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Ital Stew
Every weekend at the Natural Kitchen Cooking School, we have a guest chef to bring something fun, new and creative to the mix. During our January weekend, we had the pleasure of having NKCS graduate Nancy Street, of Hummingbird’s Kitchen, create fabulous Jamaican dishes for us. I was impressed and tantalized by her Ital Stew, […]
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Beet Burgers
One of the many exciting things we get in our goodie bags during our monthly cooking classes at the NKCS is a vegan cookbook. Our most recent surprise to go along with “The World of Beans” weekend was a book I have never heard of before called Meatless Burgers by Louise Hagler. I enjoy Hagler’s […]
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Collard Greens White Bean Soup
For one of my homework assignments with the Natural Kitchen Cooking School, I needed to make Escarole White Bean Soup. I did not have any escarole on hand, but it was easy to substitute another green leafy vegetable in its place. Since I had an abundance of collard greens in my weekly CSA share, I […]
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Chickpea Socca with House Marinara
One of my favorite dishes and part of a recent homework assignment with the Natural Kitchen Cooking School was this layered Chickpea Socca with House Marinara entree. For those not familiar with it, socca is a French bread hailing from Nice, that is naturally gluten-free (as it’s made with chickpea flour). This was almost reminiscent […]
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Spicy Tofu Turnovers
I stumbled upon this Hellman’s recipe for Turkey Turnovers when a couple of my Facebook friends “liked” the Hellman’s page. Somehow it showed the link and picture of the turnovers and I knew in an instant that I must veganize this recipe! It was simple enough. I replaced the turkey with cubed extra-firm tofu. I […]