Most people love the convenience of sheet pan dinners, but the sad truth is that ingredients are often unevenly cooked – especially plant-based protein products which cook much more quickly than meat. At least, that’s what I thought before I was introduced to Cheat Sheets. A dear friend gave ...
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Sweet Baby Turnips for your Smaller Thanksgiving Celebration
Turnips for Thanksgiving? Oh Yeah! You heard me alright, WE are having turnips for Thanksgiving! If your Thanksgiving celebration next week is much smaller than in years past, consider using baby vegetables to provide the familiar fall flavors you crave, without producing an overwhelming amount ...
Taking the Meat out of Meatloaf – Redux!
Taking the Meat out of Meatloaf was my most popular post last year . . . but many of you pointed out that I neglected to indicate the amount of oatmeal to use. Talk about feeling like a total dunce! Well, I’ve tinkered with this recipe a half-dozen times since then, and think that I’ve finally ...
Is Meat-Packing Really an Essential Industry?
I hope that all of you are as concerned about the outbreaks of positive COVID-19 cases at meat-packing plants as I am. Although I understand that there are studies that say that COVID-19 can't be transmitted by eating food, I am very concerned about the workers in these plants, and would invite ...
My Mushroom Gravy takes Gardein’s Holiday Roast from Very Good to Great!
There are a lot of new plant-based turkey options for Thanksgiving this year. The first one I tried is Gardein Holiday Roast. Our overall consensus was that it has a great, turkey-like taste - but the gravy packets that are included need to be discarded . . .pronto! I had my husband try a sip ...
Taking the Meat out of Meatloaf
Has Beyond Beef finally created the perfect plant-based ground beef? This was my first time using Beyond Beef, but I already think it is clearly superior to the LightLife Gimme Lean Beef product that I used in my Mini Meat Loaves recipe in Fool a Carnivore: Meaty Main Dishes . . . Minus the ...
Gingery Damson Plum Torte
Even as iconic a dessert as Marian Burros' Original Plum Torte can benefit from a bit of improvisation. Although the classic recipe appears each year in the NY Times Cooking section at the peak of plum season, its simplicity lends itself to modest enhancements that can make it even more ...
Festive Purple Cabbage Slaw
Looking for a perfect side for your Memorial Day celebration? Look no further! My Festive Purple Cabbage Slaw is vegan, refreshing, healthy, simple to make . . . and delicious! It takes less than 20 minutes to prep your vegetables and make the dressing. Here are the veggies in the raw, ...
