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Mexican Jicama Salad
This refreshing salad is colorful, crunchy and light, more of what I think of as a warm weather salad. It is snowy and rainy here in Aspen and I wanted to post a salad that would lift everyone’s spirits and remind us all that summer REALLY is on the way! Add a margarita, some guacamole and some chips and I can most certainly guarantee your outlook…
Tags: Recipes, Salads
Baked Spaghetti with Kale, Mushrooms and Tofu Ricotta
This recipe is another favorite from Alexis Joseph’s food blog Hummusapien. This whips up in no time and the pasta actually comes out perfectly. The tofu ricotta is delicious and offers a nice creamy texture to the pasta. This recipe will become a regular in my house. It fits all of my criteria, it is fast and easy to put together, delicious and…
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Tofu Salad with Chutney and Raisins
I am featuring this recipe for two reasons, one is that this is a super easy way to make a delicious filling for a sandwich or to top a green salad with and the second reason os to highlight a mayo product I just love. The product is called “Just Mayo” by Hampton Creek. Whenever I have served this to people as a spread or in a recipe like this Tofu…
Tags: Recipes, Salads
Smashed Sweet Potato Burrito
This is one of those recipes from Lindsay Nixon at Happy Herbivore. It is super quick to throw together after work if you bake the sweet potato and make the rice earlier in the week. The rice is not critical to this dish, I leave it out most of the time because you have plenty of starch with the wheat wrap, the beans and the sweet potato but if you…
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Better Than Tuna Salad
This is so good. I have made this salad for some of my clients and they have really liked it. It is really fresh tasting and is good either in a wrap, served on greens, or on some whole grain bread with some romaine leaves. If you want to add a “from the sea” flavor, add some dulse flakes. If you live in Aspen, you can get them in the spice section…
Tags: Recipes, Salads
Thug Kitchen Vegetable Pad –Thai with Dry-Fried Tofu
Friday night is pizza night at our house. It is the end of week, I am tiered and would rather not have to think about getting dinner on the table so we do take out pizza, veggie pizza no green peppers on 1/2 because Randy doesn’t like them and no cheese on my 1/2 because I don’t eat cheese. This past Friday we thought we would break out of our pizza…
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Guilt Free Hot Fudge Sundae
This guilt free hot fudge sundae is such a treat and you don’t feel guilty because you know it is made with whole foods, not a bunch of chemical laden food like substances. I always have a bag of frozen banana pieces in a bag in the freezer. Whenever I have some bananas that are looking a little too ripe to eat, I just peel them cut them into slices…
Tags: Dessert, Recipes
Tofu Spinach Lasagna
This lasagna is easy and is kid approved! Last week we hosted two boys ages 10 and 12 at our house for four nights. I made them this lasagna one night and they both loved it, they even went back for seconds. They were both very surprised when I told them there was no cheese in the lasagna. The tofu ricotta is creamy and flavorful and adding the…
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Chunky Miso Vegetable Soup
This recipe comes from Isa Chandra Moskowitz’s book, “Isa Does It.” This soup really is soup for the soul. Whip up a batch of this if you think you are at the beginning of a cold or you have had a bad day and want to feel comforted. Miso is a staple in Asian diets and as we know, people who eat traditional Asian diets have much lower rates of heart…
Tags: Recipes, Soup/Stew
Creamy Cauliflower Soup with Tamari Pepitas
I came across this recipe in the Aspen Times on Thursday. I love cream of cauliflower soup because it is so creamy tasting without any of the artery clogging cream and butter that you find in creamy soups. This recipe offers a little kick with the addition of hot sauce and the miso offers some depth of flavor to the soup. If you like, add greens…
Tags: Recipes, Soup/Stew