Tried and True Favorite Recipes

I love to cook - especially ethnic dishes, and from scratch/my pantry. I love foods that combine surprising tastes and textures, and my interests are fairly eclectic. I'm excited to have a site to direct people to when they ask for my recipes!

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Sunday, November 26, 2017

Kale and avocado "massaged" salad

When my friend told me about this salad, I was pretty dubious. It just sounded weird. But oh my! Love this one and will definitely be makin...

Wednesday, November 1, 2017

Creamy Tomato Basil Soup

We love tomato soup at our home-especially made from home canned tomatoes. My grandmother taught me to make this as a child, and here's...

Sunday, September 10, 2017

Plant Based Lasagna

Lasagna has always been a family favorite, and I've had to try several recipes until I found a combination of two different recipes w...

Thursday, August 31, 2017

Smoky Baba Ghanoush - vegan, plant based and oil free

We recently took a trip back to Florida where we used to live. On my MUST list, was a trip to my previously favorite Turkish restaurant wher...

Taquitos! Vegan, Whole Food, Plant Based

You may have noticed a taquitos theme in my previous posts. All roads (or recent posts it seems) lead to taquitos. What can I say, oth...

Salsa for Taquitos

Salsa para los taquitos - continuing with the taquitos theme, these are a requirement for eating taquitos - at least good, homemade ones. ...

Baked Corn Tortillas - tostadas, chips, strips, tacos and taquito shells (no oil)

We love hispanic foods and use corn tortillas in a lot of different ways. We use corn tortillas which have the least amount of ingredient...

Ranch Dressing - Non Dairy

I know, several of my recent posts have been about taquitos - what can I say? We love taquitos and to eat them properly, you need ranch and ...

Versatile Plant Based "Meat" from Cauliflower, Walnuts and Shiitake Mushrooms

In the (almost) year that we've been eating whole food, plant based, I've learned an important rule. NEVER cook something you used ...

Chicken Bouillon - plant based

When we started eating WFPB, a lot of our favorite staple recipes had to be retired. We weren't big beef eaters, but we ate a lot of pou...

Wednesday, July 26, 2017

Umami Cabbage & Lemongrass Soup over Seasoned Rice

There's something about this soup...some people at our table may have moaned audibly, several times, and had seconds and thirds. ...

Monday, July 10, 2017

2 Non-Dairy Plant Based Corn Chowders, & Basic Grilled Corn

I made this a couple of weeks ago with a cashew cream base, and thought that it would also be awesome with fresh, grilled corn. This recipe ...

Dairy Free Hot Chocolate ~ Creamy Cashew Cocoa

Rich, creamy, & chocolatey - this cocoa is made to be sipped and savored, rather than chased down the gullet, but my kids are still wor...

Monday, July 3, 2017

Vegan Comfort foods - Cream of Mushroom Sauce

As we've been adapting to our new whole food, plant based lifestyle in the kitchen, we've made some really gross food, and we've...

Moist Cornbread - Vegan, Sugar and Oil free

It took me a really long time to find a cornbread recipe that I liked...and then we decided to cut all animal products out of our diet. And...

Saturday, June 10, 2017

Vegan/WFPB "Chicken Tortilla Soup" Inspired Black Bean and Rice Soup

After thumbing through several vegan cookbooks tonight, I had decided to make a basic black bean and rice soup. However, as I began collect...

Friday, May 12, 2017

Plant Based Carne Asada

I'm a sucker for latin foods...oh me oh my! This carne asada is one of my most visited recipes here, and it's probably in my...

Roasted Red Pepper Pasta - Vegan,Plant Based, No oil/sugar

I made this 4 days ago and I can't stop thinking about it - wondering how long I should wait before I make it again, because I could p...

Marinara all purpose sauce - vegan, whole food/plant based, no oil

I came across a recipe for marinara at brandnewvegan.com which I really liked....with a few tweaks of my own. My family devours this - as i...

Wednesday, March 22, 2017

Green Goddess dressing

I made this the other day and loved it! I've missed having a good dressing for a salad or baked potato that didnt to rain oil or sugar....

Thursday, February 9, 2017

Crusted Salmon With Herbed Mayonnaise

My friend Gwen served this about 17 years ago and it was the best salmon I may have ever had. I begged her for a copy of the recipe, and I...

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