Fennel and Lemon Risotto Recipe- Dairy Free, with Vegan Option
It is FREEZING here today. As in “wear a gajjilion layers and don’t even think about leaving the house” kind of day. The kind of day that I didn’t send my kids to school because there’s no way on earth I wanted my kids going outside in such cold and icky weather. And our house […]
Russian Vinegret Recipe- Vegan, Sugar Free, Cheap
Time is short, but I wanted to leave you this recipe for Russian vinegret. It sounds like it should be a salad dressing, like a vinaigrette, but it is something completely different- it is a salad made with cooked potatoes, beets, carrots, mayonnaise and often pickles. I had heard about it for a while but […]
Vegan Tomato Cobbler Recipe- With Gluten Free Option
All day I’ve been trying to write a blog post. But so many things came up, requiring my attention, so that I couldn’t even sit down to type up a hand written blog post, or even a more complex recipe requiring a long introduction. On top of that, my 2 year old daughter, Anneliese, has […]
Homemade Applesauce Recipe- How to Make it Frugally and Healthy
Someone asked on a cooking group I’m in for a recipe to make applesauce. I never thought applesauce really needed a recipe, but assumed I had one on my site anyhow. I didn’t. There really are two ways to make applesauce- one is raw and one is cooked, but since most people associate applesauce with […]
Homemade Vegan Omelet Recipe From Red Lentils and How to Make a Sneaky Cheap Omelet
Vegan zucchini omelet. I’m a terribly impatient omelet flipper, vegan omelet or not. Ever since posting why it’s generally cheaper to use egg replacements, even for egg heavy dishes like quiches, I was hoping we’d lower our egg usage in our house, but to be honest, our egg usage didn’t go down tremendously. Last month […]
Thanksgiving Menu for 2013
I wasn’t going to do a Thanksgiving dinner this year, as my husband is not American, and we don’t live in the US… but after deciding that, I realized that I actually had everything in the house that I would need to make a Thanksgiving dinner, so I figured- why on earth not? Here’s my […]
Practically Free Soup- And a Zero Waste Kitchen
So last month I did a grocery shopping challenge, tracking every cent I spent, and breaking it down into different categories, and seeing how much we were spending in each area. After that, I challenged myself to do the same this month, only this time, to try to lower our bill by about 100 dollars, […]
Indian Spiced Radish Greens Recipe- Vegan, Gluten Free, Dairy Free
I love finding recipes for often discarded food items that other people don’t realize are edible and healthy. I make recipes with cauliflower leaves, have cooked banana peels into chutney, turn watermelon rinds into side dishes, and make delicious dishes from fish scraps and chicken skins. So when I was in the farmer’s market, and […]
Mustard Thyme Chicken Recipe- Gluten Free, Grain Free, Sugar Free
I had a bunch of chicken that I wanted to cook up, but wanted something different than my usual random spices that I just throw on. I wanted something flavorful, but without any added sweeteners or processed sauces, etc… I remembered having artichoke once with mustard and thyme, and remembered that mustard with thyme was […]
Flourless Chickpea Blondies Recipe- Egg Free, Refined Sugar Free, Vegan Option
Bean desserts, cakes and cookies made from black beans, navy beans, and chickpeas have taken over the healthy eating bloggosphere. The problem with most of those recipes is that, while they are gluten free and grain free, they tend to be with eggs, and as someone who gets sick from eating eggs, they simply don’t […]
