VEGETARIAN – blue zone friendly recipes

Plant Based Recipes

  • Elegant Red Wine Poached Pears: A Simple and Beautiful Dessert

    Whole red wine poached pears are a simple and beautiful dessert. In this recipe, we steep the pears ...

  • Quick Pickled Red Onions

    Pickled red onions can add a bit of tang and some pretty pink to so many dishes. Add some slices of ...

  • Picante Pinto Bean Soup: Nutritious Vegetarian Fare

    A quick and easy Picante Pinto Bean Soup. It's healthy and hearty, and can be served vegan, with cheese ...

  • Lemon and Caper Cauliflower Steaks

    Cauliflower is a little like tofu, it's a convincing imitator that can be prepared in ways that are ...

  • Vegan Mushroom Bourguignon

    I would toil away late into the evening in the back of my little store, in the kitchen with an apartment ...

  • Marinated Feta and Tzatziki: A Taste of Greece

    We were lucky to squeeze in a quick trip to Greece just before the lockdowns began. During our visit, ...

  • Roasted Tomato and Fresh Arugula Spaghetti

    Word has it that we are getting a snow storm on Tuesday and we’ll have a high temperature of 35 degrees. ...

  • Peach, Berry and Radicchio Panzanella Salad

    I'm definitely guilty of making pretty much the same salad day after day. What science tells us though ...

  • White Bean Puree with Kale and Balsamic Onions

    As a vegetarian, if I showed up at someone's house and they served this to me for dinner, I be thrilled. ...

  • Creamy Zucchini and Potato Soup

    Seventy degrees one day and the next, we have two feet of snow, but it's not a problem as we have no ...

  • Roasted Pepper, Artichoke and Cannellini Bean Salad

    Life at my day job as a Realtor has been roller-coaster of changes by the hour since our town has gone ...

  • Arugula, Sweet Potato and Quinoa Salad

    This is a nutrient dense salad made with spicy arugula, sweet potato, quinoa (a complete vegan protein), ...

  • Peanut Noodles Primavera

    If you’re looking for a quick, healthy, and incredibly versatile dish, this Peanut Noodles Primavera ...

  • Roasted Squash, Red Onion and Pomegranate Salad

    The quiet was as soft as could be, with only the occasional sound of the kitty's paws padding along ...

  • Mediterranean Flatbread

    We flew off to Newport, Rhode Island and the Connecticut coast to visit with family and to celebrate ...

  • Grilled Flatbread

    Lovely flavorful flatbread can be used in so many ways. It can be used torn apart to scoop up hummus ...

  • Nicoise Salad

    The Nicoise Salad is one of the great French culinary concoctions. It is simple, fresh tasting, and ...

  • Lemon Jewel Couscous

    Looking for a side dish with bright and fresh flavors? This Lemon Jewel Couscous is great hot, cold, ...

  • Preserved Lemons

    Preserved Lemons are a wonderful addition to many recipes. A staple in Moroccan and Middle Eastern cuisine, ...

  • Spinach Quinoa and Strawberry Salad with Feta and Toasted Pinenuts

    There was a stifling heat wave crushing its way across the country earlier in the week, so we hit the ...