I wish I could say I discovered this recipe after a lot of trial and error, but it would be a lie. In fact, the first time I made this frosting, I wasn’t trying to make frosting at all–I was actually trying for pudding a la the New York Times recipe. You can imagine how…
Category: Gluten Free
Vegan Alfredo Sauce
Fettuccine Alfredo was my husband’s favorite food long before he went vegan. It’s hard to top the decadent richness of heavy cream combined with the comforting familiarity of parmesan and pasta. The biggest trial with this vegan conversion was finding a base for the sauce that captured the richness of the heavy cream and the…
Vegan Potato Soup
1 tablespoon peanut oil 1 large onion or leek, chopped coarse 1 large stalk celery or small celery root, chopped coarse 4 sweet peppers or 1/2 bell pepper, chopped coarse (can omit if you’re not a pepper fan) 1 cup water 2 tsp vegetable bouillon or 1 block not chick’n bouillon 1 8.5oz carton coconut milk…
Curried Quinoa & Chickpea Salad
Curried Quinoa & Chickpea Salad Serves 4 Takes 15-25 minutes Ingredients 1 cup quinoa, dry 1 cup broth 1 10oz can diced tomatoes with green chilies (think Ro*Tel) 1 15.5oz can garbanzo beans, drained 1 tsp curry powder salt/pepper to taste Instructions Place all ingredients into a rice cooker and cook until done. Alternately, cook on…
Simplest Stir Fried Vegetables
Sometimes, I just like things to be simple, quick, and to the point, especially with food. That’s why when I have a lot of vegetables on hand and I am not sure what to do with them, I default to stir-fried. What’s great about stir-frying is that it doesn’t matter what vegetables you have–all of…
My Newest Addiction: Carrot Fries
As I mentioned last week, I’m not a big fan of raw vegetables. I don’t know why I can’t train myself to find them amazingly delicious, but I just can’t. I like them warm and tender and–barring celery and broccoli–I just don’t like them any other way. Lately, my go-to method of cooking vegetables is…
Food For Thought 