This healthy and delicious Morel Mushroom and Quinoa Salad is bursting with earthy flavor. It’s plant-based, vegetarian, and can easily be made vegan. Morel mushrooms are wild mushrooms highly prized for their rich, meaty flavor. This recipes uses dried morels to their full advantage. First, the quinoa is cooked in the liquid leftover from rehydrating …
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Smashed Beets with Lemon Cashew Cream is a fun and healthy way to cook beets. It’s a colorful and tasty plant-based dish that’s Vegan, Paleo, and Whole30. I have cooked many a beet in my day, but this smashing technique might be my new favorite method. I first came across it in the stellar cookbook …
These tangy Pickled Beet Eggs feature fresh beets and no sugar. The make tasty protein-filled snack or salad edition any time of year. In dark barrooms and dank alehouses sitting on forgotten roadsides in the Pennsylvanian hills from whence I hail, one might stumble across a dusty jar containing an ominous, murky red liquid with …
Sikil Pak is a simple but delicious pumpkin seed salsa that comes from the Mayans of the Yucatán peninsula. It makes an incredibly addictive gluten-free appetizer or condiment. The intriguing name of this delightful dip is from the Mayan ha‘-sikil-p’aak, which literally translates into water (ha) — pumpkin seed (sikil) — tomato (p’aak). While that’s …
Comprised of simple, fresh ingredients this easy Heirloom Tomato Salad recipe tastes like summer on a plate. One thing I love about this time of year is the supply of ripe, juicy tomatoes. This no-fuss recipe really showcases their flavor–and color–in a simple, but elegant, fashion. I’ve never had a problem with finding nourishing salads …
This Paleo and vegetarian Pumpkin Curry Soup recipe is creamy, flavorful, and made with coconut milk and real pumpkin. It can also be made vegan with a simple substitute! I first encountered a version of pumpkin curry soup in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. The Whites were the most physically challenging section of my …
This Instant Pot Collard Greens recipe is a healthy take on a classic Southern side dish. It is an easy way to create tender, flavorful collards in under 30 minutes without using meat or processed sugar. I’m no stranger to the wonders of collard greens. Having both grown and eaten collards for some time now, they have …
This Easy Skillet Ratatouille recipe is a quick and simple way to prepare ratatouille without baking or using a mandoline slicer. It makes a delicious and healthy side dish that’s loaded with summer vegetables. For some inexplicable reason, I am still surprised to find myself surrounded by zucchini every summer. “Where’d all this darn zucchini …
I tend to approach most dairy free “cheese” recipes with extreme trepidation. Cheese is a sacred space; imitation should not be taken lightly. This recipe, however, has to be the closet you can get to cheese without involving a cow. It’s silky, smooth, tangy. The best part? You probably have all the ingredients in your …