Who doesn't secretly love fried food? While I normally just say no to fried food, the concept of an air fryer that cooks food crisp without added oil is immensely intriguing. So when America's Test Kitchen had a sale on the air fryer it rated as a "best buy", I scored a GoWISE USA 3.7 Quart ...
Field Roast Hazelnut Cranberry Roast En Croute
Check out the article in Time Magazine about the growing number of Americans who are enjoying a meat-free Thanksgiving this year. If you're among their ranks, you have a lot of great options this year. As good as Gardein Holiday Roast was the other evening, I wanted to try a different ...
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 ...
Chilaqulies with Multi-Colored Peppers and Chipotle Sausage
Peppers are in abundance at my Farmers Market - and there are so many colorful new varieties that I want to try them all! The ones pictured above are Sugar Rush Peach Peppers from my friends at Crouching Hippo - and even a few of them lent quite a bite to my Chilaquiles last week! (The ...
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 ...
The Impossible Burger is too meaty for me
Last week in Orlando, I had my very first opportunity to try The Impossible Burger. My verdict? The Impossible Burger tastes too much like meat for me. (Hence the confused look of abject horror on my face!) The Impossible Burger and Beyond Meat's Beyond Burger are actually getting quite a ...
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 ...
Cantaloupe Salad with Point Reyes Original Blue Cheese
With luscious fruit in such abundance during the summer, I'm always looking for ways to add it to my meals. I've written before about my Watermelon, Cherry Tomato and Feta Salad, and my Peach Burrata Salad - both of which are wonderful ways to end a meal because their natural sweetness eliminates ...