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Miso and Fresh Corn Pasta Salad
This miso corn pasta salad comes together in less time than it takes to check the weather report.
4 days ago3 min read


Tomato 101: Your Complete Guide to Choosing, Storing, and Using Summer's Star Ingredient
Whether you're working with a backyard haul, a farmers market score, or a grocery store flat, here's everything you need to make the most of tomato season.
Jun 194 min read


Farmers Market Salad: The Entree Salad That Goes With Everything (and Uses Up Everything)
A big bowl of pasta, fresh vegetables, herbs, and a bright vinaigrette — no heavy dressing required.
Jun 104 min read


5-Minute Creamy Vegan Ranch Dressing
If you've been craving that cool, creamy, tangy Ranch flavor but want something plant-based, this recipe is about to become a staple in your refrigerator. It comes together in about 5 minutes in a countertop smoothie blender, uses just a few ingredients, and is completely free of dairy, nuts, gluten, and cholesterol.
Jun 22 min read


Roasting garlic is a simple process that yields soft, spreadable goodness.
Mild, nutty, almost sweet roasted garlic can be the MVP of a dish, adding a satisfying complexity.
Nov 5, 20244 min read


Why should you make your own salad dressing?
Freshly made salad dressing is far superior in flavor to anything you can buy off the shelf.
Aug 20, 20244 min read


Make fresh, delicious Pesto at home. In minutes. Using whatcha got.
Making pesto at home is not just easy and fun, but it's also a great way to use up leafy greens that might otherwise go to waste.
Aug 20, 20244 min read


Tofu-based Mayonnaise rocks it, and is perfect for salad dressings.
Although I love my cashew based mayonnaise, I understand that raw cashews may not be widely available, and are a bit expensive - even...
Oct 4, 20213 min read


Cha Soba salad might be your best hot weather meal ever
Although I've been cooking various iterations of Japanese soba noodles for years, the recent scorching heat waves here in Reno, Nevada...
Jul 9, 20213 min read


Oil-free Romesco Sauce: Swirl over pasta. Drizzle over vegetables. Spoon into soup or stew.
Romesco sauce is one of the greatest gifts Spain ever gave to the culinary world. I first encountered it during a driving (and eating!)...
May 6, 20213 min read


Dinner Inspirations: April 2021
Shown above, store bought vegetable raviolis served over three sauces: Pureed carrot miso, Spinach and pea, and a tangy puree of those...
Apr 9, 20213 min read


Dinner Inspirations: March 2021
One of the best things that you can do to save mealtime energy, money and frustration though the week is Batch Cooking. I'm not talking...
Mar 17, 20213 min read


Culinary thickeners for vegan mayonnaise or heavy 'cream' (plus: two new salad dressings!)
Up till now, I'd always relied upon raw cashews and Aquafaba to make my thick and creamy vegan mayonnaise ... and by extension, a vegan...
Mar 16, 20219 min read


'Oil-free' vinaigrette and 'Delicious' are not mutually exclusive
Since we went WFPBNO (Whole-food, plant-based, no added oil) here, it's been a learning curve to figure out how to make a salad dressing...
Feb 18, 20213 min read


Pasta Alla Vodka for two
Hey, there's no need to order takeout for a richly satisfying Italian dinner for two! Get the red checkered tablecloth out. Light some...
Feb 16, 20213 min read


Vegan No-Oil Heavy Cashew 'Cream' is fast, simple and richly satisfying
You've joined the 'just say "No" to dairy' crowd, but are wondering what to do when you've gotta have heavy cream for a recipe. Hmmm....
Feb 16, 20213 min read


Mushroom Bolognese with Seitan
The mushrooms looked so very tempting in my local Winco the other day that I bought a few. Well, a lot. Probably too many. Truth? I...
Feb 3, 20215 min read


Creamed Spinach: A steak house standard, modernized.
If you're of a, ahem, certain age, you probably remember the all-American Steakhouse. It's where people went to get their slabs of meat,...
Jan 29, 20214 min read


You'll throw rocks at any other Coleslaw after trying this one!
We both LOVE coleslaw! It just hits all the right notes: crunchy, sorta sweet, sorta tangy, fresh, healthy. Well, not so healthy with all...
Jan 24, 20213 min read


This vegan, no-oil Spinach Sauce brings star-quality to soups, pasta and more
While cleaning out and reorganizing the freezer - I'm on a mission to make everything more visually accessible - I found a...
Jan 14, 20213 min read
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