vegetarian

refried beans without the refry

May 21, 2013
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oh my gosh. i wish i had some super duper great reason why i’ve been away…but i just have lots of excuses. a wedding in Mexico. restructuring in my “real” job. i wanted to post this for meatfree monday however the weekend got away from me with family photos, grad party, my mom’s birthday, baptism and my [...]

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{meatfree monday} winter salad with clementine dressing and vanilla bean candied walnuts

March 18, 2013
Winter Salad with Clementine Dressing and Vanilla Bean Candied Walnuts

yeah i know that is quite the title huh….but it says it all. and i really think my photo shows it all. the freshness of this salad is so good… the clementine’s…and then the crunch of the walnuts…then the chewy craisins. i personally could not get enough of this salad. the dressing was delicious…i wanted [...]

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cheesy carrot casserole

February 12, 2013
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Yeah…cheesy i have you there…now I don’t want to lose you at carrot. hang with me people…cheesy casserole. I served this when we had friends over for dinner…along with meatloaf. it was a huge hit…there is really not much NOT to like about this…cheese butter heavy cream. I will admit the only bummer is making my farm [...]

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{meatfree monday} cornmeal crusted tempeh by the conscious cook

February 4, 2013
the conscious cook

now this meal is a bit over the top there are five different components to this dish. yes 5. it did take a while to make BUT it was so good. so delicious. so fancy. so ahhhhh enjoyable. if you are looking for a recipe to fancy up your tempeh this is it! i planned on making [...]

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{meatfree monday} tempeh wontons

January 28, 2013
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i’ve been enjoying trying out new recipes using tempeh. so here is another new interesting recipe that i found….tempeh wontons. we like wontons so why not try with tempeh. hubby rated these less than a 7 but he said for the healthy side he would eat again. i did like these. i didn’t love them…but [...]

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{meatfree monday} california gardein “chicken” salad

January 14, 2013
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for those looking to try something new… venture into a vegan dish…. have I got the meal…well more sandwich for you! this was so good….how good? hubby took leftovers to make a sandwich for lunch the next day. revolutionary! My new dedication, love for cooking = hubby finally eats leftovers! I’ve talked about it before…this [...]

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{meatfree monday} pasta with lentil bolognese sauce

January 7, 2013

when i first saw this post at The Fearless Homemaker i knew i had to try it. one i’ve had a can of Amy’s Lentil Soup that needed to be used & two i love trying new vegetarian meals…extra bonus is the meal is vegan. my sister Ashley was coming home from college for a visit and she goes [...]

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{meatfree monday} leek & potato soup

December 17, 2012
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please don’t ignore this…I know Leeks…Potato…soup ???? but it is really good. I didn’t even know if I was a Leek Person…ha that sounds so funny to me as I type it but really I don’t even know if I ever had one before..I could not recall using them in a recipe before…well I now [...]

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{meatfree monday} kale chips

December 10, 2012
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I have to say I have struggled with making the perfect kale chip..and by struggle I mean this is the 3x I’ve made these…and guess what 3rd time is the charm…at last I can share… so this sounds silly totally have not reinvented the wheel on this one…I’ve made the same recipe 3x…same one you can [...]

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{meatfree monday} vegetable shepherd’s pie

December 3, 2012
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be warned my picture does not do this dish justice. it just looks like a sloppy mess. which it was but a DELICIOUS sloppy mess! this is the dish I mentioned in my post about my winter csa….that my friend nicki shared with me…and she is a totally foodie so I knew it was going to [...]

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