2015 Archives
Jicama and Carrot Citrus Slaw
Jicama and Carrot Citrus Slaw This is a recipe from my friend, Sandy Holmes. As some of you know, Sandy is a Registered Dietician and is, in her own words, passionately plant strong. She has been working on a cookbook and I was lucky enough to get a copy of her first draft. The recipes look terrific and seem easy to make. This fresh, clean, crunchy…
Tags: Recipes, Salads
Chinese Chickpea Salad
CHINESE CHICKPEA SALAD This delicious salad comes from the beautiful food blog, Pickle and Honey. The crunchy romaine lettuce, colorful purple cabbage and carrots and the sweet mandarine oranges topped with spicy roasted chickpeas make this a perfect dinner salad. I will definetly be making this again. One special note, if you have leftover roasted…
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No Bake Vanilla Cherry Bars
I have been having so much fun this summer exploring the recipes from Alex at Hummusapien. If you haven’t checked out her blog yet, you are missing out! One of the many things I love about an Aspen summer is spending lots of quality time on my bike. The wild flowers are amazing this year! So in order to keep peddling, I need to keep my energy up…
Tags: Energy Bars, Recipes
Crazy Cake Recipes (No eggs, milk or butter)
I remember one of my favorite cakes growing up was Crazy Cake. My mom used to make it and my sisters and I loved it. This cake was also called Depression Cake or Wacky Cake because it didn’t use eggs, butter or milk. The other great thing about this cake is that you mix the ingredients right in the pan you are going to bake it in. No mess!! If you…
Tags: Dessert, Recipes
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…
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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…
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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…
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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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