With all the cold, damp, rainy or snowy weather we have been experiencing lately in the Carolinas, I have gone back to my roots to re-discover some "stick to the ribs" meals I grew up with as a child in Cleveland. My ethnic background is Italian (actually Sicilian on my mother's side) and ...
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If Life Gives You Lemons . . . Make Sure They are Organic!
I always choose organic produce . . . whenever I have a choice. But many folks complain that organic produce is too expensive. I decided to test out this theory with lemons – one of my most frequently used ingredients. I bought a bag of conventionally grown GMO Sunkist lemons for ...
The Best Meatless Meals in St. John
Finding restaurants at which to enjoy great meatless meals when I'm traveling is always a challenge. I'm thankful that this is a not a problem on St. John. St. John is the least populated of the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the most beautiful. We've been to all three (St. Thomas, St. Croix, and ...
The Most Real Vegan Cream Cheese
Who makes the best vegan cream cheese? Since I have been trying to minimize the amount of dairy I consume, I have been experimenting with different vegan dairy products to try and find the brands that I think most closely mimic dairy. I tested the three brands of vegan cream cheese that I was ...
Sausage Stuffed Mushrooms for Your Super Bowl Party
Although I am not a big Super Bowl fan, I know that it is a fun opportunity to get together and share good food, fun, and laughs with family and friends. Unfortunately, too often the food that is shared is full of fat, high in calories, and not what we need to put in our bodies. I'd love to ...
Meaty Seven Layer Bean Dip for your Super Bowl Party
With Super Bowl fast approaching, I decided to re-think a dish that is a fixture at most Super Bowl parties. Although Seven Layer Dip is often a vegetarian dish (one of the few I can eat at parties!), I’ve seen some folks make it with a ground meat layer over the refried beans. That’s why I decided ...
Cooking Collards for a Crowd
Happy New Year! Hopefully, you're in the process of making your own version of a New Year's Day Good Luck Dinner. In Italy, they eat green lentils and a spicy pork sausage. In Denmark, they eat stewed kale, boiled cod, and pork. And in Poland, they eat pork and sauerkraut. Personally, I've ...
Thanksgiving for Non-Meat Eaters
As a non-meat eater since 1974, I have spent forty years of holidays explaining why I was not eating the meat focus of the meal. Trust me – I’ve brought a lot of delicious and creative vegetarian dishes to each holiday meal with my hubby’s family – only to find them bypassed or overlooked on the ...
