Collard Greens and Maitake Steamed Buns (Hen of the Woods)

Collard Greens and Maitake Steamed Buns (Hen of the Woods)

White, puffy buns with a smooth, shiny, glossy crust. Break inside to reveal a center filled with savory collard greens and meaty, delicious, maitake (hen of the woods) mushrooms. These maitake steamed buns are everything you might want out of these filled doughy delights- they 

Thai Red Curry Sweet Potato Dip

Thai Red Curry Sweet Potato Dip

Simplicity in cooking is an art- no one really wants to go to the store and buy 50 ingredients, so you can use a tablespoon or two in a 3 day long cooking process. Alternatively, no one really wants overly simplistic food either- a stick 

Perfect Vegan Oven-Roasted Potatoes

Perfect Vegan Oven-Roasted Potatoes

Crispy on the outside, soft on the inside. Like a fry, but not fried.  Delicious plain, with ketchup, or any other of your favorite condiments. These are the perfect vegan oven-roasted potatoes- not too crunchy, flavorful, and cheap and easy. Just how I like my 

Roasted Vegan Summer Squash Side Dish

Roasted Vegan Summer Squash Side Dish

July is when summer squash really starts to take over my house. I do anything I can to try and use it- spiralize “noodles”, bake into tater tots, make elaborate tian provençal. There are no days off from summer squash, but sometimes I try and 

Homemade Vegan Seaweed Crackers

Homemade Vegan Seaweed Crackers

Crackers- a world of thin, crispy, salty, flaky, crunchy possibilities. Like bread, but much, much flatter. These seaweed crackers are more crunchy, and not very flaky. They have textural variation, being filled with dulse flakes and flax seeds. They are tasty, and perfect for those 

Wild Garlic Mustard Tartlets

Wild Garlic Mustard Tartlets

For a brief few weeks in my teen years I worked for a catering company, and formed a very strong association between fancy parties and spanakopita. It’s very possible I need to go to fancier parties, but even so these spinach filled phyllo dough bundles 

Homemade Mushroom Tortillas

Homemade Mushroom Tortillas

Click Here for a Print-Friendly Recipe Today I wanted to share with you my recipe for homemade, mushroom tortillas. Making your own tortillas is something that sounded like a whole lot of work when I first considered it. Like making your own pasta or bread, 

Roasted Sweet Potato in Cape Gooseberry Sauce

Roasted Sweet Potato in Cape Gooseberry Sauce

What did I feel like eating today? Cape gooseberries- so I made roasted sweet potato in cape gooseberry sauce. The warm, sugary, hearty sweet potatoes add a earthy element to the bright, zingy, sweet-and-sour, pure sunshine of a cape gooseberry sauce, with notes of rosemary 

Spicy Garlic Roasted Chickpeas Snack

Spicy Garlic Roasted Chickpeas Snack

What’s on the table today? Basically the perfect snack. Spicy garlic roasted chickpeas, still a little warm from the oven. On the outside they’re hard and crispy. On the inside, this snack becomes soft, so it just melts in your mouth. These chickpeas are spiced 

15-Minute Sesame Roasted Snap Peas

15-Minute Sesame Roasted Snap Peas

If you’re looking for to prepare peas in a low effort (but slightly more effort than eating them raw) and delicious dish, these sesame roasted snap peas are for you! Rich, savory, and nutty, they are surprisingly addictive and a perfect way to add the taste of Spring to your table (no matter the season). I intended them as a side dish, but the first time we made them they ended up just being dinner- just because we couldn’t stop snacking on them long enough to make anything else.