Ruby Carrot Beet Soup

This soup recipe is in honor and mourning of the recently lost Gourmet magazine.  I have many memories

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Farmstand Eggplant Tomato Onion Stacks

This is a dish that was inspired by the ingredients that I picked up at a small farmstand close to my house.  I wanted to see if I could buy only local ingredients and I was successful on two of the ingredients for sure.  I left the farmstand $2.78 poorer and carried away in my [...]

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Fridge Sweep Creamy Soup

I have been trying not to let anything go to waste that is in my fridge or cabinets.  I grew up with my mother and grandparents encouraging my siblings and I to not let any food we served ourselves going to waste.  Specifically, I remember my father’s mother, Grandma Val, repeating apparently a military mess [...]

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Lentil Root Vegetable Shepherd’s Pie

This past week I came across 5lb bags of Long Island grown potatoes at the grocery store so I scooped up 1 bag of them.  As of late, I have been going through all of the grocery store circulars on Sunday and making a list (by grocery store) of what items are on sale that [...]

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Black Bean Vegetable Chili

Anytime I page through it (which is often) I am inspired by Deborah Madison’s bible like work, Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone.  It is an amazingly thorough work with descriptions of how to do such things as preparing dried beans to cook with, breaking down more obscure grains, and of course a healthy section of soup [...]

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Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies

I have been making my signature vegan chocolate chip cookies for about a year now and have been wanting to make another version.  With the addition of one simple ingredient they are a riff on my classic chocolate chip cookies that feature oatmeal, a banana, and coconut oil, among other things.  Cocoa powder produces a cookie [...]

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Malai Kofta Two Ways for Two Days

 

Malai Kofta with Roasted Butternut Squash Coconut Curry Puree/Soup

Malai Kofta with Yogurt Dipping Sauce
This past weekend Harry and I took a trip to Ithaca, NY to do some running, go out to dinner, and look at the beautiful fall colors that are appearing more rapidly in upstate New York than down here on Long Island.  [...]

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Apple Oatmeal Crisp

Wow, it has been ages since I have posted.  I had a busy summer of working in Fire Island (a beautiful beach community on the South Shore of Long Island).  June blessed us with day after day of rain but eventually we received a typical hot August.  All in all, a summer of tightening the [...]

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black bean burger buns stuffed with avocado mango salsa with succotash

I have been testing recipes recipes for months for various types of veggie burgers.  I used to buy them but then I really read the ingredient list and that made me put them right back in the freezer case.  Most veggie burgers (except for a few brands) are not vegan and use eggs or egg [...]

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Whole Wheat Pizza with Sundried Tomato Puree, Red Onions, Asparagus, and Goat Cheese

Growing up we didn’t each much junk food and fast food was only an option (mom made the decision, not us kids) that happened a few times a year.  Pizza though, was a once weekly treat and ususally ordered from one of the local pizza places.  Being from an area plentiful with Italians, we had [...]

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