Category Archives: Vegan
Lentil soup take 3
This past fall on one of my many trips home, my mom had the most amazing red lentil soup waiting for me in the fridge. You know from previous posts that my mom and I have a friendly competition about … Continue reading
Filed under Soup, Uncategorized, Vegan, Vegetarian
Lentil Soup (take two)
Ok, so I hate to brag. I mean, my mother has taught me everything I know about cooking. But, my lentil soup is better than hers. I know. I feel guilty writing that here. She will probably be upset. However, … Continue reading
Filed under Appetizer, Soup, Vegan, Vegetarian
Peanut Butter and Jelly Deconstructed
What to do with a big bag of glistening cherries? There was also the bin of fresh veggies and tofu (makes your mouth water, right?) I thought of just adding the little orbs in a quick stir fry, like I … Continue reading
Filed under Tofu, Uncategorized, Vegan
Tomato Sauce
So while my mom up in snowy Boston is making Spring Pizza, I am gazing out at the cherry blossoms and thinking of making warm and hearty tomato sauce. I must really be a Bostonian at heart… The perfect tomato … Continue reading
Filed under Pasta, Vegan, Vegetarian
Stir Fry with Spicy Blood Orange Sauce
I wanted to create a recipe using blood oranges, which are in season now; they are more flavorable, slightly more tart, than regular oranges. Jeff and I recently had a Chinese dish with orange peels, and we liked the … Continue reading
Filed under Asian, Tofu, Vegan, Vegetarian
Vietnamese Tofu with Pickled Vegetables
Alyssa found a recipe for Vietnamese-inspired sweet and spicy catfish with pickled vegetables on food52, a wonderful food blog. I wanted to make it a vegetarian dish and it was great! It’s also very easy, but with enough sophisticated flavors … Continue reading
Vegan Thai Coconut Soup
This soup was inspired by Tyler Florence’s Chicken Thai Coconut Soup recipe on Foodnetwork.com, but I wanted to create a vegetarian version of it and add lots of veggies to make the soup more like a true one pot meal. … Continue reading
Black Bean Soup
I usually don’t love black bean soup. Vegetarian black bean soup tends to be too salty, too thick, and honestly just too black-bean-y for me. However, I was inspired by my mom’s chili post, and decided to try my hand … Continue reading
Filed under Beans, Soup, Vegan, Vegetarian
Butternut Squash Soup with Ginger and Lime
The recipe for this soup is old. It came into Linda’s fabulous kitchen repertoire when I was thirteen years old. How do I remember how old I was? Well, we sampled this soup at the caterer’s who were going to … Continue reading
Filed under Soup, Vegan, Vegetarian
Vegan Cambodian Hot and Sour Noodle Soup
I love Asian food, the way the salt, sweet, and spicy flavors play together. I decided to make a Cambodian noodle soup, but wanted to keep it vegan, so I didn’t use the traditional fish sauce. I also put it … Continue reading
