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LATEST RECIPES FROM THE BLOG
Instant Pot Mulligatawny (Curried Indian Soup)
Instant Pot Mulligatawny Soup is creamy and richly satisfying with bright and spicy Indian flavors. This vegan-adaptable version is delicious as is or can easily be built upon adding chicken, more veggies and basmati rice. An easy and fast weeknight meal! What is Mulligatawny and where did it originate? Mulligatawny is a spiced soup that…
Pasta with Broccolini, Preserved Lemon and Chickpeas
This simple Pasta with Broccolini, Preserved Lemon and Chickpeas is punchy and bright and comes together quickly and easily – on the table in under 30 minutes! A tasty healthy weeknight dinner! I part the out thrusting branches and come in beneath the blessed and the blessing trees. Though I am silent there is singing around me. Though I am…
Breakfast Cookies (from Mizuna Restaurant!)
The secret is out! First time ever released, here is the “legendary”😉 Mizuna Breakfast Cookie recipe! These hearty Breakfast Cookies are chockfull of flavor and sustenance. Filled with oats, seeds, spices, tahini and dried fruit these healthy, vegan breakfast cookies are like granola, but in a cookie form. A fast and easy recipe that can be made…
Sourdough Baguettes
This sourdough baguette is everything you want in the French classic–a crunchy crust, an open, airy crumb, and lots and lots of flavor. And it’s easier to make than you think! Eat it plain, slathered in butter, or serve it with your favorite soup. For best results, this recipe requires sourdough starter, kitchen scale, a baguette…
Vegetable Paella
This recipe for Vegetable Paella is simple and easy and full of authentic Spanish flavor, created from the Sofrito base. Today we are keeping it vegetarian with mushrooms, peas, and artichoke hearts. Vegan and Gluten-Free! A fellow blogger and friend, Silvia Sampere (yes, we share the same name) was born and raised in Barcelona and kindly…
Simple Lobster Bisque
This Lobster Bisque Recipe is made simple and easy with quick homemade lobster stock, big bites of lobster, and a creamy luscious bisque thickened with sweet potatoes. For extra decadence saute the lobster in browned butter infused with garlic. How do you spell love? – Piglet You don’t spell it. You feel it. – Pooh Here’s…
Chocolate Sesame Cookies
Flourless and vegan-adaptable, magical Chocolate Sesame Cookies! Irresistibly tender, chewy and divinely delicious. Tasting dark chocolate, a ripe apricot, a luscious elixir… Savor the expanding joy in your body…..The Sun and Moon and Earth Danced together To bring you this delight. Receive the nectar on your tongue as a kiss of the divine. ~ The…
Coconut Millet Bowl with Berbere Spiced Squash
Coconut Millet Bowl with Berbere-Spiced Kabocha Squash, chickpeas, shallots, and spinach drizzled with coconut lime mint sauce. A vegan, plant-based meal, full of vibrant flavor and spice. Stay close to anything that makes you glad you are alive.~ Hafiz Another nourishing veggie bowl! This time featuring millet cooked in coconut milk with a little turmeric…
Homemade Berbere Spice Blend
How to make Ethiopian Berbere Spice Blend with common spices you may already have in your pantry. Filled with complex toasty flavor. Easy to make in about 15 minutes! Berbere spice blend is central to Ethiopian cooking. It is known to be fiery hot and full of complex flavor. Perfect for adding a rich spark to…
Savory Leek and Kale Galette
Beautiful and delicious Savory Galette with Leeks and Kale – just in time for Valentine’s day! A free-formed tender flakey crust enclosing a luscious melt in your mouth succulent filling. Leeks and kale marry with gruyere and mascarpone making the perfect balance of decadent and wholesome! True happiness has nothing to do with…
Winter Bliss Bowl
Brighten up your day with this Winter Bliss Bowl! A simple vegan bowl made with ingredients you probably already have on hand- beets, quinoa and chickpeas-that can be made in under 30 minutes! Great for meal-prepping and guaranteed to lift your spirits! Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.~ Lao Tzu This Winter Bliss…
Rustic Seed Crackers
Light and crisp, these Rustic Seed Crackers are keto, gluten-free and vegan. This recipe is incredibly easy, adaptable and full of toasty rich flavor. They are the perfect snack by themselves, and also pair with most toppings. Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive. ~Dalai Lama Here’s a really tasty…
Vegan Lasagna Bolognese
This Vegan Lasagna is made with a robust Mushroom Bolognese Sauce, fresh basil, vegan ricotta and no-boil lasagna noodles, topped off with a creamy marinara sauce, drizzled with Arugula Pesto. Vegan comfort food at its tastiest! What is more comforting in winter, than a hearty Lasagna Bolognese? Today I’d thought I’d share a vegan version…
Make your own Herbal Tea Blends!
The Benefits of Herbal Tea plus three Herbal Tea Recipes you can make at home for enhanced sleep, brain function and liver support. Easy and adaptable, these herbal tea blends are nutritive and soothing. Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the world earth revolves- slowly, evenly, without…
Eggplant Chickpea Tagine
A simple delicious Tagine Recipe with Eggplant and Chickpeas infused with Moroccan spices served over cinnamon-scented couscous. This flavorful Eggplant Chickpea Stew is vegan and gluten-free! This flavorful Moroccan Stew or “Tagine” is made with chickpeas, caramelized eggplant, and a fragrant Moroccan spice blend called Ras El Hanout. It’s luscious and hearty yet totally plant-based…
