Tag: vegan

Fall Persimmon Salad with Ginger Citrus Dressing

Fall Persimmon Salad with Ginger Citrus Dressing

What better way to celebrate the end of fall than by eating in season? This beautiful salad features flavors from produce readily available this time of year in a rainbow of colors.  It’s as important to eat with our eyes as it is to taste Read more…

Sweet Potato Latkes

Sweet Potato Latkes

Hanukkah, or the Festival of Lights, is a minor Jewish holiday. Due to its close proximity on the calendar to Christmas, it gets a lot more attention than may be warranted. Regardless, it’s fun. Hanukkah is filled with miracles. One is around oil: There was Read more…

Buttered Radish Salad with Herbs and Sorrel

Buttered Radish Salad with Herbs and Sorrel

Radishes are one of the quintessential spring veggies. They love the cold, they’re crunchy and crisp, have a bit of a bite coming off the chill of winter, and they are aaaaa-mazing with butter and salt on some bread (no, that’s not a spring characteristic, Read more…

Persian Charoset

Persian Charoset

Charoset is a traditional Passover food used during the seder. It represents the mortar the Jews used to cement the pyramids together during their enslavement. There are many recipes out there for charoset, and I was tired of the version endemic to Ashkenazi Jews in Read more…

Honeynut Squash with Tahini, Pomegranate, and Pistachios

Honeynut Squash with Tahini, Pomegranate, and Pistachios

For me, fall signals pumpkins. But not in a “pumpkin spice” kinda way. When I think pumpkin, I think “winter squash.” I love seeing what’s available at the market this time of year. The colors always amaze me: blues, greens, yellows, oranges, browns. Butternut, acorn, Read more…

Roasted Vegetables with Moroccan Spices

Roasted Vegetables with Moroccan Spices

I recently made a beautiful Moroccan-inspired dish, chicken with preserved lemons and olives, for my family. However, for my vegan family member, chicken was not going to cut it. A Moroccan-themed vegan side dish was eminently needed. As was an opportunity to clear out the Read more…

Blueberry Peach Salsa

Blueberry Peach Salsa

As the weather warms up towards summer temperatures, I’m finding myself craving fresh fruits and looking for ways to incorporate them into meals. And, as usual, I try to combine foods that give me a huge nutritional boost. This blueberry peach salsa fit the bill.

White Bean and Kale Soup

White Bean and Kale Soup

I love soup. Any weather. Any reason. I make it happen. This delicious white bean and kale soup just fits the bill. It’s a sunshiny spring day. I’m hungry. I’m feeling like I should eat some veggies. I have beans already cooked and kale begging Read more…

Nourishing Vegetable Broth

Nourishing Vegetable Broth

No matter the time of year, broth is a perfect food. It’s warming. Refreshing. Practical and easy. Plus it’s good for gut healing – a bonus! I usually keep a bag of vegetable scraps in the freezer in a gallon Ziploc in anticipation of making Read more…

Different Strokes for Different Folks

Different Strokes for Different Folks

Not all diets are created equal. And at the same time, one diet may work great for Tom and Sally, but not be optimal for Julie’s health. And maybe Sally enters a new phase of her life and the diet that was once optimal for Read more…