One of my big tasks this year is to figure out what to do with all of the fresh produce coming out of my garden. If you’re growing your own garlic (And you 100% should!!), that means you have a…
Recipes
White pizza with dandelion greens
Being more in tune with nature has been an integral part of my spiritual practice. I really try to enjoy and savor the aspects of each season. Traditionally, the Spring was a time of foraging, and if you haven’t tried…
Vegan Beer & Cheddar Steak Pie
So I thought to myself “Hmm.. what would happen if I combined all of my husband’s favorite foods together?” and I got this! This is a variation of the classic British steak & ale pie. It is a savory pie…
Cooking seasonally from the garden with vintage cookbooks
This was our second season of vegan homesteading and our garden pumped out A LOT of food. Our perennials haven’t even started producing yet, so at some point soon I’m really going to have to start figuring out what to…
The Best Damn Vegan Sloppy Joes!
I’m still mostly limited to food I can make on a stove top because I still don’t have a working oven and I just heard from the contractor that my kitchen renovation wont be able to happen until the Fall…
How to make your food taste like it’s from a restaurant! Easy tips & tricks to transform your cooking
Before I started my professional career, my pedigree as a worker started in commercial kitchens. I knew that food service wasn’t going to be my career, but I still wanted to learn anything and everything I could from the experience.…
Creamy Japanese-style Sauce for your Buddha Bowls, Grain Bowls, & salads!
My husband and I eat Buddha bowls for lunch almost every single day. It’s a great way to use up leftovers or random vegetables from the garden. Since we eat these A LOT, I find myself frequently needing to come…
Vegan Creamy Lentil Soup
This is a great recipe designed to use up some veggies from your garden or CSA box! It does call for Sumac as a spice. If you don’t own sumac, you need to buy it! The best way I can…
Boston-Style Marinated Tofu
When I lived in Boston, my favorite restaurant was my favorite purely because of this tofu. Honestly, one of the things that gave me the most pause about moving to Virginia was leaving this tofu behind. Since then, I have…
Grilled Summer Squash Zaatar Spears
Summer Squash has got to be the most bountiful vegetable you can grow in the garden. You want to eat it all and not let it go to waste, but then there’s the issue of figuring out what to do…