The holidays have really messed with my blog schedule, but I am back with a vengance today, and cooking up a storm. As we all know, tis the season to cook, and cook, and cook and cook. With that in mind, cooking can be very expensive during the holidays. Especially when you are cooking with…
I know what you’re thinking. How could the Beatles ruin someone’s life? Well, any woman who grew up in the 60s should understand this. Girls, we were bamboozled by four cute boys from Liverpool. With their mop top hair and their songs of love, no girl was safe from their music. Their lyrics sold us…
Hi Everyone and welcome to our Virtual Vegan Potluck. The easiest way to describe this virtual potluck is picture 136 vegans from around the world who will each share a yummy plant-based recipe with all of you. Following my bread stuffing and mushroom gravy recipes, you will find a go forward and go back button.…
Cabbage Roll Soup & Eating For The Environment As many of you know, I am studying plant-based nutrition through an online program offered by Cornell University. Yesterday, I watched a very powerful lecture by Bruce Monger who teaches oceanography at Cornell. The lecture was on the environmental impact of eating an animal-based diet on the ocean.…
Stuffed Squash with Jasmine Rice, Cranberries and Raisins Tis the season for all things squash and I am putting the butternut squash bounty to good use. Yesterday, I made this stuffed squash with jasmine rice, cranberries and lots of herbs. Butternut squash can be a wonderful side dish, but filled with this hearty stuffing, it…
I have heard many sad stories this week. Unexpected painful losses that are hard to understand. It makes me think of something Big Papi of The Boston Red Sox said after winning a world series playoff game last month. He said: “This is one tiny life – so show up” I know I say this…
In “Allegory of the Cave”, Plato has Socrates describe a gathering of people who have lived chained to a wall of a cave all of their lives, facing a blank wall. The people watch shadows projected on the wall by things passing in front of a fire behind them. According to Plato’s Socrates, the shadows…
Walnut Crusted Vegan Chick’n Scallopini with Cranberry Vinaigrette Every day I see an elderly woman with a walker taking a very slow stroll in my neighborhood. Each tiny movement she makes looks extremely painful, but she keeps on going. When I see her, I get so filled with emotion. I don’t know why exactly, but…
Spicy Black Bean Chili with Avocado & Tortilla Strips A couple of months ago, a 75-year-old women named Helen reached out to me. She wanted to change her diet, and she needed help. I was so impressed and inspired by her because even at 75 she knew she could make changes in her diet that…
Former President & Vegan Bill Clinton I once read the most wonderful book on writing by horror and suspense author Stephen King. It is called “On Writing – A Memoir of Craft“. In that book, he said, “writing is like driving a car at night. You can see only as far as your headlights, but…
