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Recipes with a savory taste!
I originally set out to make chili tonight for health purposes. My office is a minefield of overeating and carbohydrates as of late. From leftover bagels to cookie platters, the temptations are everywhere. Chili seemed like a clean and healthy way to enter the week and hit restart on my willpower (I figure if I’m …
As promised, here is a follow up to the first zucchini noodle dish. I had to get creative, as Friday’s ingredients were nearing defeat (defeat [dih-feet], when a person with a guilt complex cannot use up every ounce of her produce in time 1. She felt responsible for the starvation of thousands as she disposed of …
I usually come out of the weekend with an empty refrigerator, but Friday night’s dinner party left me with a random assortment of leftover ingredients. Tonight’s dinner was inspired by a surplus of zucchini (expect another zucchini recipe later this week–I’m thinking cooked zucchini noodles with fresh pesto!). If the words raw and vegan haven’t …
I love condiments and spices. It takes all of my willpower to resist dousing my dishes in salt and pepper before the first bite. It’s a losing battle with Italian; pasta and pizza last only moments before I spoon on crushed red pepper flakes. I won’t even start with my Sriracha addiction. So to find …
If you have been on Pinterest lately, you may have noticed that cauliflower is making a comeback. From pizza crust to rice, tots to cream sauce, it seems to be taking over the vegan gluten-free scene. One of my favorite dishes to eat growing up was my mom’s cauliflower bake; she would thinly slice a …
I like foods that involve a bit of work. Some people find sunflower seeds exhausting or become frustrated when trying to scrape the flesh from an artichoke leaf with their teeth. Not surprisingly, both of these snacks make it to my list of favorite eats. Aside from the ever-intimidating initial slice of a large squash, …
One day I’ll present finished products on delicate porcelain platters, snapping photos with a Nikon SLR and brainstorming a laundry list of the finest ingredients for my next dish. But for now, my iPhone does the trick, my friends do the tasting, and my dishes depend upon what I have in the pantry. With a …
I have a special place in my heart for Caesar salad. I adore the intense salty flavor, the creaminess of the dressing, the crunch of the croutons. Like many other Americans, I don’t need to be reminded I’m eating this. I’m talking to you, restaurant who lays the carcasses of shimmery eel-like fish across my …