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Pizza Brain
One of the best things about originally being from New Jersey and having lived in Philadelphia as well, is knowing good pizza. The Philly/NJ/NYC area has many great Italian restaurants and pizzerias that I deeply miss when I’m in any other part of the country. So whenever we are back in NJ or Philly visiting […]
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Avocado Chimichurri Bruschetta
One of the many perks about being in the Natural Kitchen Cooking School was the healthy and delicious snacks the staff would have out for us to munch on in between doing food prep or listening to a nutrition lecture. We always had delicious herbal teas, some of my favorites being genmaicha (brown rice) tea […]
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Green Bean Salad with Red Onion & Tomato
I’m always pleasantly surprised when I find mainstream chefs highlighting vegetables in their recipes, and particularly when their dishes are “accidentally” vegan. Some pre-vegans like to think they don’t eat vegan meals or sometimes scoff at the idea that there isn’t any meat or animal by-product in an entree, when in fact people eat “vegan” […]
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No Mayo Potato Salad
A couple of years ago, I had the pleasure of tasting this amazing potato salad when another veg friend, Nicole Nelson, brought it to a local home brewers’ event. I was also pleasantly surprised that the recipe did not include mayonnaise, as I’m not a huge fan of mayo-based salads. Nicole was generous enough to […]
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To Natural Kitchen Cooking School, With Love
I am participating for the third year in Vegan MoFo, a month long vegan food extravaganza from vegan bloggers around the globe focusing on delicious food for the month of September! I was fortunate enough to recently graduate from the Natural Kitchen Cooking School, one of the few vegan chef culinary programs in the United […]