Welcome to my blog. I document my adventures in travel, style, and food. Hope you have a nice stay!
Lately I’ve been eating this “tuna” salad all by itself—just me and a spoon. But, as I’ve made this so many times now, I know that it’s also super good on top of a large salad, warmed up as part of an open face sandwich, and so good as a dip with toasted pita triangles.
When I wake up to cold and snow and general crappiness in the weather all I want to do is curl up on the sofa with a book or a TV marathon. And, of course, super delicious comfort food! What came to mind today was my grandmothers banana bread.
I’m a huge fan of avocado but it’s not necessarily a pasta sauce in the making. But, combine avocado with white beans, a bit of sesame oil, and seasonings and you have a versatile sauce that works warm or cold, on pasta or over greens. It’s amazing!
If you’ve not noticed from my posts so far, I like soup. I’d been wanting to make a soup with a strong nut flavoring for a while and decided on a potato and macadamia nut base.
Most of the Thai, Indian, or Chinese inspired dishes I make are me just winging it in the kitchen. After making an impromptu batch of dan dan style noodles and sauce the other day I decided that this was one recipe that I needed to recreate (and write down!).
Pasta is pretty much my go to meal. If I’m celebrating, it’s pasta. If I’m sad, it’s pasta. If I just can’t decide what I want to eat—you guessed it—pasta. I heart pasta!
This was my first crack at creating a specific type of mock meat and I think it turned out really well :-) All in all, I’m super pleased with this and my weekly home made pizza night will benefit greatly from my experimentation!
When the weather gets cold and crappy I always want to cozy up on the weekend, watch a movie, and eat a warm bowl of soup or chili. And, since I’ve made several soups recently, this weekend I thought I’d make chili; a lovely bowl of bean chili that is light but also warm, soothing, and filling.
I love a good hummus. Frankly, I likely eat far too much hummus… but, is there really any such thing as too much when it comes to hummus. No. I say no.
This is my first crack at a feta-style cheese which takes advantage of the solidness and flavor-absorption qualities of tofu. Yep, tofu. Before you wrinkle your nose up at this idea just take a breath and give it a chance.
There are definitely recipes out there that will yield a more silky and solid type of mozzarella but they call for much more difficult to get ingredients. I’m sure that those recipes are amazing, but I prefer to use a no fuss, no muss approach :-)
French toast is one of those things that seems difficult to accomplish on a plant-based diet given its dependence upon eggs. But, through a lot of research, I’ve put together a recipe that replicates it to a tee!
What makes this granola better than that crappy store-bought kind is its crunch factor. And the fact that isn’t not too sweet and has a wonderful savory component I haven’t found in any store-bought granola.
Usually when I buy a head of cauliflower I use the entire thing making cauliflower soup. This time, I used but half of it in a Thai-inspired noodle dish so I had a half of a head left over with no specific purpose.
Donuts are an amazing food; they can cheer you up when you’re feeling down and they are a go-to food for parties and celebrations. Loved by young children and old farts alike, donuts are delightful and these raspberry donuts are no exception!
I’ve never had white sweet potatoes before and don’t cook with the more common orange variety much as the husband is not a big fan. But, as it’s soup season, and I was in the mood to try something new, the husband acquiesced and we made the purchase.
This past weekend we picked up over 3 pounds of bright, red, fragrant beauties which I decided to turn into pasta sauce. The best pasta sauce takes a lot of time, but fairly few ingredients.
These Cranberry Crunch bars are a 70’s era recipe from my mothers collection. With a couple of adjustments I’ve brought these back to life! I think they may become a regular staple in my house :-)
