With Thanksgiving right around the corner, you need this recipe for dairy-free - and even vegan! - mashed potatoes flavored with rosemary, garlic and olive oil. You won't miss the dairy! Dairy has been a tricky issue in my household since forever. My daughter, now 18, was allergic to dairy for years. Today, she is no longer allergic - it is ...
Vegan Eton Mess with Tropical Fruit
A classic British boarding school dessert updated to be 100% vegan with aquafaba meringues, luscious whipped coconut cream and sweet tropical fruit. My daughter, Zuzu, has never tried a meringue. As I have mentioned before, she is allergic to eggs. While she can tolerate eggs when they are mixed into a batter and baked, such as in a cake or ...
Summer Soup and Salad with Vegan Corn Chowder
This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Danone. The opinions and text are all mine. For a refreshing, seasonal meal, try my summertime soup and salad combination with a vegan corn chowder and a simple green salad. If, like me, you want to adopt a more plant-based diet, summer is the best time to do it. With so many ...
Papaya Salsa
Sweet and spicy papaya salsa goes with everything from grilled chicken to fish tacos to your favorite tortilla chips. Keep your healthy eating resolutions with this easy vegan and gluten-free recipe. My family just returned from a fabulous trip to Belize. If you are not familiar with this small Central American nation, where English is the ...
Mexican Chocolate Pudding
A dairy-free chocolate pudding with warm, earthy spices, like cinnamon and cayenne, for an indulgent holiday dessert that everyone can enjoy! The holidays can be a difficult time for families with food allergies or dietary restrictions. Grandparents may not understand how to feed their newly vegan granddaughter. Aunts and uncles aren't sure ...
Purple Passion Hummus
Do not adjust your monitor. You are seeing correctly. That's purple hummus! I make it with a secret ingredient: Stokes Purple sweet potatoes. Before you recoil in horror at the idea of hummus in a never-before-seen shade of purple, let me assure you that this hummus is not so very different from the hummus you know and love. This is not some ...
Edamame Succotash
Sweet, crunchy succotash made with late-summer corn and a new twist: edamame instead of lima beans! It's "my supper dish/My succotash wish." Sing it, baby! Summer corn is a short-lived, seasonal treat. So while it lasts, I make the most of it. I never buy fewer than a dozen ears at the farmers market. At $5 a dozen, there is truly no reason ...
Queen’s Jam (Raspberry and Blueberry)
Queen's Jam, a combination of raspberries and blueberries, is a classic Swedish preserve. It is also the perfect way to use the best summer berries. I write a lot about my Jewish heritage and how it influences my cooking. What I perhaps do not mention enough is that I am also part Swedish on my mother's side. My maternal grandmother was the ...
Dip Recipes for Super Bowl Sunday
The Super Bowl is this Sunday and everyone is planning their game day menus. Whether you're the hosting the watch party, or the guest who promised to bring something, you'll need a recipe. Maybe two. Recipes for dip. Dip is what the people want to eat while watching the big game! But don't settle for a store-bought dip that is full of ...
Cauliflower Ceviche (Ceviche de Coliflor)
Cauliflower ceviche ticks every January healthy eating box. It's vegan. It's gluten-free. I even think it's Paleo. And we are talking practically no calories. But the best news is, it's absolutely addictive. Crunchy vegetables, tangy lime juice, spicy peppers, lots of beautiful colors -- cauliflower ceviche is health food you never want to stop ...
Roasted Cauliflower Soup
Meal planning in January can be struggle between our New Year's resolutions to eat healthier and our desire for comfort foods to warm our souls in the dark of winter. Consider the struggle over. This rich, creamy roasted cauliflower soup will satisfy your cravings for warmth and comfort without causing any guilt because it's nutritious, meatless, ...
Healthy Eating: Homemade Granola Bars
It’s okay to snack. Really. Snacks are part of a healthy diet. No one should be expected to go from lunch until dinner without some fuel, especially given how busy weekday afternoons can be. What do you think will happen when you sit down to dinner utterly famished? That’s exactly how overeating happens. In fact, smart snacking may be the key to ...
Meme’s Pickled Cucumbers
I write a lot about my Jewish heritage and how it has shaped me as a cook, but I have another set of culinary influences on my mother's side of the family and those influences are Swedish. I had one Jewish grandmother and one Swedish grandmother. So I get to claim both culinary traditions. My Swedish half's time to shine is Christmas, which ...
Dips for a Party: Hummus
It's that time of the year again: parties. Book clubs, parent socials, and team dinners are all on the agenda for fall. And, believe it or not, the holidays are right around the corner. In fact, I just published a post on Inspired Home, the International Housewares Association's helpful resource for everything having to do with your home, with the ...
Moroccan Fava Bean Dip
I buy ingredients on impulse. Buy first, investigate later; that's my motto. I never pick something up in the store, turn it over in my hands and then put it down with a "but what would I do with it?" If it interests me, I buy it. I will figure out what to do with it later. Why else do I have this collection of cookbooks that long ago outgrew my ...
Beginner Peach Jam
We have all had the experience of watching our farmers' market or CSA fruits and vegetables start to get a bit long in the tooth as the week wears on. Maybe you bought two quarts of peaches thinking you would make a cobbler and then time got away from you. Maybe the member of your household who you can usually count on to eat all those cherries ...
How to Use a Flat of Strawberries: Strawberry Maple Granola
It is time for my annual post on how to use a flat of strawberries in five days or less. Every year I remind you that at many farmers' markets the price for a flat of strawberries, which is eight quarts, is the same as the price for six individual quarts. That's like getting two free quarts! But buying a flat of strawberries is only a ...