{recipe} Kale, Cabbage, & Clementine Salad with Miso Dressing
The other night, I got home from work around 5:15 and had dinner guests arriving at 5:30. I had this easy chicken dish planned, but very little in the way of side dishes. I...
Category: Vegan Recipes
{recipe} Sweet & Spicy Holiday Nuts
This is one of my favorite holiday snacks – crunchy sugar-coated nuts with balancing hits of salt and spice. The trick with these is to stir them super vigorously so the sugar starts to...
{recipe} Toasted Broccoli Soup with Coriander and Lemongrass
I love broccoli soup, but I get tired of the same old cheese- and cream-laden preparations. I decided to do an Asian-inspired variation with coriander, ginger, lemongrass, and sesame oil – toasting the broccoli...
{recipe} Yosemite-Ready Granola Bars with Dried Cherries, Almonds, & Cocoa Nibs
Last weekend I had the great fortune to spend some time in Yosemite. I went with some friends who are really excellent cooks and hosts, so I wanted to impress them by showing up...
{addictive} Sweet and Spicy Tomato Jam Recipe
With the last tomatoes of summer, there is something you must do. You must make jars and jars and jars of this extremely addictive tomato jam so you can have some until next summer...
{recipe} Crunchy Oil-Free Granola Made Exactly to your Liking
I used to think eating granola was healthy. I would eat a big bowl with milk for breakfast, feeling virtuous about starting my day right with one of those “balanced breakfasts” people are always...
{how to} Five Minute Padron Peppers
Every year, it seems like all of the restaurants get together and decide they’re going to put some new food on every single menu in town. Whether it’s purslane, chicories, Calabrian chiles, or ramps–I’m...
{food hack} Salsa + Guacamole = (Damn Good) Gazpacho
Earlier today I was eating the most delicious salsa (the homemade kind which is often referred to as pico de gallo, not the supermarket jar–you know, the kind that looks like this) and I found...
{recipe} Feel Superior with Chips Made from Kale
I made some kale chips this weekend, and I was reminded how much I like kale in chip format. I think it’s mostly because the whole time I’m eating them, I feel so superior...
{recipe} Thai-Inspired Black Chickpeas
I can never resist an unexplored food product I come across (tiny rice, anyone?), so when I spotted these black chickpeas last week, they were in my grocery cart before you could say “garbanzo.”...
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