Category: Autumn

Usually, around the beginning of October, I get the urge to roast a chicken. Maybe it's to try and get myself in the mood for Thanksgiving's turkey but mostly, I think, it's because roasting poultry is a very Fallish thing to do. I typically use a combination of recipes -- the brine from a Cider …

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While I was searching through recipes to make for September's IMBB, I came across an Apple & Squash soup recipe at The Vegan Chef that caught my eye. I've changed a few things below but you can find the original, vegan version at the above site. My version uses chicken stock, some rosemary (I love …

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Hmmm, I think this may turn out to be the week of soups. Is that a bad thing? Hope not. So, this here is a recipe I came across in an Eating Well Magazine that I sort of forgot about for a while. I happened to pull that magazine out recently and almost immediately went …

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My favorite Fall salad is a combination of whatever lettuce I am in the mood for (mixed greens or baby spinach work great), sliced apples or pears, toasted walnuts, sweet onion slices and parmesan. I use a simple balsamic-dijon vinaigrette to top it all off. It's especially good to have on the side with a …

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Behold -- my entry for IMBB #19: I Can't Believe I Ate Vegan!, hosted at Becks & Posh. So, I didn't really set off to fool anyone -- jwa knew he was getting a vegan dinner and quite honestly, yeah, we could believe it was vegan. ::laugh:: But that's not a bad thing! We liked …

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