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Mock Tuna (Chickpea) Salad
If you’re now living a veggie lifestyle and you miss tuna salad, or even if you eat meat still but want to cut down on your mercury load from tuna, here’s a substitute that may satisfy your craving. And if you try it and it doesn’t feel like a substitute for tuna, then just enjoy ...
Spiced Pear-Apple Crisp (with a Superfood Option!)
Don’t get intimidated. This recipe is simple. It only looks complicated because I wanted to be precise and clear for all of you (this is why I avoid the baking most days) . (This Pear-Apple Crisp will serve 8 of your gluten-free friends) * Optional Ingredients Here’s what you’ll need for the topping: 1-1/4 c ...
Roasted Delicata Squash with Sweet & Savory Greens
Ingredients: 1 medium Delicata Squash (or large acorn squash) 1 large bunch rainbow chard (or other greens, like kale) 3 cloves garlic, minced 1 small sweet onion, chopped 2 tsp 100% pure maple syrup 1 generous TBSP tamari sauce ~2 TBSP olive oil salt to taste Making Your Squash with Greens: (serves 3) Preheat oven ...
Versatile Stuffed, Roasted Winter Squash
Vegetarians: Choose tofu over sausage. Vegans: You’re all set with the Veggie option if you skip the goat cheese garnish. Omnivores: Get yourself some sausage from local, humanely raised animals and enjoy. (Serves Eight) Ingredients: 4 winter squash (2 delicata + 2 acorn to keep things interesting?) 1/2 cup (uncooked) quinoa — white, red, or a mixture (makes ...
Stuffed Winter Squash to Suit the Tastes of Vegetarians & Omni(Carni)vores Alike
I believe I have already done my waxing poetic about winter squash in some of my previous posts (Lovin’ the Winter Squash & Soup Season), so I’ll spare you most of that (can’t make any promises) and get right to the recipes. It’s really only one recipe, but I’m including two versions: veggie (using tofu and ...
Lovin’ the Winter Squash These Days
I love winter squash. There are so many different varieties: butternut, acorn, pumpkins, delicata, and spagetti squash, to name a few. They keep forever in your kitchen/pantry/cellar without going bad, they are incredibly nutrient dense, they’re so sweet and tasty, and they are really great for you for several reasons. Winter squashes are a great ...
Hot Cocoa (Cacao) in the Raw
Sure, it’s hot chocolate season and you should go ahead and indulge because chocolate is good for you. You’ve probably heard that before, right? Remember, though, when people say that chocolate is good for you, they’re not talking about processed milk chocolate. They are talking about dark chocolate (70%+ is the party line), or even better ...
Scrumptious September Stew
Hey, I told you how much I love soup. Tonight I decided to mix it up and make stew. Alright, alright…it’s just thick soup, you got me. But it’s so incredibly good and everything in this dish was locally grown (except the beans). I’ll spare you the soup poetry and get right to the recipe, ...
Canning Up Some Local Phytonutrients & Phytochemicals for Winter
If you're already on my mailing list, then you received the September newsletter this morning. The September newsletter features an article with 5 important tips for boosting your immunity this Fall, as well as a story about canning late summer fruit and recipes for Peach-Ginger Preserves and Peach-Applesauce.
Soup Season’s Started
Sweet Winter Squash Soup, garnished with Squash Seeds I love soup! Soup is comforting, healing, warming, and nutritious. All summer long I pretty much go without soup. I naturally get into more of a raw food — tons of fruit and veggies — mode, and soup just doesn’t seem to make sense. So, by the end ...
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