If the week before Christmas is as crazy busy for you as it is for me, you might want to try my butternut squash and sweet potato soup. It can cook all day in the slow cooker while you're at work or doing some last minute shopping, and only needs a few minutes of hands-on time when you get home ...
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Hungarian Stuffed Cabbage Rolls
With the winter storm battering the Carolinas yesterday, I decided to stay indoors and make old-fashioned comfort food. Since I make a lot more Italian food than Hungarian, I decided to honor my Hungarian heritage and make a vegan version of a childhood favorite - Stuffed Cabbage. I bought a ...
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 ...
Fall Calls for Brussels Sprouts!
There's something about the onset of cooler weather that makes me crave Brussels Sprouts. Alas, this much maligned veggie is one of the most loathed by many folks. Perhaps it's because too many people have only experienced them mushy, stinky, and boiled to death at holiday family gatherings. ...
Not Your Mom’s Stuffed Peppers Redux
If your childhood was similar to mine, your mother may have made stuffed green peppers with minute rice and ground meat swimming in tomato sauce. (My hubby claims that his mom always used ketchup!) Frankly, mom - they were never my favorite dinner. Although I've blogged about ...
Baked Stuffed Zucchini Blossoms
Did you know that zucchini blossoms are not only edible - they are delectable! Many of the friendly Asian farmers in Building A at the Charlotte Regional Farmers Market are selling zucchini blossoms in the fall as well as the spring. That's good news for me because stuffed zucchini blossoms ...
End of summer classics: Stuffed Baby Eggplants and Peach Burrata Salad
The sun is finally peaking through the clouds here in my part of South Carolina - and that's a good thing after three relentless days of rain from Hurricane Florence. Many parts of the Carolinas are still under siege from power outages and rising flood waters, and I pray that the waters will recede ...
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 ...
