Category: Holiday Foods

  • Go Green or Go Home! St. Patrick’s Day 2014

    Go Green or Go Home! St. Patrick’s Day 2014

    “There are only two kinds of people in the world. The Irish and those who wish they were.” – Irish Saying While I know that St. Patrick’s Day is a mostly Irish-American phenomenon, it was something I’ve enjoyed celebrating in a very green way from my childhood until now. When I was in grade school, […]

  • Cruelty-Free Christmas Cuisine

    During holidays, particularly in the colder months, I love baking and putting together festive fare! This Christmas was no exception. Technically we had this meal for Christmas Eve and had enough leftovers that we ate it for Christmas dinner as well. Delish! We’ve been big fans of most of the Gardein products to date and […]

  • Roasted Butternut Squash, Maple-Glazed Brussels Sprouts, and Brown Rice

    When the colder months lay into us here in the Northeast, there is nothing I love more than roasted veggies (particularly squash). Using local vegetables from our CSA really helps provide the strong basis for our menu planning. This is a simple, yet satisfying and nourishing meal. Roasted Butternut Squash Serves 2 1 large butternut […]

  • 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 […]

  • The No-Chick Benedict

    Growing up, some of my favorite dinners were breakfast dinners! Something about having what we traditionally ate in the morning always seemed even more exciting as the supper menu. I recently watched a program on television about the history of eggs benedict and how they were developed at a famous Manhatten restaurant many years ago. […]