Long gone are the days when vegan baked goods tasted stale, flavorless, and funky. Some of the best baked goods I’ve ever had or made have been vegan (and I’m a big fan of sweets). The first thing to remember about starting out with vegan baking (or non-vegan baking for that matter) is that you […]
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Flatbread with Tapenade & Vegetables
It’s been incredibly busy lately and I’ve been incredibly lazy when it comes to cooking dinner. We’ve been eating out a lot lately, but Eric started back to work on Monday and I decided to make a nice dinner for when he got home on Monday night (and by nice, I mean actually cooking something). […]
Cilantro-Jalapeno Roasted Garlic Hummus
This past fall, when my friend Tish and I were crafting together each week, we would periodically stop at Trader Joe’s for snacks before heading to our house to get started crafting. Tish turned me on to the most delicious hummus from Trader Joe’s–it’s their hummus with cilantro and jalapenos. Eric and I rarely go […]
Hot Cereal with Toasted Coconut Bananas & Pecans
I’ve been having to get creative with my breakfasts since we still do not have any oatmeal. For some reason, we have been in a major cooking rut. This rut not only includes not cooking at all, but it also includes not going to the grocery store. Luckily, we’ve got grains in the pantry, and […]
Roasted Cauliflower
This is the simplest recipe and it is amazing how delicious it is. It is almost buttery, full of good cauliflower flavor, and an excellent side dish to eat with just about anything. The flavor is neutral enough that it pairs well with just about any cuisine. But don’t let that fool you; it definitely […]
Pantry Basics: Grains and Legumes
Last week, Serenity in the Storm reader, Kevin posted the following comment on the Breakfast Quinoa post: “I would love a blog entry where you share what are your vegan pantry staples – for those times when you just need something good to eat and have to use what is on hand.” ~ Kevin Thanks to […]
Breakfast Quinoa
Almost every morning I have oatmeal for breakfast. Lately I’ve been getting steel cut oats and cooking a pot that will last for two or three days. I cook them up plain and then add chopped nuts and fruit depending on my mood. This week, we ran out of oats and yesterday I woke up […]
Weekend Recap and Berry Green Smoothie
This weekend was filled with highs and lows. The highs were amazingly good–Eric was offered a year-long contract for an awesome job (yay for employment!), there was good news at Pigs Peace on Saturday–Judee the pig is making a remarkable recovery, and we got to spend all day Sunday with my dear friend Theresa, who was visiting from Spokane. We went to Cafe Flora […]
Vegan Blueberry Cream Cheese Muffins
When we were snowed in last week, I got an unreasonable hankering for blueberry muffins. And not just any blueberry muffins…cream cheese blueberry muffins! We trudged up to the grocery store in the snow with Maizy (she loves the snow!) and got some frozen blueberries and some pretzels (for snacking, not for the muffins). These […]
Samosa-kopita
Last week, Seattle got slammed with snow. And when I say ‘slammed’, I actually mean only about 5 inches over a three day period. The University of Washington cancelled all classes on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, and most of the city shut down. Seattle is known for not handling snow well–we don’t have the equipment to […]
