Category: Lunch

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • My Top 6 Vegan-Friendly Cookbooks

    In my quest for coming up with my “top 5” lists, I had a very difficult time paring it down to only 5 for cookbooks. I love cookbooks and find myself reading them like novels. Therefore, this list departs a little and there are 6 gems. This could have been much longer, but I wanted […]