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Meatless Monday: sweet and sour cabbage

Posted on January 28, 2013 by Kate

This is a recipe from Robin Robertson’s Fresh from the Vegan Slow cooker. I had a whole cabbage from the CSA and I usually make slaw, soup or if I’m feeling really fancy stuffed cabbage. I thought I would try … Continue reading →

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Coconut Tempeh Nuggets

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Kate

These sounded delicious to me. Coconut nuggets with some fries and maybe a cocktail with a little rum in it? Yes, that sounds like the perfect summmer shut-up-I’m-a-real-grown-up dinner. Like chicken nuggets but without having a vein snap back at … Continue reading →

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VT’s Pineapple skewers with pineapple fried rice

Posted on April 25, 2012 by Kate

For Easter it seemed appropriate to cook something special for dinner. I decided to do this pair of recipes from the January/February issue of Vegetarian Times. I love pineapple. I love it so much. And, this seemed like the perfect … Continue reading →

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VT’s cherry-almond strudel

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Kate

This is another review of a recipe from this month’s Vegetarian Times. I figured since I had a bunch of phyllo dough, I’d continue to work my way through the fancy phyllo recipes. It turns out, I’ve noticed, that phyllo … Continue reading →

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Avocado Egg Salad

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Kate

At least once a year my Mother and I have the same conversation. It starts out like this: Me: They have egg salad on the menu! I’m going to have egg salad! or, like this: Me: I just dyed easter … Continue reading →

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Step 2 no a no-cheese lifestyle: Cheese-less carrot-ricotta quiche

Posted on April 4, 2012 by Kate

This month’s Vegetarian Times had a series of tasty phyllo dough recipes in it and I happen to have 2 eggs, a bunch of carrots and some phyllo dough. And, now I even have tasty vegan ricotta. So, I followed … Continue reading →

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No Cheese (and Dairy).

Posted on April 1, 2012 by Kate

If you’ve been following along at home, you know that I’ve been making a concerted effort since the summer to be more vegetarian and to eat less meat. Well, this month I’ve decided to take an additional step and to … Continue reading →

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A Foray into Vegan Baking: Welsh Cakes

Posted on March 8, 2012 by Kate

March first was Dydd Gwyl Dewi Sant, or Saint David’s Feast Day if you’re not a Welsh speaker and on that day I got it into my head that I should make Welshcakes. I decided that these Welsh cakes should … Continue reading →

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Nutella Coffee

Posted on March 4, 2012 by Kate

When I was visiting my sister last November, I had a chance to tool around her neighborhood with my Dad one morning. We wondered into a local coffee shop and my Dad ordered what he fancied, but I had to … Continue reading →

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Farmhouse Fricassee

Posted on February 24, 2012 by Kate

I really love using my slow cooker. I once joked that having a slow cooker and a coffee pot with a timer on it was better than having a boyfriend (because someone always made me dinner and someone always made … Continue reading →

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