Category Archives: Vegan

🥬 Spaghetti alla puttanesca 3/12/20

Spaghetti alla puttanesca or spaghetti in the style of the prostitute is from the Campania region of Italy. The biggest city in the region is Naples, home to pizza, and a place which we were planning to visit towards the … Continue reading →

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🥬 Shredded tofu with mushrooms and edamame. 3/11/20

New recipe! We try a new recipe by Melissa Clark that I found on the NYTimes cooking site. The firm tofu is drained and pressed and then shredded on a box grater. It gets mixed with some sautéed mushrooms, onions, garlic, ginger, … Continue reading →

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🥬 Orecchiette with broccolini. 3/9/20

Orecchiette with broccolini is the first of our lament dinners to Italy and our trip which should have started on 3/10/20. Being in the higher risk pool for the coronavirus John and I are spending a lot of time sitting … Continue reading →

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🥬 Black bean tacos and Texas caviar. 3/4/20

Black bean tacos and Texas caviar have a lot of components that need chopping but there is very little cooking. I take a short-cut with the Texas caviar and use half of a can of drained Rotel and dump the … Continue reading →

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🥬 Leftovers: Spiced red lentils 3/2/20

We have a lot of spiced red lentils left over from last week and a container of rice. So I pick up some more broccoli from the store and we have an almost no-work dinner. These lentils, whose major claim … Continue reading →

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🥬 Spicy red lentils with squash (masoor dal). 2/24/20

This dish is similar to the split chickpea entree I made last week. Red lentils are quicker cooking than split chickpeas which I had to soak and then cook in my Instant Pot. They both have onion, ginger, cloves, chili, … Continue reading →

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🥬 Resend of White beans in broth over toast 2/20/20

Note: please excuse prior title-only post. I hit the publish key by accident. This is a great, easy vegan or vegetarian supper. For a vegan version swap in some white miso paste for the parmesan rinds. I hope everyone is … Continue reading →

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🥬 White beans in broth over toast. 2/20/20

Note: please excuse prior title-only post. I hit the publish key by accident. This is a great, easy vegan or vegetarian supper. For a vegan version swap in some white miso paste for the parmesan rinds. I hope everyone is … Continue reading →

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🥬 Instant Pot Chana Dal (split chickpea stew) 2/19/20

Boy, is this delicious! And quick and easy! Here is the simple recipe to follow https://pipingpotcurry.com/instant-pot-chana-dal/#wprm-recipe-container-6238  Thanks pipingpotcurry.com! My changes are to skip the Asafoetida because I do not have any and to cook the Chana dal a little longer … Continue reading →

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🥬 Vegetable soup with beans. 2/17/20

We are supposed to have fish tonight. We went to Whole Foods today to buy it (on sale) so it would be as fresh as possible. Then I am reaching into the refrigerator and notice that the light inside is … Continue reading →

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