Easily Made Vegetarian Recipe Easily Made Vegetarian : 15 Recipes

Menu du jour easily made vegetarian : 15 Recipes

A Drunken Pot 'O' Beans
I've had a hectic, back and forth to Columbus, lingering virus, blah blah blah week or so, and when I recently got back from Columbus I did not want to think about anything complicated for dinner. As a matter of fact, what I really wanted was[...]

Stir Fried Tamarind Shrimp
I've been trying to figure out why my blogging has slowed down lately, when I realized that I did the majority of my writing late at night--the same as I did all the way through high school, college and law school. Only now I have to get a kid[...]

A Fix Of Creamy Poblano Soup
I made sopa de lima the other day because John was feeling under the weather and soup seemed right, even thought it was hot. Well since then, it seems like we have been craving more soup, as though we were addicts who had broken the addiction[...]

Recipe Springtime Bacon & Egg Fried Rice

Springtime Bacon & Egg Fried Rice
It's that time of year again--the farmer's market has gone back to being weekly. And the farmer's market is, in my experience, the only place to get interesting early spring vegetables, like scapes, green garlic and greens you've never heard of,[...]

Recipe Coconut Lentil Soup with Potatoes and Peas

Coconut Lentil Soup with Potatoes and Peas
The Spiced Life family just got back from a whirlwind trip to Disney World! John got invited to talk at a conference there and we said yes, please! 3 days nonstop parks with rides, princesses, food, princesses, fairies, princesses... So please[...]

Recipe Caribbean Black Bean Soup with Roasted Garlic

Caribbean Black Bean Soup with Roasted Garlic
Don't you love it when on-a-whim cookbook purchases turn out to be goldmines? I was familiar with Rancho Gordo of course, having purchased their beans more than once. Steve Sando, the founder, has actually come around the Cooking Light Bulletin[...]

Recipe Happy Turkey Day Everyone! Red Lentil Apricot Soup

Happy Turkey Day Everyone! Red Lentil Apricot Soup
I am typing this up on Wednesday, because you know how turkey makes you catatonic and who knows when I will have the energy to blog about everything I made for Thanksgiving and oh yeah I'm not serving turkey, I'm serving prime rib but holy moly I[...]

Recipe Spicy Sweet Potato and Peanut Soup with Black Beans

Spicy Sweet Potato and Peanut Soup with Black Beans
Some of you might think I am on Vicci's payroll, but I swear her blog is one of my best inspirations for vegetarian (or semi-vegetarian) food. So here I am again, linking you over to The Days Are Just Packed --although of course she originally[...]

Recipe Rustic Chickpea Puree with Pasilla Chile, Mint & Cider Vinegar

Rustic Chickpea Puree with Pasilla Chile, Mint & Cider Vinegar
The first meal back from a vacation is always interesting. You're never sure what is in your fridge, your pantry, what has gone bad, what might still be use-able, what your husband might have eaten in your absence.... For example, I threw out 3[...]

Recipe Lentil & Potato Casserole with Pumpkin & Tomatoes, Topped With Phyllo Crust

Lentil & Potato Casserole with Pumpkin & Tomatoes, Topped With Phyllo Crust
I cannot say enough good things about this meal. It is delicious, nutritious, interesting--but not so interesting that it would scare people away. It might be too unusual to your typical Midwestern palate to describe as proper gateway Indian[...]