Archive for March, 2011
This weekend we welcomed our friends Deborah and Akio into our home for a visit. We had a great time exploring the hills, flowers and food of San Francisco! Akio is a remarkably sensitive and thoughtful 2-year old. Deborah is a patient and thoughtful mom. We all get along really well! In between visits to […]
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Tags: cashews, healthy, kids, mac & cheese, vegan
vegan mac & cheese
A vegan friend of mine challenged me to create a recipe for vegan mac & cheese that didn’t taste like soy sauce. I pulled out all the glutamate stops for this recipe (broth, tomato paste, salt, brandy, etc.). The result is a rich, creamy vegan version! Vegan Mac & Cheese Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups cashews 2 […]
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Tags: butternut squash, cashews, mac & cheese, panko bread crumbs
corn chowder
This recipe was inspired by both an article I recently read in Cook’s Country magazine and the rainy spring weather we have been having in San Francisco. Much of the recipe has been altered, but I was intrigued by their use of puréed canned corn. The result in this recipe is a smooth, thick stew, […]
Filed under: Mains, Soups, Vegan | 1 Comment
Tags: chowder, corn, peppers, potato, puree, soup, stew
most simple lemon vinaigrette
Recently, I bought my first bottle of really nice olive oil. Not the kind that you splash in a hot pan to make sauce or sauté something. Rather, the kind that you gently drizzle over salads or vegetables, seasoned with little or nothing else, so that the complexity of the olive oil can shine through. […]
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Tags: extra virgin olive oil, lemon, salad, vinaigrette
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