Vegan Sour Cream and Onion Kale Chips Recipe

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There is a first time for everything. Well, for most  things. I would never try Foie Gras or Shark Fin Soup. And I’m not sure if I’ll be trying Durian fruit any time soon either. But Kale Chips? Oh my! Why did I wait so long to try this? And vegan sour cream with cashew nuts? Ditto. I read a recipe for Sour Cream and Onion Kale Chips from “THRIVE [...]

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Watermelon Granita Recipe and Weekend Round Up

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Is it hot enough for ya? It is going to be HOT HOT HOT in NY today and tomorrow. I’m keeping myself low key and sewing a quilt for a friend’s daughter who’s leaving for college. Yeah, not exactly what I want to think about -  a blanket – but after making my son’s quilt when he went to college, I thought this would be a cool gift to give [...]

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Home Made Granola Recipe

So it begins……requests for snacks. Portable ones, preferably, since he’s ‘on-the-go’, all day on campus. Gone are the days when my college age boy can just stumble into the kitchen at 2 AM or any time, for that matter, absentmindedly open the fridge, stand there, longing for that perfect snack to jump out and satiate his ravenous appetite. Nope. No more. Now, he has to wrestle with vending machines in [...]

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Korean Kimchi Recipe Demystified

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Koreans are among the leanest and healthiest people on the planet…says MSN Health. I don’t know about that but I do believe kimchi has something to do with our health, good or bad. For those who never watched M*A*S*H*, Kimchi is a fermented pickled cabbage from Korea. Wow weee! What’s that smell??? Kimchi is to a Korean as ketchup is to an American. You can eat a meal without it, [...]

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Seaweed (Wakame) Salad Recipe

It has been sweltering, smoldering, hot, humid, and yucky pooh! The weather has been acting like a baby with diaper rash! Cranky! And so am I, frankly. But even though it’s hot, we have to eat, right? But what? The last thing I want to do is to be in the kitchen using heat to cook or grill in this outdoor heat. I can’t  tell whether this weather is making [...]

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Vegan Wonton Recipe

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I had nothing – n.o.t.h.i.n.g. – to cook for dinner tonight. I’m sure you had one ‘those’ days. C’mon. Fess up. I know you did. Saturdays are usually, “cook-whatever-is-left-in-the-fridge” day and I literally had: a package of wonton skins, tofu, scallions, cheese, eggs, soy milk, and some wilting greens. So, what did I do? I gathered up the ingredients and thought, “Hmmmm……I can stuff them all up into the wonton [...]

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Grilled Veggie Quesadilla Recipe

I had a great Earth Day, how about you? I attended my little sprouts; I “talked” to them, checked on them, and made sure they weren’t in shock after being transplanted outside yesterday.  They are fine. Even the cilantro, parsley and thyme that I bought in pots are doing really well. I think I’m going to have a great planting season! I also went to the library to pick up [...]

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Dairy and Egg Free Vegan Pretzel Recipe

We are putting wheat back to our diet. But that’s it. We are still dairy and egg-free….among other things. Emily was d-y-i-n-g to have some baked goodies but most recipes contain dairy or eggs. She found this recipe that has no dairy or eggs and was so thrilled to bake these scrumptious pretzels last Saturday …… before we lost electricity. Again. Since some of you were salivating when I posted [...]

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Korean Style Tofu Recipe

We love tofu. I know I know…..you can’t eat too much soy. Over 90% of soy is genetically modified so eating organic is a must. But when we do eat tofu, we eat un-adulterated tofu. We don’t eat tofurkey or tofu burger or tempeh. We eat silken tofu cold, Japanese style (Hiyayako) with Bonito flakes (shaved dried fish flakes), scallions, and soy sauce. I make Chinese style “Mapo Tofu” with [...]

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Wheat-free, Egg-free Fried Rice Recipe

One of our favorite scrape-off-the-left-over-upcycled foods is Fried Rice. I used to have a bag of frozen shrimp and frozen green peas in the freezer for just in case I had one of those, “there’s nothing to cook”, days. Well, I had one of those days yesterday. But since we can’t have soy sauce (wheat) or shrimp (shell-fish), I had to improvise. And improvising in the kitchen is what I’m [...]

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