Maple-Orange Tempeh/Maple-Orange Pork

This recipe comes from one of my favorite blogs, 101 Cookbooks. I made a few changes, of course (I guess I just can’t leave well enough alone, ever) — not the least of which is the addition to meat to a version of this recipe. The original recipe uses tempeh as the protein, but I [...]

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Frankencabbage strikes again! (recipe: scalloped cabbage casserole)

Just as I thought I was done with cabbage after last week’s huge one, another large Napa cabbage showed up in my Greenling box this week. This one was a runt compared to last week’s, weighing in at only 4 lbs, 7 oz. But that’s still a big veggie. So, I started an Internet hunt [...]

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Spicy Tofu Stir-Fry with Peanuts and Quinoa

This recipe started out as the Szechuan-Style Tofu with Peanuts recipe in this month’s Cooking Light. I made several tweaks to use ingredients I had on hand, including my giant cabbage, and to make this vegetarian. The quinoa adds protein, a nutrient I’m always keeping track of because I don’t eat meat. I also loved [...]

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This cabbage could take you out

Does anyone else remember the book The Celery Stalks at Midnight from when they were a kid? About a vampire bunny who sucked the juices from vegetables, turning them into zombies? I swear I am not making this up. Anyway, I got a Napa cabbage in my Greenling box this week, and it’s one of [...]

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Kale chips: so good, even toddlers love them

This isn’t my recipe, so I wasn’t going to talk about kale chips on the blog until I came across a bag of them for $7 at Whole Foods yesterday. No one should have to pay $7 for kale chips. I found this recipe on Kath’s blog, and folks, they are addicting. I know it [...]

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Italian-style greens with vegan sausage

I know I’m a Southern girl, but I have never liked sauteed greens. Collards, turnip greens, mustard greens, yadda yadda yadda — I’ve always found them to be too mushy. But ’tis the season for nice, hearty greens, and while I’ve enjoyed adding them to soups and stews all winter, it does get old. I’ve [...]

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Tempeh stir-fry with mushrooms, carrots, and broccoli

I want to talk about tempeh for a minute. As meat substitutes go, I place it far above tofu. Don’t get me wrong, tofu is fine, but it takes some work to prepare and it’s difficult to get the texture right. Tempeh has a nutty, slightly soft texture, cooks up quickly, and absorbs flavors readily. [...]

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A new focus

I’ve been blogging a long time now. I tend to write about a lot of things, from my family, to food, to the occasional political post, etc. While that’s all well and good, I realized recently that this blog needs a focus. Not that I can’t write about all things, but that it’s better if [...]

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We’re breaking up

Dear Time Warner Cable, We’ve been together for a long time — 9 years or so.  When we first hooked up you were my only option (sorry to be so blunt), but things were ok! I saw my first American Idol episode with you. You brought me together with my favorite weatherman, Burton Fitzsimmons, whom [...]

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