**This post is part of a month-long series as I participate in the Salad as a Meal Challenge. There are so many different ways to eat vegetables outside of the salad bowl–from soups to spreads. This is one of my favorite …
Salad from the Pantry: Pickled Garlic
**This post is part of a month-long series as I participate in the Salad as a Meal Challenge. One of my favorite parts of this cookbook is the whole section in the back called “Pantry.” I rely on the stock in …
Salad Essentials: Dressing
**This post is part of a month-long series as I participate in the Salad as a Meal Challenge. People complain to me all the time that salad doesn’t work as a meal. To some extent I agree–if you take a …
Salad as a Meal Challenge
For the next four weeks, I am privileged to participate in the Salad as a Meal Challenge. Salad as a Meal is a wonderful cookbook written by Patricia Wells, and it is filled with wonderful recipes starring–you guessed it–veggies! Why …
Product Review: Katz Gluten Free
One glorious day a few months ago, I received in the mail a package containing the beautiful bounty above. There aren’t too many things I miss about being gluten-free, but one of them is definitely rugelach. We used to have …
Baingan Bharta w/ Chickpeas
I’ve been following SusanV of Fat Free Vegan for years now. She always has great ideas for making delicious, healthy food. Recently, she posted a recipe for an eggplant and chickpea curry, which looked divine. She admits that she pretty …
Creamy Broccoli Soup w/ Cumin (Dairy Free)
(Sorry I’ve been so MIA, the last few weeks of work have been kicking my butt. I hope to be better in the future!) Last weekend I bought a big bag of fresh broccoli, and by the middle of the …
Smoky Turkey Chili w/ Sage
Before you say anything, I realize this is my second recipe in a row using sage (in my kitchen it’s my third: I made a batch of savory and delicious sage pumpkin muffins). This is one of the ways I …
Chicken w/ Mushrooms & Sage
I love cooking and baking with fresh herbs, but I haven’t had much experience with sage. No particular reason–it’s not that I don’t like sage, I just had other herbs I was perhaps more familiar with.
Vegetarian Lentil Burgers
There aren’t too many things I miss about being gluten-free, but I really miss veggie burgers. I used to eat my weight in Morningstar Farms, but everything they make has “vital wheat gluten” in it. I figured I’d just live …