Category: Seasonal Cooking

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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I love Fall. No really, I am completely ensorcelled with the season that is Autumn. I think some of it is my 18+ years of being on an academic calendar but it's also the layering and the sweaters and Halloween and the cool crisp air. Ohhh, and the apple crisp. And stew. And pancakes. And …

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