When we are craving a delectable vegetarian pasta and in the mood to make it at home, I love to make it with winter vegetables just like at our local Italian restaurant.
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Kale Pasta
This is a simple pasta dish that is easy to make with good for you kale and the most delicious and healthy of results.
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Broccoli Pepper Stir Fry Peanut Butter Noodles
To celebrate Lunar New Year here is a quick and easy stir fry noodle recipe that I have been making for years.
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Coconut Rice with Crispy Garlic
This coconut flavored rice with crispy garlic is super easy to make and goes really well as an accompaniment to any Asian inspired main dish. The toasted garlic and coconut oil give the rice a lovely aromatic flavor without being overwhelming. Continue reading Coconut Rice with Crispy Garlic
Creamy Asparagus and Leek Risotto
Risotto with creamy arborio rice, leeks and asparagus makes for a perfect spring time dinner.
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Black Eyed Peas Salad
With chock full of black eyed peas, crunchy vegetables and apples this salad has a good amount of substance making us feel full even before we start on our main course 👌.
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Black Eyed Peas Curry
Growing up in the South in Texas and Louisiana, my Mom followed a Southern tradition of making black-eyed peas on New Year’s Day for good luck and prosperity in the upcoming New Year. When Mom made black-eyed peas, she cooked it the only way she knew how which was an Indian black-eyed peas curry.
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Creamy Leeks Pasta
Creamy leek pasta is an easy pasta that can be whipped up in jiffy with sophisticated results.
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Nut and Super Seeds Energy Bar Truffles
These protein-bar truffles actually look like chocolate truffles making them even more appealing and fun to eat. Positively a powerhouse of a snack this is.
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Roasted Fennel & Chickpea Salad
The cool thing about this chickpea salad is how the roasted fennel, peppers, and onions add such wonderful flavors to this dish that it requires no dressing. Just fresh mint, lemon juice, salt and pepper. My friend Shalini made this fennel and chickpea salad for lunch one day that was positively outstanding. Here is the recipe.
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