Beans
Hoppin’ John Sliders on Cracked Wheat-Pumpkin Topknots
About one year ago today I got off of my not-really-into-the-holidays duff and came up with a New Year’s recipe using black-eyed peas and greens. Problem was, it was too late to post for …
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Vegan Beans From Around the World: Review & Giveaway + Navy Bean Pie
Every dish in this book is good food, not just good vegan food. – Kelsey Kinser Over the past month – when I need a break from creating and eating my own recipes for my …
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BabagaHummus. Oil- and Gluten-free.
Have you ever made a recipe based solely a name? This was the case here. One morning I made hummus and I made babaganoush. As the food processor was doing its thing, the frankenword babagahummus …
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Virtual Vegan Potluck: Red Lentil, Couscous, & Vegetable Stoup. Oil-free.
(Yes, I did use a dreaded Rachel Ray word in the recipe title. I apologize for that, but it fits for this recipe. It starts out as a soup but turns into a stew the …
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Corn & Black Bean Chips. Oil- and Gluten-free. Almost Raw.
My roving tastebuds are on a continual quest for yummy, healthy chips – and I think this is my most successful recipe yet. The inspiration comes from a bag of Garden of Eatin’ Black Bean …
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Thoughts on Vegetarianism & Oil-free Black Bean, Corn, & Walnut Burgers.
I was a vegetarian for a few years before going full-on vegan. I ate great quantities of eggs and cheese – even though neither one of those things consists of vegetables. So how did that …
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Creamy Tomato Soup
Kel and I got into a habit during the long hours in the car on a recent road trip. As mealtimes approached, I’d use my phone to begin the hunt for vegan-friendly restaurants in whatever …
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Pinto Bean, Green Olive & Sweet Potato Turnovers
I think I could eat one of these turnovers every day for lunch and be quite happy. I’d be grinning like the Cheshire Cat day after day after day. They have everything I love: beans, …
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Coconut Curry Lettuce Wraps
Plant-based lunch options are few and far between in Amarillo, Texas on Sundays. Which is why during a recent road trip we opted to go to a Natural Grocers in search of munchies. Along with some …
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Cashew Creamy Lentil Soup
You don’t need to say it. I’ll say it for you: my, but that’s a homely soup. Homely, yes, but delicious. Now maybe this is knowledge held by every vegan out there except for me. …
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Smoky Chickpea Stew with Spinach, Sausage & Cashew Cream
Congratulations to Dena B. for snagging a fabulous Vegan Cuts Snack Box! Thanks to everyone who stopped by the Virtual Vegan Potluck blog to enter. It was our most popular giveaway yet! Here’s an über …
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Pinto Bean Hummus
Sometimes you get tired of garbanzo bean hummus. Or sometimes no matter how many times you paw through the cans on the pantry shelves, those chickpeas remain illusive. This pinto bean hummus could also masquerade …
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Other People’s Food 7: The Comfort Food Edition
If you had to pick the ultimate comfort food, what would it be? Pot pie? A spicy curry? Macaroni and cheese? Or maybe hot cocoa (hot cocoa sounds more comforting than hot chocolate) or a …
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VeganMoFo: Loaded Split Pea Soup
I’m like the Princess in the Princess and the Pea. It doesn’t matter how many layers of goodness you have covering up that tiny pea. I will find it. I don’t want peas baked into …
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VeganMoFo: Roasted Tomato and Red Lentil Soup with Pepita Gremolata
Another one of my favorite vegan-friendly restaurants in Salt Lake City is Mazza Cafe. It’s also another great place for vegans and non-vegans to sit down together for some seriously good eats. I’ve never been …
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Sweet Potato Nachos & The Incredible Hulk: The Unprocessed Giveaway
The Incredible Hulk (as a smoothie rather than a juice) and Sweet Potato Nachos from Unprocessed: How to Achieve Vibrant Health and Your Ideal Weight, by Chef AJ. Today is your last chance to enter the giveaway – for details …
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Black Bean Soup & Ginger Slaw: The Unprocessed Giveaway
Tip: Add broccoli slaw for extra crunch. Ginger Slaw and Nutrient Rich Black Bean Soup from Unprocessed: How to Achieve Vibrant Health and Your Ideal Weight, by Chef AJ. Details on how to enter the …
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(Eating Vegan) Under the Sheltering Sky
It can be challenging enough to feed Kel and me while we are on the road, but what about feeding 10 or 11 or 15? In a place with (count them) zero restaurants, convenience stores …
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Other People’s Food (5): Green Beans and An Oil-free Salad Dressing
A bit of a cheater post, this. The beautiful green (and purple and yellow) beans came from a neighbor’s garden – have I told you about Bountiful, Utah yet? Everything grows like mad here. Could …
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Sleepwalk Southwest Bean & Rice Salad
My kitchen mojo has been a little spotty lately so my weekly menus have been stacked with meals I can prepare without needing much time or brain power. Right now I need to be able …
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7 Days of Salad. Day 3: Orzo with Black-Eyed Peas, Olives & Cucumber
A quick public service announcement via Tiny Kitchen Stories: I will be participating in Automattic’s Worldwide 5k WP event taking place between April 23-29. If the idea of running 3.1 miles “along” with a bunch …
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7 Days of Salad. Day 1: Yellow Rice & Black Bean
Amazing things can happen overnight. Before I kick off Day One of 7 Days of Salad, I want to thank Anne Sture Tucker (Happy Health) for passing along a Liebster Award to this blog. So …
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Good Stuff: Poblanos with Rice, “Refried” Beans & Cashew Cream
This is another recipe that I adapted from Cooking Light’s Fresh Food Fast, opting to make my own “refried” beans rather than using canned. It’s really not a whole lot more time or effort to …
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White Bean, Asparagus & Artichoke Heart Salad
As I was preparing this salad, a mass of rain clouds was stalled just to our west threatening a deluge of rain, thunder and lightning. By the time the salad was in the refrigerator, ready …
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Anything But Ordinary: Vegetarian Bacon (and a really good breakfast smoothie)
I love tempeh bacon. Tofu mimicking bacon makes my mouth water. Each has their own unique flavors and textures – and I’ve admittedly been a bit obsessed about bacon-esque tastes for a while now. So …
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Tale 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 …
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Warming 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 …
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Red Lentil & Spinach Turnovers
All that really needs to be said about these is: mmmmm. Flaky pastry dough, spinach and creamy red lentils with a little bit of spice. Yeah. These make a perfect lunch along with a cool, …
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Spicy White Bean & Hominy Chili
If it is cold do we not shiver? If we are ill, do we not sniffle? When we are sad, do we not require hugs, understanding and something soothing for our tummies? Do we vegans …
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Brunswick-ish Stew
A few years ago, before Kel and I became vegetarians, we had a terrible episode in North Carolina. We really, really wanted barbeque, but somehow, barbeque joints eluded us. After meandering far off of the …
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