Tag Archives: weeknight dinner

What would you do if you were hungry?

By Alexa | Published: April 8, 2013
What would you do if you were hungry? For many of us, myself included, the answer is pretty straightforward – we would get something to eat. Well, first would have to figure out the details, like what we felt like eating, whether to splurge on going out or ordering in, or if we could muster [...]
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A New Kind of Kugel

By Alexa | Published: March 28, 2013
Confession: I’m not the biggest lover of kugel. I find most kugels heavy, filling, and bland. So when I came across this inspired reinterpretation in Martha Stewart Living’s April issue that she called a “potato kugel gratin”, I knew I wanted my passover kugel to go in this novel direction. In her version, potatoes are wedged [...]
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Tempeh Part I: Warm Tempeh, Farro, Roasted Carrot and Caraway Salad

By Alexa | Published: March 20, 2013
While I might catch flack for saying this, tempeh is the Rodney Dangerfield of vegan protein sources. Whether it is because people are more familiar with the other vegan protein that starts with a T (tofu), and so they confuse the two, people don’t know how to prepare it, or that it’s not often served [...]
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CSA Cooking Class: Winter Share Tips

By Alexa | Published: March 13, 2013
Tonight was not just any Wednesday night… Tonight my apartment was filled with 6 incredible women, and we chopped, chiffonaded and chatted our way through a bunch of root vegetables, creating a fantastic dinner. This was the first of what I hope will be a series of cooking classes that I am offering to members of the [...]
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Chipotle Sweet Potato Mash

By Alexa | Published: November 20, 2012
WAIT! There is still time to make a simple, delicious, killer side for Thanksgiving! And better yet, it’s not JUST for Thanksgiving – I’ve been eating this since it became cooler a few weeks ago, and it’s become my “crack” of the season. I need it. I crave it. Thank G’d it’s easy and cheap [...]
Posted in Budget, CSA, Inspiration, Pareve, Recipes, vegan, Vegetarian | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

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