KitchenItalian Frittata
Voila! A frittata One of my favorite pantry items (stored in the refrigerator) has become JUST Egg.
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KitchenCreative Batch Cooking Made Easy Part 2
As promised, here is part two of this blog for batch cooking and using up all those great pantry items you might have around! Perhaps You Have Peppers...
KitchenCreative Batch Cooking Made Easy, Part 1
Lately, I’ve been seeing lots of cookbooks and posts about the joys and ease of batch-cooking. It was a task that used to occur on a regular basis in my home on Sundays.
Veggie Pasta Sauce
It's a new year my friends, and I am wildly busy! My guess is you are too, so I'm keeping this short and sweet, and resharing this quick and easy recipe for veggie pasta sauce!
KitchenMy Homemade Version of Vegan "Burger" Helper
Quick, Easy, Sumptuous! Perfect For A Healthy and Nutritious Weekday Meal After a Busy Day at the Office!
KitchenSavory Vegan Quesadilla Crepe Cake
I needed to make dinner one evening and had a plethora of ingredients in the refrigerator that I wanted to use up!
KitchenButter Up Your Ears Baby! Its Sweetcorn Time at Farmers Markets!
Farmer’s Market Season in The Verde One of my favorite times of year is summer. With summer comes the adventure of farmers market season. Did you know there are several farmers markets in the Verde Valley every week during the long days of summer? My personal favorite is the Old Town Music and the M
Refreshing Flavors for Spring
A while back I posted about a delicious little treat most people have never even thought about! Grilled Avocados and Lemons. Yep! That's it. Simple. Easy. Delicious.
KitchenWho Wants to Make Some Cake? A Limoncello Coconut Cake?
Limoncello Coconut Cake - it's a THING! I have a friend who says if you can pronounce it and it doesn't make your mouth water, your tongue is broken.
KitchenPeasant Italian Food At Its Best - Fava Beans & Potatoes
Hungry and want something hearty, nutritious, and delicious in a flash? Well, this dish is for you. My Uncle Buddy used to make this for me all the time when I was a child.
KitchenGrilled Avocados and Lemons
Betcha Didn't Think of This ... Whether I’m hungry and need to have something delicious and nutritious in a pinch or want to impress guests with an appetizer that I can bet most likely they never...
KitchenThe Guru and Her Disciple - I'd like you to meet Sue
(Reprinted and updated from one of my Veganification’s columns in the American Vegan Society in 2013) Meet Sue! Susheel Abraham (Sue) was born and raised vegetarian in New Delhi, India.
KitchenTagine to the Rescue!!
So, last week I introduced you to my tagine, the North African earthenware vessel. After I delighted in the yumminess that came out of it, I of course washed it and left it to dry au naturale.
KitchenA Pumpkin Got It On with A Spaghetti Squash - The Tale of the Cross-pollinated Squash
What HAVE You Veggies Been Up To? Last year, I was gifted with a volunteer pumpkin plant. It produced several small, round, hearty, deeply-orange-fleshed pumpkins, much to my sheer delight.
KitchenZucchini, Zucchini, Oh No! More Zucchini!
Zucchini EVERYWHERE! It’s that time of year when our gardens are overflowing with zucchini. Right about now, as much as I adore zucchini noodles and zucchini bread, I’ve had my fill.
KitchenGarden Grown Vegan Kale Potato Casserole
Learning to Grow Being the first year that I am solely responsible for my garden, I decided to keep it simple. Rather than that “all or nothing”
KitchenSouthwest Ice Cream
How Does a Southwestern Vegan Eat Ice Cream? Here in the Southwest, prickly pears are everywhere.
KitchenIndia meets Italy on this Indian Pizza
India Meets Italy - Gobi Crust with Masala-Scented Chana Pizza Being an Italian Jersey Girl, it’s almost a sacrilege, seemingly blasphemous, to suggest anything other than a Margarita pizza,...
KitchenChocolate-Covered Spike Jellies & Dehydrating
An "On-the-Fly" Recipe This was a fun recipe that I created “on the fly” because I was hosting the Sedona Garden Club; and the topic I was speaking on was “Dehydrating”.
KitchenHoliday Entertaining - Made Simple and Easy
The Holiday Bookends Class As you might know, I provide Vegan Boutique Culinary Demonstrations and Tastings. In keeping with the season, the class on December 4 was Holiday Bookends
KitchenPlum Tomatoes - Roasted Air-Fried and Delicious!
The Last of the Plum Tomatoes Today we harvested the last of our plum tomatoes from the garden. Wanting to luxuriate in the last of our bounty, I was determined to make the most of the richness and umami flavor that can be imparted when a plum tomato meets high temperatures, as in roasting. [captio
KitchenPotato Leek Soup with Pickled Onions, Croutons, & MicroGreens
As the sun sets here in the Sedona area, the crisp air settles in. Perfect time for a warm bowl of soup. I love how the fragrant aroma permeates the kitchen when a pot of soup is on the stove. It’s comforting. It’s home. It’s the anticipation of dinner. I went to the farmer’s market. The pletho
KitchenFresh Bing Cherry Tart
Looking for a quick and easy dessert? It really doesn’t get much simplier than this one, especially with the wonderful fruits that are in season. A fresh fruit tart with a cookie crumb crust and a custard filling is just the thing to whip up when you need a dessert with only a couple hours notice.
KitchenMy Homage to Julia Child - Veganifying Boeuf Bourguignon
As you might remember from other blog posts, my love affair with all things culinary began with the premiere of “The French Chef” in 1963, when I was six years old. Between growing up with Julia and my maternal Grandma Mary, I found inspiration in the kitchen. So, it is only befitting that in keepin
KitchenStuffed Portobello Mushrooms
I have been craving mushrooms for the past two months. I cannot seem, no matter how much I try, to get enough of them. All kinds, from the everyday button mushroom to the more exotic such as lobster, enoki, chanterelles, hen of the woods, etc. Whatever I can find, I’m in. I’ve roasted them in the ov
KitchenFarmers' Market Bounty - Squash Blossom Dinner
What can be better than coming home from a successful trek from the local farmer’s market and scoring the absolute best produce? Well, coming home and preparing a simple, yet elegantly delicious dinner with
KitchenThe N'er-to-Forget Obsessive Vegan Open-Faced Reuben
Linda's Vegan Reuben One of my favorite sandwiches EVER is a Reuben. Having been vegetarian since 1983 and before becoming vegan in 2007, the version I would order at the diner (Heck, I’m from...
KitchenWeeds! Aargh--no more! All Natural Weed Killer
When I bought my home just outside of Sedona, Arizona, I was thrilled that I had rocks instead of grass.
KitchenAir-Fried Potato and "Egg" Wrap
My version is stuffed with scrambled Vegan Egg, vegan mozzarella cheese, air-fried potatoes, but be creative. Add fresh herbs, some hot sauce, vegan faux meat, beans, jalapenos, etc. This is a gr
KitchenAir-fried Cauliflower
Air-Fried Cauliflower So, I had this head of cauliflower; and I just wasn’t feeling plain old steamed cauliflower. And I’d definitely had my fill of cauliflower done up as a riff on mashed potatoes.
KitchenAir-Fried Tater Tots
For dinner the other night, I made mashed sweet potatoes; and delightfully, we had leftovers, which begged the question “now what?”
Kitchen3-Ginger Gingerbread Cake
During Martin Luther King’s Birthday weekend, I participated in the Sedona VegFest as an Exhibitor (that’s me on the right-hand side representing the Meetup Group that I founded/organize, Verde
KitchenHotel Pasta
Sorry I missed writing last week. I was out-of-town, traveling for business. Whenever I do so, I try to book myself in hotels that have those mini suites that include a refrigerator and an induction stovetop. Makes life on the road sooooo much easier, at least in the food department. I get to contro
KitchenQuick'N' Easy Veggie Pasta Sauce
BroccoliRabe Pasta Sauce Home from work or had a busy day and still need to cook dinner but want something delicious and nutritious? How about a Pasta Sauce that is as versatile as it is quick’n’easy.
KitchenLimoncello Coconut Cake Series - Part 5 - The Finale
Here’s the part we’ve all been waiting for! Assembling our Limoncello Coconut Cake so that we can follow it up by serving it up and savoring every crumb.
KitchenLimoncello Coconut Cake Series - Part 1 - The Limoncello
November is World Vegan Month In keeping with the theme of celebrating World Vegan Month with a daily post instead of my typical weekly Tuesday posts and in going to the roots of Veganification,...
KitchenWacky Wiener Wednesday - November 9, 2016
Hump Day is here! Today is Wacky Weiner Wednesday. That’s right. It’s not just your plain old vegan hot dog on a bun with some mustard and sauerkraut. Not that there’s anything wrong with that dog, because every now
Souper Saturday - November 5, 2016
Yippee! The weekend is here. I know you’ve been running errands all day and the last thing you feel like doing it heading into the kitchen. You could reach into the pantry for one of those vegan canne
Freezer Friday
It’s Friday. It’s been a long work week. You’re grateful that it’s the start of the weekend; but the thought of heading into the kitchen is daunting, at best. No worries. We have you covered.
KitchenToss 'N' Tumble Thursday
Are you or someone you know thinking about transitioning to a plant-based diet and not sure where to start? Starting today, and for the next six days, I’ll be writing about simple and easy ideas based
KitchenThe Importance of Mise-En-Place
Ingredients Ready to Go for my Pina Colada Pineapple Upside Down Cornmeal Cake If you were to ask me what is the singularly most important thing I could share with you to ensure your continued...
KitchenMy Love Affair With Cheese
I love being vegan. The lifestyle is in alignment with my belief system. I can walk in this world authentically embracing and practicing AHIMSA.