Vegans and vegetarians rejoice! You finally have a plant-based burger that can compete with the "real meat" burgers at your family's Fourth of July bash. The cool folks at Beyond Meat have taken the Beast Burger up several notches with The Beyond Burger. I was thrilled to find it yesterday ...
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Pesto Pasta with Quorn’s New Vegan Chik’n Tenders
I am thrilled to find that Quorn is now marketing its vegan products in the US! I've been a big fan of Quorn Meatless and Soy-Free Chik'n Tenders for many years, and I've long wondered why Quorn Vegan Pieces (as they are called in the UK) weren't available in America. Well wonder no ...
Get Your Greens with Chimichurri Sauce
I discovered this weekend that making chimichurri sauce is even easier than making pesto. This potent fresh green sauce from Argentina combines fresh basil, mint, flat leaf parsley, and cilantro with olive oil, lemon, and garlic and can be made in less than five minutes in a food ...
How to Cube a Mango in Three Easy Steps
My marketing and social media savvy son, Nick, tells me that I need to do shorter posts more regularly. Since I usually blog only once I've perfected a recipe after making it multiple times, I'm departing from that course and will be taking Nick's advice today. Despite the plethora of internet ...
Can Eating More Plants Help You Live Longer?
According to a recent article in Time, one of the three things you can do to extend your life is to eat way more plants. We all like finding articles that support what we believe, so I was pleased to read that ". . . the healthiest diet is the one in which you eat a lot of plants." With that ...
Not Your Mom’s Stuffed Peppers
My school garden from 3rd to 12th grade produced a lot of peppers. In those days, we only grew green bell peppers - not the colorful yellow, orange, and red bell peppers, nor the exotic array of "hotter" pepper varieties I now find at the farmer's market. Although I have a great recipe for Baked ...
Spinach and Kale Pasta (or How to Fool My AMD Parent into Eating What’s Good For Her!)
You probably know that eating cooked dark leafy greens is one of the best ways to lower your risk for Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD). But what do you do with a 91 year old mom who turns up her nose at cooked dark green veggies? My solution? Mix them with pasta! Since pasta is the one ...
Oven Baked Ratatouille with Vegan Spinach Pesto Sausage
Finding a new way to make a favorite dish is always fun. That's one of the reasons I continue to subscribe to both the print and online editions of Cook's Illustrated and Cook's Country, even though a lot of their recipes contain meat and chicken. I love the fact that their super smart cooks do ...
