. As a 40-year vegetarian, I’ve cooked with tempeh and tofu for years in order...
Meatless Monday: Eggplant-Tomato Bake Eggplant and tomato season usually happens in August. But for some reason, my tomatoes and eggplants are just now ripening consistently. I grow heirlooms, thanks to...
Meatless Monday: Pear Clafoutis Last week I posted a recipe for a salad featuring the luscious Bartlett pears from my small but prolific pear tree. With the intention of not...
Meatless Monday: Green Salad with Pears & Manchego September is a contender for my favorite month. First, in theory, it begins to cool off in September (although this year it’s still pushing the upper...