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Quinoa Greek Salad
Quinoa is the ‘it’ grain and certainly has been the …
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In case you’ve been living in Pleasantville, Quinoa (pronounced Keen-Wa) is a high protein grain from South America. I predict more and more of it in North American cuisine as people gradually begin to catch [...]

Pagach
This is a comforting way to use cabbage. I even …
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This pagach recipe requires a block of time but it isn’t really that much work. I tested it on several friends, who compared it to pizza, only out of cabbage. The cabbage takes on a kind of sweetness [...]

At this writing one of my daughters is dating a very nice young man who happens to be a vegan and who also happens to love baking. He shared this recipe with us when he was here visiting. Everyone in our household, vegan or not, enjoyed this yummy dessert!
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When I make gazpacho, I usually vary the ingredients and proportions depending what I have on hand. The one pictured is heavy on the cukes. We had a killer frost and I had to bring the rest of them in. I based it on someone else’s recipe just to make sure I [...]

Black-eyed pea salad
Some people don't like black-eyed peas because of their …
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There are plenty of fresh local peppers and onions and even still a few tomatoes left around here this time of year.  This is a high protein salad with plenty of raw goodness and it’s vegan if you [...]

Grilled Portobello Mushrooms
Delicious satisfying vegetarian entree
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And here is the eye-candy blow-by-blow for all you visual junkies. This is a very elegant and easy to make option if you’re having a vegetarian over for dinner you can just do one or two of these.

Rate this: 3.4

Here is an easy and tasty way to use those zucchinis that are piling up around August and September.
The video is courtesy of manjulaskitchen.com The modification I made to the recipe was to make it vegan by substituting Promise for the butter.

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My neighbor’s plum tree just gave me a gift. For dried plums firm-fleshed fruits with a stone that dislodges easily work the best. They are sometimes called prunes, even though to me “prune” implies a plum that has been dried. Find the “seam” [...]

If you have hard core carnivores among you, divide the fajitas up and put the mushrooms in one half and the chicken on the other half then everybody’s happy. Or if it’s just one hard core carnivore, throw a little canned chicken in theirs, microwave the plate for 30 seconds and they’ll never know [...]

Sun dried tomatoes preserve that summery Septembery flavor of vine ripened tomatoes for those dreary winter days. Make ‘em now, use ‘em later.
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