Plant-based Fresh and Foraged Recipes
Have you ever bit into a chocolate coated candy, and been met with a jelly-like cranberry flavored center, and thought “oh yay! A mushroom!”. No? Well I’m here to make that a possibility for you. These chocolate coated cranberry wood ear mushrooms are perfect for …
Click Here for a Print-Friendly Version Mashed potatoes are as iconic to Thanksgiving as cranberry sauce or stuffing- billowing white clouds of creamy, fluffy potato drowning in rich, silky gravy is a feature on most plates at Thanksgiving. To shake things up a little, I …
The crispy yet light faux crab cakes (vegan lion’s mane crab cakes) are made up of mushrooms and chickpeas, with a carefully selected blend of spices to enhance the flavor, and breadcrumbs, aquafaba and vegan mayonnaise to provide the perfect texture. Served on a bed …
Pawpaws- the soft, sweet, caramelly, custard-like, tropical fruit found across the decidedly non-tropical tasting fruit. The caramel hints inspired me to use the pawpaw, along with coconut milk, to give a common caramel sauce a tropical touch. This pawpaw caramel sauce can be drizzled over …
Blueberry muffins are always a treat- sweet, purple berries, plump and juicy bursts of goodness interrupting what might have otherwise been a more mundane muffin experience. These muffins are brought to the next level, because in the background of the blueberry bursts, a fruity, tropical …
Chicken piccata is a dish that I’ve never had before, but in my quest to find traditionally chicken recipes to make with my wild chicken of the woods mushrooms (more about those below), the chicken piccata stood out. It is simple, takes less than 30 …
For a Printable Recipe, Click Here Dumplings are one of my favorite foods- they’re soft on the inside, and crispy on the outside. Good dumplings are filled with something delicious and savory, and of course all dumplings have a pasta element. The best part is it isn’t hard to make …
I loved pad thai the first time I tried it, and it took me years to get over my pad thai obsession enough to try any other dish. When I finally did, I realized I might never eat pad thai again- pad kee mao (often …
Creamy, buttery, rich, spiced gravy covers and surrounds tender chicken of the woods mushroom pieces in our version of an Indian classic, vegan butter chicken of the woods. This flaky, chicken-flavored mushroom is the perfect chicken alternative in this rich, flavorful dish. Serve over rice …
For a printable version, click here. I spent the last week in Canada, where, in fear of roaming charges and in an effort to relax and disconnect, cellphones are turned off and computers left at home. This annual trip to the little wooden cottage is a tradition which …