RSS

Archive | 8 RSS feed for this section

White Bean and Artichoke Salad – Color Me Vegan, pg 167

April 23, 2011

0 Comments

White Bean and Artichoke Salad - Color Me Vegan, pg 167

White Bean and Artichoke Salad.  I served this to my girlfriend Eva who came over for lunch with her kids last week.  We both liked this salad and it is perfect as a light snack, lunch or side accompaniment to dinner.  Her 2 year old daughter even had a bowlful – mostly enjoying picking out [...]

Continue reading...

Spinach Soup with Basil and Dill – Color Me Vegan, pg113

April 5, 2011

0 Comments

I really like this soup.  It’s not an addictive soup but a light soup with great flavour.   I was surprised how much I liked the dill – Colleen suggests a perfect amount, you can taste it but the dill taste does not overpower at all.  I added the juice of a large lemon at [...]

Continue reading...

Asian Inspired Lettuce Wraps – The Vegan Table, pg200

April 2, 2011

2 Comments

Asian Inspired Lettuce Wraps - The Vegan Table, pg200

Very good recipe.  I think I love most anything with the word ‘wrap’ in it.  I did serve the Asian-inspired tofu wraps on a bed of buttery boston bib letttuce.  But both Eliot and I used made our own wraps at the dinner table.  The miso sauce on the wraps is delicious.  I could eat [...]

Continue reading...

Pumpkin Curry – The Vegan Table, pg 123

April 2, 2011

1 Comment

Pumpkin Curry - The Vegan Table, pg 123

Yummy.  I served this to my family and my mom-in-law.  Everyone really liked it.  It calls for simmering with 5 red chili peppers, which I took out early in the process as I thought it was getting a bit spicy.  Turns out it wasn’t that spicy and next time I make it will let them [...]

Continue reading...

Sugar Snap Peas with Toasted Sesame Seeds; Day 115/125, 127 recipes down, 123 to go!

April 27, 2010

1 Comment

pg 118, The Vegan Table, Rating 8, Made the Cut  (I used snow peas versus sugar snap peas) Snow peas lightly sauteed with sesame oil and toasted sesame seeds and some sea salt are pretty darn good.  Eliot and I ate them all.  The girls were not keen on the the texture of the sesame [...]

Continue reading...