Tag: salad

  • Spicy Chickpea & Sauerkraut Salad

    One upon a time, there was this bar/salad joint/froyo/kombucha place in Ithaca called Culture Shock. It specialized in fermented and gluten-free foods and tasty beverages. The salads, vegan frozen yogurt, and kombucha selections were awesome and creative. My latest salad creation was inspired by the now defunct restaurant. But never fear, Marian Flaxman, the former […]

  • 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 […]

  • Green Bean Beet Salad

    The consistent assumption about vegans is that we must eat boring salads all the time. During our April weekend of “Foods in a Flash” at the Natural Kitchen Cooking School, we learned how to make an amazing salad that was far from the normal green house salad one would expect us to be munching on. […]

  • Romaine Salad with Sesame Cilantro Vinaigrette

    In our March weekend of classes at the Natural Kitchen Cooking School, we were given The Saucy Vegetarian by Jo Stepaniak, a favorite vegan cookbook author and inspiration. One of our assignments was to choose a recipe from the book and to make it this past month. It was a difficult process as there are […]

  • Vegan Baked Mac & Cheez

    As a lover of macaroni and cheese, it’s always exciting to find a new vegan recipe. We made a vegan baked mac & cheeze adapted from Vegan Vittles by Jo Stepaniak in our latest Natural Kitchen Cooking School class. The recipe got its creamy texture, natural coloring, and nutritional value from cashews, nutritional yeast, and […]