Review: Watermelon Summer Salad
This refreshing watermelon salad was a real suprise and perfect for a light summer meal. The salad offers a very interesting mixture of flavors that is really quite nice. We only adapted it slightly by using vegan cheese instead of feta. It was easy to make and the instructions are simple to follow. While watermelons [...]
Vegan Rice Pudding with Caramelized Apples
The apples on the tree in our backyard are ready to pick, so we used some of them for this tasty treat that we enjoyed Sunday afternoon with coffee. Yield: 4 servings Ingredients: for the rice pudding: 3 cups water 1/4 teaspoons salt 1/2 cup arborio (risotto) rice 4 cups soy, almond, oat or other [...]
Carrot, Fennel and Orange Soup
This is a lovely soup, mild yet flavorful with a lovely creamy consistency and a bright color. Yield: 4 servings Ingredients: 1 small fennel bulb, cleaned and sliced 2 tablespoons oil 4 cups carrots, peeled and sliced 1-2 tablespoons fennel seeds, ground 1 clove garlic, minced 4 cups water salt and pepper 1/2 cup fresh [...]
Fig and Artichoke Bites with Soy Cheddar
A quick and easy vegan finger food that tastes delicious while still being light. Yield: 12 bites Ingredients: 12 small pastry (pie) bites formed as shells 1/4 cup fig jam 3-4 artichoke hearts, sliced 1 ounce soy cheddar sliced in small pieces greens as garnish, we used lemon verbena Directions: We used pre-made vegan pastry [...]
Healthy Elderberry Spritzer
Elderberries are very healthy but also tasty, and the season is just beginning. We’ve been busy last week harvesting elderberries from our garden and making an elderberry syrup that can be used in many ways. Here’s a simple but tasty and refreshing use for the syrup. Ingredients: Basically the amounts depend on your taste. You [...]
Plum Crisp with Almond Streusel
We made a lovely plum compote from plums received as a gift. It’s been a really good year for fruit, most of our friends have an abundance of every kind. These tasty crisps can be made with any fruit – peach, apricots, plums or whatever. It’s very easy to make and quite tasty. Yield: 4 [...]
Review: Cashew Basil Cream Sauce
My oh my, this was a delicious dinner. We saw this recipe created by Rosie of the Dandelion Vegan Blog. We enjoyed the cashew basil cream sauce with pasta as a main meal with lightly steamed green beans. The recipe is perfect and easy to make. Do give it a try, you will be quite [...]
Braised Tempeh with Yellow Plum Chutney
We have been blessed with yellow plum bushes in our new garden, they have a richly balanced and aromatic sweet flavor but not as sweet as the smaller mirabelle plums. We really enjoyed this meal, and will be having it often in the future. Yield: 4 servings Ingredients: for the tempeh: 1 lb. tempeh, cut [...]
Honeydew Melon with Tofu Ham and Bell Pepper Nut Cream
This makes a lovely salad, appetizer or choice for a banquet buffet. The sweet spicy pepper nut cream is a tasty enhancement to the melon. Yield: 4 servings Ingredients: 1 ripe honeydew melon, sliced, seeds removed and peeled 6 slices tofu ham, vegan cold cut or tempeh bacon 2-3 tablespoons bell pepper nut cream lettuce [...]
Review: French Ratatouille Soup
We really enjoyed this soup tonight. We made the vegan version, of course, using vegetable bouillon, otherwise the recipe is vegan. It really did taste like a smooth pureed version of one of our favorite meals, the classic Provencal dish ratatouille. It’s a hearty soup that can be enjoyed as a supper with nice whole [...]
Couscous Filled Peppers with Olives and Vegan Cheese
This is an easy stuffed pepper recipe with an Italian touch. You can do this with any pepper, we particularly enjoy the long pointed sweet peppers. Yield: 4 filled peppers for 2-4 servings Ingredients: 4 long sweet peppers (like the banana, Marconi or Hungarian wax pepper) 1 cup couscous 1 vegetable bouillon cube 1 & [...]
Review: Watermelon Agua Fresca
One Perfect Bite is one of my favorite omni blogs. Marry is a great cook, and takes lovely, inspiring photos. We saw this delcious, refreshing drink on her blog and looked forward to making it. It’s very easy to make, and very refreshing on a hot summer day. Do give it a try! Watermelon Agua [...]
Classic Potato Salad Gone Vegan
There are many versions of potato salad and all are tasty. However, we enjoy the simple classic potato salad with onions and celery the best. Yield: 4 servings Ingredients: 2 lbs. potatoes (boiled) 4-5 stalks celery, chopped 1-2 onion, chopped salt & pepper pinch cayenne pepper 2 teaspoons celery seed 1/3 cup soyanaise 2 tablespoons [...]
Lidia’s Pea Spread
This is a lovely spread that we enjoyed at the Lahder Krug, a restaurant in Petershagen-Lahde (Germany) during a birthday party. The restaurant usually serves traditional German meals, but they made an entire 5 course vegan meal just for us and did a really good job. We were very touched and happy to enjoy this [...]
