Tag: lunch

  • Cannellini Bean Salad with Wheatberries

    I have had a love affair with both cannellini beans and wheatberries for the past year. I also was delaying going to the grocery store and decided to use what I already had in my pantry and refrigerator to create a new meal. Thus, this delightful, simple, and very healthy cannellini bean salad over wheatberries […]

  • Beans & Greens with Red Quinoa

    Last year I was traveling in Nashville, TN and went to an amazing vegetarian restaurant called The Wild Cow. I ordered the memorable Beans & Greens (Buffalo-Style) dish and was inspired to re-create it, sans tofu, for tonight’s dinner. Recipe 1 bunch of greens (I used collards for this recipe, but kale works too) 1 […]

  • Kale Salad

    A simple and healthy salad that I’ve made numerous times is this kale salad recipe from Whole Foods. Any kale will do, but I find a strong preference for dino kale for this particular recipe. The key is to chop the kale finely and serve right away after mixing with the olive oil and lemon […]

  • Potato Leek Soup

    A delightful soup this time of year involves hearty potatoes and leeks (which just so happened to arrive in our CSA share this week). I’ve made potato leek soup before and usually base it on existing recipes I can find. I found a simple, yet delicious recipe from Vegan Visitor for potato leek soup. I […]

  • Vegan Vietnamese Hoagie (Bánh Mì Chay) & Sweet Potato Fries

    Being married to a Vietnamese-American means that I get the low down on all of the restaurants that have authentically made Vietnamese dishes. My husband is a hard critic of Vietnamese food and rightly so. I’ve had a few Vietnamese hoagies (the good, the bad, and the ugly). Yeah, I called them “hoagies.” I’m originally […]