Plant-based Fresh and Foraged Recipes
Pancakes- those flat, thin, (usually) breakfast-food, quick-cooking cakes. A treat from my childhood, they were served plain, with maple syrup (never pancake syrup!) or, for a really special occasion, with chocolate chips, fresh strawberries and whipped cream. Sweet or savory, pancakes are a favorite for …
Click Here for a Print-Friendly Version Savory spreads are (forgive the pun) my jam! They are something I have only recently gotten into, but since then I order a pâté at every available opportunity. While there are many ways to make a vegan pâté, this …
Salty, pickled, sweet, smooth, and rich folded in an elegant bouquet of “rose” petals brings to life a winter-vegetable version of salad pizza. The hearty buckwheat crust supports a creamy, smooth, garlicky spinach pesto, sweet caramelized onions, spicy, salted radishes, crisp radish sprouts, simply pickled …
Sometimes a white, fluffy pizza dough is the perfect base for your perfect pizza- but not always. For those other times, this simple buckwheat pizza dough adds just the earthy, nutty, slightly bitter edge to ground your toppings. I made this crust for my vegan …
Crunch, dip, sip, stir, swallow. Sweet maple, crunchy walnuts and silky white chocolate weave together in this crunchy, toasted, Italian cookie. Almond and anise, move aside, because this classic maple and walnut combination is perfectly at home on our vegan biscotti. Make a batch, and …
These small, shiny black pearls of homemade vegan caviar pop to give way to a surprising amount of subtle ocean flavor- they are salty, fishy, umami, and complex. The flavor isn’t overly strong, but it can’t be missed either- like soft waves of ocean, lapping …
We may be hit with a little bit of warm weather as I write this- today peaked in the sixties!- but as we continue into February, things are bound to get colder. February is the coldest month of the year, so temperatures below zero are …
There’s nothing worse than buying a loaf of beautiful, hearty bread, and not eating it in time so you’re left with a stale, hard, inedible loaf. This is a recipe that seeks to salvage that stale bread- the Italian classic of pane cotto. With a …
Rice- The Global Staple Rice- short grained, long grained, brown or white- it’s a simple ingredient, but one that finds itself at the heart of many different food cultures. It is the seed of grass species, and is enjoyed around the globe, at it’s highest …
“You’re veeegan? But where do you get your protein?” This repeated refrain is basically like being inducted into the vegan club. Along with “plants feel pain too” and “BACON!”, the phrases basically start to sound like the buzzing of an annoying mosquito- ever present, unceasing, …