Vegan Enchiladas with Creamy Green Sauce

Vegan Enchiladas with Creamy Green Sauce. Vegetable enchiladas filled with carrots, corn, kale and mushrooms. Creamy vegan sauce made of cashews and roasted poblano peppers

I get a lot of recipe inspiration from restaurants (see last week’s broccoli with mint pesto). And as much as I do enjoy cooking, I also enjoy not cooking . People are sometimes surprised that Chris and I eat out (hehe) pretty often — or, to me it seems often, but is two or three…

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Bean and Quinoa Salad

vegan bean and quinoa salad with lemon vinaigrette, brussels sprouts, carrots and herbs - great side or main-dish salad. Keeps several days in the fridge!

‘Round here, this is called bean-oa salad, but you can call it bean and quinoa salad if you’re not a major dork like me. My friend Fifi came over for lunch this week and I hadn’t seen her in a while so I wanted to make something special and pretty. She’s vegetarian (check out her…

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Beans and Greens

Beans and greens - simple, healthy, vegetarian one-pot meal with white beans and kale or collard greens

Beans and greens are truly one of those recipes that are way more than the sum of their parts. Start with dried white beans (Great Northern or Cannellini) for a creamy, saucy texture and add some fresh greens in at the end, cooking them just until softened but still pretty and green. The result reminds…

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Caponata Salad

Caponata salad is a marinated roasted vegetables salad with balsamic vinegar, olive oil, garlic, rosemary and a little sweetness from dried currants

Caponata is a Sicilian eggplant recipe, served warm, with a sweet and sour thing going on between some balsamic vinegar and raisins. This caponata salad got its name because when I was mixing it up, it smelled just like the singular time I made caponata (the Joy of Cooking recipe I think) for a party…

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Quinoa Black Bean Enchilada Casserole

quinoa black bean casserole

I came up with this recipe recently on the fly to take over to some vegetarian, new-parent-friends. (New parents are often overwhelmed by baby-things and have a hard time figuring out how to eat food that doesn’t come wrapped in plastic, so take your new-parent-friends a homemade casserole, okay?) They loved it and I tested and tweaked it…

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Vegan “Beef” Enchiladas

Vegan "beef" enchiladas! Homemade filling with mushrooms, pecans and refried beans topped with homemade vegan Tex-Mex enchilada sauce

I didn’t exactly set out to make a vegan beef enchilada recipe, but that’s what I ended up with. I really just wanted to make some kind of vegan enchiladas but as it turns out, the filling made with mushrooms, pecans and beans is very reminiscent of ground beef. Who knew. It even looks convincing!…

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Tofu Mole Tacos

Tofu Mole Tacos! Fried tofu cubes simmered in a homemade vegan mole sauce made with dried chiles, tomatoes, garlic, spices, and sesame seeds

My husband Chris has never enjoyed any mole sauces he’s tried; they are all sweeter than he likes. He’s also not enamored with glazed meat, sweet barbecue sauces or even ketchup, really. So my self-imposed mission was to use inspiration from this recipe and this recipe to come up with a not-too-sweet Puebla-style red mole…

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Carrot Turmeric Soup

Carrot turmeric soup - add fresh turmeric rhizomes or dried turmeric to this simple carrot soup for a peppery bite, a golden color, and anti-inflammatory benefits! Hilahcooking.com

(You can leave the turmeric out of carrot turmeric soup and you’d be left with regular carrot soup, just like magic!) Really the only reason I added turmeric is because I had some fresh turmeric rhizomes. You ever do that? Find something unusual at your regular store and buy it before you know what to…

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Homemade Microwaveable Burritos

homemade microwaveable burritos

I’ve been making my own microwaveable burritos since I was in college. True, I don’t make them often any more since I don’t need to pack a lunch anymore but recently I got an email asking about homemade microwaveable burritos so I thought I’d share. SORRY THE PICTURE IS SO UNINSPIRING. I really did try. The thing…

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