Breads and Muffins / Breakfast/Brunch / Dairy / Vegetarian

Maple Cinnamon Biscuits

If you're looking for something different to make for breakfast or brunch, try these biscuits. They're wonderful hot out of the oven with butter. The original recipe calls for adding…

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March 26, 2017

Cheese / Nuts / Salads / Side Dish / Vegetables / Vegetarian

Chopped Veggie Salad

Spring is finally in the air in NYC, and this is a perfect salad for the season. It's full of lots of fresh, raw vegetables. It reminds me a bit…

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March 21, 2017

Cheese / Chocolate / Desserts / Vegetarian

Cheesecake Swirled Brownies

How many of my boys eat these? 2/4, only 50%. Two of them claim they don't like cheese, so they won't go near them. I tried to explain that these…

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March 13, 2017

Soups / Uncategorized / Vegetables / Vegetarian

Spicy Carrot-Coconut Soup

During the boys' winter break, we went to Disney World with family and had a wonderful time. We were a group of 15 in total. We stayed at the Animal…

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March 11, 2017

Breakfast/Brunch / Snacks

Dark Chocolate Chia Granola

I do like a good granola mixed into my yogurt in the morning or as an afternoon snack, and this granola is perfect for that. It gives the yogurt a…

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March 9, 2017

Beans / Cheese / Main Dishes / Vegetables / Vegetarian

Burrata with Lentils and Basil Vinaigrette

This is one of my all-time favorite vegetarian main dishes. It's perfect for Fridays in Lent or Meatless Mondays. It doesn't look like much in the photo, but it's packed…

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March 8, 2017

Desserts / Vegetarian

Cake Batter Truffles

My sons LOVE these truffles, and one of them now loves to make them. They are quite good, and they taste very much like a truffle I recently had for…

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February 13, 2017

Beans / Soups / Vegetables / Vegetarian

Pumpkin Lentil Soup

This is a nice, comforting soup that's great for chilly weather. It's vegetarian and full of healthy ingredients. It's thickened with a can of pumpkin puree, but doesn't taste like…

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October 26, 2016

Cheese / Dairy / Side Dish / Vegetables / Vegetarian

Tomato, Melted Leek and Feta Galette

This is one of my favorite galette recipes. What is a galette, you ask? According to cookbook author David Leibovitz, "Galette is a term used in French cuisine to designate…

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October 14, 2016

Chocolate / Desserts

Salted Caramel and Chocolate Rice Krispies Squares

  This is now my favorite way to eat Rice Krispies treats. They're really incredibly good and the boys (except for one who claims not to like caramel) went wild…

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October 1, 2016