Recipes

  • Thai Inspired Stew with Black Rice and Charred Clementines

    This recipe is a little more complicated than most of my other recipes, but I promise it’s worth the wait. You’ll need, Salted Raw Cashew Nuts Black Beans Cannellini Beans Mixed Baby Greens Tomato Sauce Canned Coconut Milk Red Onion Clementines Black Rice Spices, Red Thai Curry Powder Cumin Cayenne Mild Red Hatch Chili Press […]

  • Seitans are not the same.

    If you’ve followed me for a while you will have come across several of my seitan recipes.Seitan is gluten, the protein in wheat. It’s been around for centuries and was invented by Buddhist monks in Japan and China. It’s delicious, especially if sauteed in oil and spices until it’s crispy and browned on the outside. […]

  • Fried Black Rice, a Mexican Asian Fusion Dish

    This is an excellent meal to make if you have leftover black rice from yesterday’s dinner. Black rice takes a little while to cook, so I like making a little extra to have leftovers for a day or two. Black rice is a nice breakfast cereal too. Try it with maple syrup, it’s delicious. Did […]

  • Broccoli Pear Salad

    It’s pear season again! This salad would be a wonderful side dish to several of my dishes.Which one do you think it would pair the best with? I’m thinking my Thanksgiving Lasagna. BroccoliCherry TomatoesPearBlue CheeseOlive OilBalsamic Vinegar Slice the broccoli heads into small bite size pieces, steam or boil until they’re soft. Here I prefer […]

  • Ghost Pepper Tofu with Cashews Chickpeas and a Touch of Chili Lime Salt

    I almost always use tomato-based sauces in my recipes, but this one calls for a drier style. It’s delicious, there is something to dry chickpeas that’s really appealing. And in this dish, the dominant ghost pepper flavor mixed with chili lime salt is divine. You’ll need, Chickpeas Salted Cashew Nuts Baby Spinach Extra Firm Tofu […]

  • Spicy Black Beans with Dandelion Greens and Scallions

    This is another invention of a recipe that I threw together that was so good that I’m blogging about it before I can do it again to take a better photo. I also want to thank my Twitter friends Christie & Catie for inspiring me not to wait to give it to the world.What makes […]

  • Moong Dal Lasagna

    I made a new kind of lasagna the other day and it was so delicious that I decided to write down the recipe even though I didn’t take proper photos of neither the process or the finished creation. The photo I took on the fly will have to do, I simply can’t wait to share […]

  • Thai Inspired Noodles with Spicy Black Bean-Peanut Sauce.

    This recipe looks fancy but it’s very easy to make. I wish I could take credit for inventing it, but it was my husband that came up with it. You’ll need. Linguine Natural Smooth Peanut Butter Black Beans Tomato Sauce (optional) Water Spices Red Thai Curry Cumin Mild Chili While the linguine is boiling get […]

  • Seitan in Pink Coconut Sauce with Curried Cashew Nuts

    Seitan Strips Green Peas Tomato Sauce Garlic Red Onion Thai Curry Cashews Coconut Milk (use the canned version, the drinkable varieties are too thin) Spices Cumin Jalapeno Salt Fry the seitan, red onion and spices until the seitan is crispy and the onion soft and browned. In a separate pot, heat the tomato sauce and […]

  • Indian Fusion with Seitan Mango and Vegan Feta

    This dish came to me in a flash of genius yesterday, but adding mango was inspired by my husband Ben and my friend Naaja. Ben had seen a photo of a dish with Mango somewhere and Naaja told me that she loves Mangos with something spicy on top! She knew what she was talking about! […]