“To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.” ~ Henri Bergson I fool myself, and then something happens and I’m reminded that nothing remains the same. Everything is constantly evolving into something else. My aunt recently sent me a vegetarian cookbook she picked up at […]
The Times They Are A-Changin’ Read More »
Cooking vegetarian food is not simply about removing meat from recipes. Beef stroganoff becomes quite boring when the beef is removed. While the noodles and creamy mushroom sauce is delicious, it feels like something is missing. This is not vegetarian food even though it is meat-free. Vegetarian food looks at dishes differently than traditional
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Welcome to The Pepper Party! Until I started receiving a box of veggies from my CSA, I never realized how well peppers grew in Minnesota. We always have a plethora of peppers in our box each year. This year seemed to be even more plentiful. Slowly, my pepper pallet has expanded from
It’s been hot here. Really hot. I say I love the heat, but I live in Minnesota – what do I know about heat? Yet, all this past week the temperature was around 100 degrees Fahrenheit with a heat index of around 115. Nuts. I tried to do things outside…a walk to the grocery
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Our Spring has been so fickle this year! One day it is beautiful and warm, and the next two weeks it will be cloudy, stormy, and cold. It is really hard to get into the mood for Spring dishes with weather like this! And, I’ve been trying! I made a Spring Risotto with mushrooms,
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I’m always a little hesitant to make sauces and pastes. I know that they are the secret to fantastic flavors exploding in my dishes, but they seem so overwhelming. I hardly know where to begin. Where some people can see infinite possibilities with a mango chutney, all I see is a dipping sauce for my
There are many reasons why I have been a vegetarian for the past 15 years. One reason is that I don’t like the taste of meat. Yet, one fake meat product that I do like a lot (and so have all the meat eaters I’ve served it to) is Field Roast Grain Meat. I particularly
Italian Fauxsages – Fake Meat Demystified Read More »