Plant-based Fresh and Foraged Recipes
Although winter can provide us with stunning, ice and snow covered landscapes, glittering and sacrosanct, it also surrounds us with darkness. These days it will often still be dark as I make my way to work, and I’m lucky to catch a few rays of …
Starting around December 1st, holiday carols become a staple in my life- I turn them on for my drive to and from work, and then again every evening to cook dinner. It only took about a week of listening to carols to feel the need …
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 …
It’s Thanksgiving time, so I wanted to share with you all a great recipe for Thanksgiving salad. With bright, sour, popping cranberry flavors, these bright red gems will burst through the other heavier Thanksgiving fare. Cranberries are sour and fresh, lightly roasted with maple syrup. …
It’s as American as apple pie- actually probably much more American, since apples were imported from Europe and corn was domesticated here. Vegan cornbread! This vegan cornbread get’s a little extra flavor with some quinoa flour, and a bit more fun and texture with a …
To me, winter soup is brothy and warming. They contain a lot of items that last well in a pantry (lentils, beans, roots and grains), augmented with a few bright flashes of fresh vegetable for interest. Although this was first written in Autumn, I built …
This vegan apple tart is the perfect type of dessert for those days you don’t want to cook, but do want something hot and delicious. There’s no need to make pastry, or precook the apples, just melt a little vegan butter, assemble, and bake. Let …
Recently, without any idea of what it was, I ordered tofu larb from a Thai restaurant. It was tofu, and all of the ingredients listed were vegan, so why not. When the dish arrived, I was not immediately impressed with the square little tofu cubes, …
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 …
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 …