Happy Friday, readers! The question for today is… what do you do when you get a bad watermelon? You know, when you spend all this time at the market picking out what you hope will be the perfect melon only to find when you crack it open that it’s mealy or soft or just not […]
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Roasted Red Pepper Dressing
It seems like ages since I’ve posted a recipe. It’s probably because I have been really uninspired to cook lately. I know it happens to everyone, but somehow writing a blog that features recipes makes my lack of inspiration all the more noticeable (to me, at least). To be honest, this dressing isn’t even my […]
Lemony Stars (Vegan Lemon Shortbread Cookies)
I’ve not been so great about posting every day here on the old blogaroo this week. This week happens to be finals week, which I would have expected to be pretty uneventful since I’m neither taking classes nor teaching this quarter. But somehow the anxiety of finals week has made its way to me from […]
Summer Vegetable Wrap with Basil Dipping Sauce
When I was in Baltimore, my mom and sister ordered this veggie wrap for lunch at a restaurant and it came with the most wonderful basil sauce. The sauce/dressing is like a light, refreshing pesto with a slight tang. When I got home, I tinkered around in the kitchen trying to replicate the basil sauce. I […]
Lemon Basil Dressing / Sauce
We’re coming into basil season! We’ve got a couple of basil plants in the garden that are already booming. As the summer goes on, they should only get bigger and bushier and provide fresh basil all season long. This basil sauce/dressing is raw and served cold. It tastes like a light, refreshing and tangy pesto. […]
Peanut Butter Oatmeal Sandwich Cookies
When I was in New York a while back, staying with my friend Emma, she brought home some cookies from the bakery where she works. They were called ‘Honey Bears’ and were all vegan ingredients, except they contained honey. They were so delicious and I wanted to recreate the recipe when I got home and make them truly […]
Strawberry Rhubarb Sauce
We’re definitely coming into strawberry/rhubarb season. The rhubarb in our garden is getting big and ready to harvest. It’s not quite ready, though, so I bought some rhubarb the other day at the vegetable stand, along with some strawberries (from California). I just couldn’t wait any longer! I brought them home and asked Eric if […]
Farro Salad
When I was in Pittsburgh, my mom made the most delicious farro salad with avocado and radishes. I’ve been thinking about it since then and wanting to make it. Luckily, now we all can make it because my mom sent along the recipe yesterday! This salad is served cold and is a wonderful spring/summer addition or […]
Vegan Enchiladas
I know, I know. A whole week after posting the corn tortilla recipe, here’s the enchilada one. Better late than never, I suppose. I got preoccupied at the end of last week by Timothy Pachirat’s (author of Every Twelve Seconds: Industrialized Slaughter and the Politics of Sight) visit to Seattle. He did three events while […]
Quick Jicama Salad
I made this quick jicama salad the other night when I made enchiladas with homemade corn tortillas (I know, I still owe you the enchilada recipe!). There is really hardly anything to this ‘salad’, but it’s such a refreshing, crunchy snack to munch on while you’re cooking dinner, or as a side dish to a […]
