2012 February
Anadama French Toast with Fruit Compote
All my vital signs have returned to normal after yesterday’s rant… Thanks to everyone for leaving such thought-provoking comments, many of which made points that I missed in my post. It’s really great to get …
View FullThe Vegan Option
In November 2011, I published an article on Technorati called Misguided Eating: The Nose to Toes Food Trend, which promptly sank into oblivion. But I’m not finished with the topic. And that’s because what inspired …
View Full“Buttermilk” Rolls with Flaxseed & Wheat Germ
I love it when I run across a recipe that I’ve made in the past and at the top I’ve written: very good! (Some recipes have “meh” at the top; not good, let alone “very …
View FullTale of Two Tortilla Soups
This is a hybrid, a Frankensoup of two delicious, hearty recipes: one a quick version easily put together with a few pantry items; the other an all-day, slow-cooker affair. I often turn to The Moosewood …
View FullChai Tea-Infused Cherry & Apricot Compote
Many years back, I went for lunch one day to a small Indian restaurant in the basement of an old house on the quiet part of Pearl Street in Boulder, CO. Basements aren’t the most …
View FullA Year Without [eating] Animals
A little over a year ago, Kel and I were eating one of our last restaurant meals in Salt Lake City. We’d relocated there temporarily to help with a family member’s health crisis and despite …
View FullMaple, Bran & Date Quickbread
The Early Spring issue of The Baking Sheet came in the mail recently and – as usual – it had me primed to tie on the apron and let the flour fly. But this issue …
View FullNo-Knead Anadama Bread
Before I begin extolling the virtues of baking Anadama bread, I want to thank some of my fellow bloggers. Isobel Morrell (Coldham Cuddlies Calling) – my wonderful email pal from England – gave Dough, Dirt …
View FullSave-the-Piggies-in-a-Blanket
There was a time when I could not pass up the cocktail wiener, the Vienna sausage, the “pigs” snuggled into biscuity blankets. It was as much their diminutive size as their flavor – I mean, …
View FullYou’ve Come A Long Way, Baby (Pumpkin-Carrot Cake Ginger Pancakes)
Long ago, when Mikey liked Life cereal, when it was okay to wear an orange plaid shirt with brown cords and when, as my mother describes it, “the whole family looked as if it had …
View FullWarming Up: Broccoli Dal Soup with Red Quinoa
In the midst of days and days of skies filled with gray clouds and biting winds, a bright green, flavorful soup was nothing short of a necessity. Something about cumin and garam masala just says …
View FullHot Pockets (Minus the Meat, Fat & Freezer Burn)
Recipes representing the dough-with-filling concept are well-represented here on this blog (or is it, “on this here blog?”). My love of dough, be it the “quick” kind or the risen kind began long ago as …
View FullMy Sally Field Moment*
I’m happy to report that the 2012 Award Season has not, unlike every year since my birth, passed me by! It’s true: nominated in not one, but in two categories, I’ve gone home with three …
View FullRed Velvet Cupcakes with Chocolate Ganache & Toasted Coconut
For about 45 years, I managed to get up each morning and go about my business without ever having eaten a red velvet cupcake. What’s the fuss about, I thought? So you throw some red …
View FullMaple Pumpkin Spice Latte (for the Slow Cooker)
As soon as I cracked open The Vegan Slow Cooker, by Kathy Hester, I knew I’d be spending a lot of time with this cookbook. Yeah, there are the crock pot standards, the soups, the …
View FullThe Sweet & The Savory: “Half-Pint” Pinwheel Rolls
Pa’s name for little Laura Ingalls, remember? Yep, these rolls are small, but…and here I could write something like, “but what they lack in size they make up for in flavor” or some such nonsense, …
View FullRotini “Alfredo” with Roasted Vegetables
Remember that Spinach-Cilantro Pesto from a few days back? Here’s where you can use it. I’ve tried a quite a few different cheez sauces and this one pleases my taste buds more than all of …
View FullA Peek into the Man-Cave (aka The Greenhouse)
I imagine that a guy’s typical sanctuary might have a pool table and a La-Z-Boy or two; a mini ‘frige and a big, flatscreen TV with surround sound. There might be a beer light, a …
View FullCoconut? Got It. Chocolate and Nuts? Yep…German Chocolate Bundt Cake
Looking back over my recent recipes, it seems I’m currently fixated on sweet things to eat. Some kind of deficiency? Or just that cold weather sending my taste buds looking for something to brighten gray …
View FullPortobello & Guac Sliders
I haven’t watched the Super Bowl (or any football game) since my divorce papers were final back in 2005, so thinking about and preparing Super Bowl “food” just isn’t on the radar anymore. Thank goodness. …
View FullKick Nutella to the Curb (And Make Your Own Chocolate-Hazelnut Spread)
Nutella. Sweet, sweet Nutella. If you are vegan, you can’t eat it. It contains milk (along with palm oil and too much sugar). Is it vegan discrimination? Maybe, maybe not. I’m not ready to call …
View FullBright Green in Winter: Spinach-Cilantro Pesto
As good as the rotini “alfredo” (recipe appearing here soon) looked, it really needed something green. Pesto. But I had no fresh basil. I did, however, have a handful of spinach picked that afternoon from …
View FullA Carnival of Vegans (Volume 1)
There is a “place” out there called BlogCarnival and when I was just starting out with Dough, Dirt & Dye, I jumped into it – submitting some of my posts in the relevant “carnivals.” Most …
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