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 ...
Slow Cooker Meals
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 ...
Slow Cooker Baked Ziti
Baked Ziti is a hearty, stick to your ribs, child-friendly comfort food dinner that is easily made in the slow cooker. For years, I par-boiled the ziti, layered it in a baking dish with sauce, ricotta, and a vegetarian ground meat or sausage layer, and then baked it in the oven. I recently woke up ...
Slow cookers are not just for winter meals
I bought a lovely organic cabbage at the farmers market a couple of weeks ago with the intention of making coleslaw. When I found the aging cabbage in the bottom of my produce bin the other day (remember, I have three refrigerators), I knew that my only viable option was to use it in a ...
Beyond Meat Puts the Carne Back into Chili
When the weather starts to turn cool, I always turn to my slow cooker. My Cuisinart Cook Central Mulit-Function Cooker has truly revolutionized how I make dinner. No longer do I have to separately sauté in another pan that needs to be washed. Now I do everything in this wonderful ...
Three Bean Corn Chili with Beyond Meat Beef-Free Feisty Crumbles
I've made a lot of batches of meatless chili. In fact, my Mexican Black Bean Chili is one of my most requested recipes from Fool a Carnivore. Nothing prepared us for the beefy wallop of Beyond Meat Beef-Free Feisty Crumbles. In fact, my carnivore husband took his first taste and had just two ...
Cannellini Chorizo Stew
This recipe will take you about fifteen minutes to prepare and assemble before you leave for work. Your efforts will be rewarded when you walk in the door knowing that all you have to do is wash and slice the spinach, sauté the sausages, make a salad, and dinner will be on the table. You can use ...
Brazilian Feijoada
Feijoada has been a staple in my culinary repertoire ever since I was introduced to the dish by Frances Moore Lappé in her seminal book, Diet for a Small Planet. It seemed exotic to me as a teen, and the hearty flavor of the beans was very satisfying on a brisk autumn evening. I’ve made many ...