Since our Carolina Panthers are the odds-on favorite to win Super Bowl 50, you better believe that I’ll be cheering them on with my family and some good friends this Sunday. And I can’t think of a better Super Bowl appetizer than Mexican Seven Layer Dip. Although Seven Layer Dip is often a ...
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Brazilian Feijoada Redux
Maybe it’s being snowbound in the Carolinas because of Winter Storm Jonas . . . Or maybe it’s binge-watching Mozart in the Jungle . . . But I’ve been craving Brazilian food. (OK, I know that Rodrigo is from Mexico City, but I’m at the point in Season 2 where the New York Symphony is ...
Caribbean cooking – vegan style!
In looking at other cultures that use few dairy products in their cooking, I thought it would be fun to develop some recipes using ingredients commonly found in Caribbean cooking. Like my last post on Chicken-free Tagine, this is not an authentic, traditional recipe or based on the ...
Chicken-free Tagine
In my quest for new ideas for vegan recipes, I've realized that I need to explore other cultures that are less dairy-dependent than the cuisines of Italy and France - my two long-time favorites. Our fridge was short on fresh veggies, so I needed to make a pantry-centric dinner one night last week . ...
What does it mean to be 80% Vegan?
Happy New Year! One of my goals this year is to re-think my cooking and eating so that I am eating 80% vegan. I've tried many times to eat 100% vegan and find that it is not sustainable because I am just craving too many delicious ingredients that I love. Take last night, for ...
My Maple-Glazed Quorn Turk’y Roast will sweeten up your holiday meal
I've been eager to share the great new recipe I came up with at Thanksgiving for Quorn Turk'y Roast. Unfortunately, in our haste to eat it, I failed to take photos of the finished meal. So, I had to wait until it was almost Christmas to try this out again - and man, it's even better with a ...
Mountain Man – Out of the Campfire and into your Kitchen!
This is my fresh take on a traditional Boy Scout camping classic. After a camping trip a few years ago, our son Nick described how they layered sliced raw potatoes in a well-greased Dutch oven, with raw eggs, onion, and sausage on top. The Scouts would then cover the Dutch oven and bake the ...
Is Sesame Chicken Possible – without the Chicken?
Ever since our son Nick came home from Stetson after graduation, he has been craving Sesame Chicken. But not just any Sesame Chicken – apparently Top’s China was the favorite place for starving Stetson students to gorge on this Chinese staple in DeLand, Florida. Since Nick knows that I’m not ...
