Roasted Carrot Hummus

  Hummus is a true comfort food in our house.  We love to make wraps with it or use it as a healthy and filling vegetable dip.  This version is sweeter than traditional hummus because of the roasted carrots, but it’s fabulous, especially for youngsters who tend to have a sweeter tooth.  It’s also a great way to tuck [...]

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Mediterranean Kale Salad

  To my mind, kale is the rock star of all greens.  I integrate it into at least one meal a day and sometimes it’s as easy as simply stuffing a handful of it into our morning green smoothies.  Most times though I try and keep it intact in shape and form and celebrate its texture [...]

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Raw Falafel with a Dilled Tzatziki Sauce

  Raw food, how I am growing to adore you…You are beautiful to look upon and grace my meals with vitality and health.    Raw Falafel Ingredients: 2 cups sprouted legumes [I used a combination of garbanzo beans and lentils] 1 cup freshly chopped parsley 3 cloves garlic, minced Juice and zest of ½ lemon ½ cup raw [...]

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Artisanal Tofu: Baked Tangy Greek Custard

  Tangy Greek Custard-Style Tofu   Ingredients: 1 recipe homemade tofu, at curd stage 1 cup non-dairy yogurt ¼ cup nutritional yeast Juice of one lemon ¼ cup kalamata olives, pitted and chopped ¼ cup capers ½ cup caper/olive brine 2 tsp dried oregano 1 tsp freshly-cracked black pepper   Directions: Transfer tofu curds into [...]

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Artisanal Tofu: Feta-Style with Greek Olives

  I was really craving a big Greek-style salad the other day and, although, as a vegan,  I could bring together nearly all the ingredients to fashion one, there was one glaring omission:  feta cheese.  That tangy and salty flavor coupled to a creamy and crumbly texture; oh how I miss feta.  It was time [...]

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Comfort Food; Greek-style

  I’d made a batch of Gyros-style seitan and wanted to use it in some traditional Greek-style dishes.  This impulse just happened to coincide with the arrival of a sample of  Teese’s newly revamped stretchy mozzarella-style faux cheese.  So there you have it, Greek-style comfort food was on the menu.  It was absolutely carb coma-inducingly [...]

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Greek Gyros, Vegan-style.

Seitan. This food fascinates me with its versatility. I want to conquer it and meld its glutenous soul into fantastical creations to satisfy any cravings that H or I may be jonesing over. [I think this is the mad scientist in me expressing herself.]  I want the ability to craft it into textures and infuse it with the flavors of the [...]

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