Masala Chai Latté Pudding

  This is the perfect season for chai lattés.  It’s also the perfect season for comfort foods.  This dessert combines the two in a rich and deliciously Indian-spiced pudding that begs to be enjoyed on a comfy sofa while wrapped in a blanket.   Masala Chai Latté Pudding Ingredients: 2 cups non dairy milk [I [...]

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Mexican Chilled Chocolate

Here is a quick and easy, chilled and spicy treat for a hot late Summer’s night when you’re craving something thick, rich and abundantly chocolate. Mexican Hot Chocolate Pudding Ingredients: 2 boxes firm silken tofu 1/2 cup + 2 T unsweetened cocoa powder 1 tsp almond extract 1 tsp vanilla extract 2 tsp ground cinnamon chili powder, [...]

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Tempeh Tacos

If you’re craving Americanized Mexican food, this is a wonderfully quick meal to toss together and makes a great portable lunch the following day rolled into a tortilla.  Garnish them up with freshly cut radishes, crisp romaine and heady cilantro, or grilled onions and green peppers.  You could, and I often do,  add some diced [...]

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Stir-Fried Yuba with Okra

It’s nearly summertime and the farmer’s markets are beginning to burst at the seams with produce! Use whatever vegetables you have on hand in this. Aside from the gorgeous okra I picked up, I added some crisp bell pepper, carrots and green cabbage to give this stir-fry some color and wonderful texture. Okra and Yuba [...]

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Almond and Coconut-Encrusted Red Curry Tofu

  I haven’t posted a homemade tofu recipe in a long time and decided that it was long overdue.  Aside from making the actual tofu, I took the easy way out and used a pre-prepared red curry paste for this variation and freshened the flavors of the dish with some shredded kaffir lime leaves.  To [...]

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Orange and Mushroom-Sauced Noodles with Kale

  I have fallen in love with Tofu Shirataki noodles.  They’re packed full of fiber and calcium and have such a low calorie count they are almost an afterthought.  I’ve been using them lately in everything and wanted to spread the word to those of you who may be looking for interesting and less caloric pasta [...]

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Sesame Bay Tofu Points

  This makes a really nice quick and easy lunch or dinner entrée.  When cut into smaller triangular pieces and paired with some spicy cocktail sauce, they make a great appetizer.    Sesame Bay Tofu Points Ingredients: 1 block firm tofu ½ cup sesame seeds [I prefer to use un-hulled seeds because they have a greater nutritional [...]

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Thanksgiving: A Compassionate Bounty

What are we thankful for this year?  For many things.  We are thankful for the presence of one another.  We are thankful for the fortune that those we love are healthy.  We are thankful that we have been graced with the ability to make better choices than at any other point in the past,  and that these choices have [...]

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Savory Phyllo Roll

  Savory Phyllo Roll This dish is similar to the Mediterranean Braciole dinner in that it’s a combination of separate dishes combined into one  main course.  It’s very straight-forward and easy to assemble and well worth the time investment when you want to create a memorable and special meal.  The three main components can be made ahead of [...]

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Tempehstuous Reuben Fettuccine

For whatever reason, the health virtues of  rye have been popping up left and right in my reading material recently.  That prompted me to pick up some dark rye flour from Bob’s Red Mill the last time we were in Portland.  On the drive home I was contemplating how I could use the flour in [...]

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