VIBRANT & VEGANFULL

I committed a cardinal "sin" of sustainability / cooking / baking. I bought an ingredient for one recipe and had no additional plans. ...

Lately I have found myself pretty disappointed. Disappointed in quality, standards, and people in general. We have mistaken simplicity...

When I was young (up till choosing a college major), I wanted to be a Marine Biologist. I formulated Science Fair projects around...

Nature is astonishing. I'm never more amazed or bemused by it than Spring. Through the depths of winter, the trees, the grass, the...

Whenever I start on a new recipe, an accompanying level of uncertainty lurks in the background. Anyone from the best chefs, home cooks,...

Today is pi day, nope, not like pie, but like the 3.14 mathematical number - pi. The total geek in me loves that we celebrate Pi day...

If you could only eat one thing for the rest of your life, what would it be? For me, it's strawberries. Amazingly, I have never gotten...

Entertaining is not something I do very often, and post-pandemic(ish), it has become an even more infrequent event. But...at least twice...

Who prefers savory to sweet to start their day? ME! I've always preferred to keep my mornings stable with protein, fresh fruits and...

My husband's family hails in half from Italy (which I think I've mentioned) but the other half is Austrian-German with the first...

Pizza pizzazz! You want pizza? Yeah! You want classic flavors like sausage and mushroom? Yeah! You want fast and easy and delicious?...

Textural, temporal, flavorful; here I am with another salad and potato combo to make your next dinner stellar! Layered dishes are...

Whenever my creativity ebbs for recipes, flavor combinations or even sustainability spotlights on this blog, I do two things: a) give...

Lemon bars have been my vegan nemesis; I just couldn't get it quite right, but after 6 attempts (and a lot of terrible lemon bars), I...

In the dredges of winter when the Earth is gray, the skies are cold steel and everything sleeps, sometimes I need a soul soother. ...

If you want global comfort food, loaded with all the spices but warm and creamy; yeah, then this recipe is for you! I've played around...

I was late in life to loving granola and it really wasn't until I started making it myself that it truly appealed to me. I load my...

This one's for the kids or anyone with child-like sensibilities for flavor! Everyone knows someone who doesn't like beets, spinach, or...

What are you doing making a "spring" / "summer" dish in winter you ask? That's not very Sustainable Spotlight of me, is it? Except, it...

Packages containing pops of ruby red with jewel undertones start arriving in October and they usually have availability through January. ...