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Chili Con Quinoa
One of my favorite meals to make in the winter months is chili. In reviewing blogs, I came across a chili recipe that included quinoa. As much as I use quinoa on a weekly basis, it never occurred to me to incorporate it into a chili dish. I modified my go-to chili recipe slightly to […]
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White Bean & Greens Burger with Homemade Fries
For my vegan chef culinary program at Natural Kitchen Cooking School we get a bag of goodies every weekend that we have classes. In our most recent goodie bag, we received a copy of Nava Atlas’ latest book, Wild About Greens. I was overjoyed! I heard about this book, which focuses on how to use […]
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White Bean, Spinach, & Sweet Potato Burrito
Wanting a quick, but tasty and healthy dinner one night, I decided to throw together some white beans, sauteed spinach, and sweet potato with some garnishes and sauces and came up with this creation. It was a wonderful combination and the cilantro, salsas, and sour cream helped to finish out the flavors. White Bean, Spinach, […]
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Potato-Leek & Carrot Soup with Lemon & Dill
I recently started a vegan chef culinary program with Natural Kitchen Cooking School in my beloved former state of New Jersey. One of our homework assignments for the month was to make a recipe out of You Won’t Believe It’s Vegan! by Lacey Sher and Gail Doherty, former owners of New Jersey’s first organic vegan […]
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Three Bean Chili
In the colder months, one of my favorite meals to make is chili. I have even gone so far as to buy a vegetarian chili cookbook, but I always come back to this basic recipe based off of my Mom’s Crockpot Chili. I decided for this latest version of my mom’s veganized chili, I would […]