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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As a vegetarian, going out to eat can sometimes be tricky. So, when I do end up with multiple options of what to eat, I try to choose the option that I can’t create at home. Since my husband doesn’t like mushrooms, often I choose a mushroom risotto. However, when stuffed pasta is an
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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
Peanut Butter and Chocolate No Bake Cookies I’ll admit it: I have a pretty insatiable sweet tooth, especially when it comes to chocolate. I like to have at least a little piece of chocolate every day. Chocolate, however, is not often extremely healthful. A small piece of dark chocolate, yes. The dark chocolate brownies with
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This summer has been a good for sweet corn. I’ve had so much corn, it’s coming out of my ears! (hehe!) Many of you know that I’m not a huge fan of corn (but I love corny jokes!). Because the corn has been so delicious this year, I’ve actually enjoyed it
So we got some eggplant the other day and our CSA box and I decided not to bring it with me on vacation. So the day before I left on vacation I new something had to be done with eggplant. However I wasn’t quite sure what I was going to make with it even
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This little unassuming recipe may not look like much, but it is packed with so much flavor and comfort that I always come back for more. Polenta is simply cooked cornmeal. There are a myriad of polenta recipes with a wide variety of cooking methods. This is because polenta has a fairly benign
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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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I have been having some fantastic cooking adventures these past couple of weeks! I love spring harvest! The soup featured in today’s post makes the most of all the fantastic greens that are in season right now. But before I tell you more about this soup, let’s take a look a few of my
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It’s no secret that I’m not a big fan of turnips. I have tried them with miso; I have tried them with potatoes. I have tried them in a soup; I have tried them with a group. I do not like turnips or their greens. I do not like them Sam I Am. 🙂
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