Quinoa and Mushroom Stuffed Peppers

Quinoa and Mushroom Stuffed Peppers

Let’s face it, when you have a really delicious sauce like this Cilantro Cashew Sauce, you kind of look for anything to put it on to justify eating more of it, instead of just grabbing a spoon and slurping it up, which would be wrong, right? These quinoa and...
Mediterranean Flatbread

Mediterranean Flatbread

We flew off to Newport, Rhode Island and the Connecticut coast to visit with family and to celebrate some special birthdays. Those warm, humid summer days that turn into misty cool evenings with foghorns blowing in the Long Island Sound, are evocative of a past life I...
Goat Cheese and Honey Salad

Goat Cheese and Honey Salad

On a recent trip to the wonderful seaside town of Nazaré, Portugal, we enjoyed a fabulous dinner at a restaurant called Tosca Gastrobar. It had a cozy vibe and absolutely scrumptious food. I was served one of the most delicious and pretty salads there which became the...
Sautéed Shiitake Mushrooms with Polenta

Sautéed Shiitake Mushrooms with Polenta

Sometimes people seem so perplexed when they find out I’m a vegetarian. “What do you eat?” I get asked all the time, and the answer seems so obvious to me – no animals. It is a personal decision I made when I was a child, and it stuck, but it...
Apple Fennel Tart

Apple Fennel Tart

I wish I could tell you that this apple and fennel tart was my brilliant idea, but the truth is, I tasted something similar at a friend’s house last year. It was different and delicious, so I filed the idea away in my brain to reference later down the line. The...