Have you ever just eaten so much food for so many days that you need a break? That is when I normally turn to vegetable soup (I call these my soup nights!). Now I think I’ll turn to these portobello … Continue reading
Category Archives: American, European & Fusion Recipes
Oh My! Chinese 5 Spice BBQ Seitan Sandwiches
Oh My. This (Chinese 5 spice BBQ seitan sandwich was just too good! I used this awesome homemade seitan and the BBQ sauce was so yummy, sweet, sticky and five spicy! I adapted the bbq sauce from this recipe on … Continue reading
Quick Chicken Style Seitan
I’ve recently been trying different seitan recipes and this is definitely my favorite for chicken style seitan! Great flavor and faster than any other recipe I’ve seen. I found it on Yeah, That “Vegan” Shit. Seitan is basically “wheat meat”, a … Continue reading
Roasted Tomato & Ricotta Crostata
A few Saturdays ago was such a great cooking day which I really needed after a horrible Friday of failed recipes (the worst of which was coconut egg custard that turned into scrambled eggs!)! My college group had a potluck … Continue reading
Toasted Blue Cheese Pesto & Avocado Sandwich
This recipe for blue cheese pesto and avocado toasted sandwiches was inspired by this wonderful green goddess grilled cheese picture. Look at the luscious avocados, so smooth and creamy next to a good spread of pesto! I decided to make … Continue reading
Oyster Mushroom Farro Risotto
Ever since I made Smitten Kitchen’s amazing tomato farro, I’ve been wanting to try farro again but with mushrooms. I recently bought a bunch of mushroom from the Asian market and realized this was my chance to make mushroom farro … Continue reading
Carrot Cupcakes w/ Fluffy Cream Cheese & Cinnamon Frosting
These carrot cupcakes are beyond moist! This was my first stab at carrot cake and I loved how the carrots just disappeared in the cake, providing natural sweetness and moisture. This recipe is adapted from Smitten Kitchen‘s recipe for carrot cake with … Continue reading
Carrot & Tomato Soup
This carrot and tomato soup is so creamy, but without the cream! Just sauteing the onions and blending them with the carrots and tomatoes gives such depth to this simple to make soup. Of course, you can always add a … Continue reading
Spinach & Artichoke Dip Grilled Sandwhich
So let’s take spinach and artichoke dip. Yum! Now how about instead of having lots of the dip saucy stuff, let’s have more spinach and artichoke since we aren’t really making a dip. Then how about we put it in … Continue reading
Veggie Sausage Gravy for Biscuits and Gravy!
Ah, buttermilk biscuits and sausage gravy. I have fond memories of late nights/early mornings at Denny’s back in college chowing down on biscuits and sausage gravy. I thought it was time to make a vegetarian version. I made some homemade … Continue reading