Vegan Red Pepper Macaroni and Cheese

Over the years, I’ve more or less stuck to the same vegan macaroni and cheese recipe.   It is so delicious that even in times when my family has gone back to “just vegetarian,” we always make our mac and cheese vegan.  It doesn’t really taste like cheese, but it has that savory, creamy, totally…

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Isa Does It: Chimichurri Pumpkin Bowl

You know how awesome it is when you discover a healthy, tasty meal that everyone in the family loves?  And it’s quick to make, to boot?  This is one such meal.  Isa Chandra Moskowitz, vegan chef extraordinaire, has blown me away with her recent cookbook, Isa Does It.   Every single recipe I’ve made from…

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Quick and Easy Vegan Burrito Bar

  Wow, I meant to post this a long time ago!   I’m already feeling a little wistful of that beautiful outdoor lighting that I was able to get this summer while taking photos during and after dinner.  Living in the Seattle area, it is now dark at 4:30 pm! So, this was a couple…

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Palak Paneer – sans Paneer!

One of my favorite vegetarian dishes at our local Indian buffet is Palak Paneer.  There is something miraculous in heaping a dark green mushy dish on your plate, chock full of spinach, and having it taste so delicious that you keep going back for more.  When I hear people say that they don’t like vegetables,…

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Make Your Own Vegan Pizzas!

It’s pizza for lunch at my house today!  Above is my grown-up pizza with caramelized onions, black olives, and a drizzle of olive oil.  It was delicious but too sparse on the toppings.  It was more of a gourmet flatbread than a pizza, and I found myself wishing I had some sort of sauce to…

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