Lasagna is always perfect for celebrations – and I feel like celebrating today. First of all, my wonderful hubby was blessed to receive the first shot of the Moderna COVID vaccine today. Secondly, I took the day off and have been watching the inauguration of our 46th President and feeling ...
Celebrations
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
Easy Vegan Jambalaya . . . Just in Time for Fat Tuesday
Fat Tuesday came to my home a few days early (yesterday, to be precise!), so that I could figure out how to streamline my recipe for Jambalaya. With a little tinkering, I eliminated four ingredients, reduced eight steps to three, cut the prep time by 20 minutes, and reduced the cooking time by ...
Is Field Roast Forager’s Roast a Viable Vegan Turkey Alternative?
With Thanksgiving only a week away, I've been trying out some new alternatives to my usual suspect for vegan turkey - Quorn's Turk'y Roast. I was a tad skeptical when I read the ingredients in Field Roast Smokey Forager's Roast - especially since a pineapple mustard glaze didn't seem in keeping ...
Spinach Chorizo Enchiladas for Cinque de Mayo
Since Cinque de Mayo is just a week away, I wanted to put a fresh spin on enchiladas with my favorite plant-based chorizo, El Zapatista from my friends at No Evil Foods. Since we wanted it loaded with veggies and our favorite chorizo plant meat, we included sauted onions, yellow ...
