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Cauliflower Rice with Zingy White Beans and Kale

January 26, 2017 By Anya 3 Comments

There’s something very powerful about turning a pile of vegetables into a proper meal. The satisfaction/general victorious feeling that I get from finding a place for produce in our daily meals is one of the main reasons I’m attracted to cooking with plants, besides the more obvious nourishment factor. Another powerful feeling is finding a way to whip up a solid, plant-centric meal when you seemingly have no food left in the house. For me, that usually involves surveying the bottom of my crisper and pulling heavily from my pantry. That was the case with the recipe I have for you today, which took me from panicking about not having enough groceries to being well-fed and quite satisfied. I had a head of cauliflower I’d been ignoring, kale that was getting dangerously old, a bag of random Florida citrus, and mushrooms that didn’t make it into a stew (which are also optional in this recipe). The rest of the ingredients came straight from my pantry.

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December 30, 2016 By Anya 13 Comments

I’ve been thinking about party snacks crowd-pleasing enough to serve during a New Years get together and came up with these vegetable-forward nachos. At this point in the holiday season, I’m pretty tired of over-indulgent food and have been leaning towards cleaner, simpler meals. I used sweet potato instead of tortilla chips here exactly for that reason, and I think most guests will appreciate that as well. These nachos are still comfort food and definitely reminiscent of the original, but much lighter, more nourishing and kinder to your bod.

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August 3, 2016 By Anya 9 Comments

A bit on the state of things around here –
The kitchen renovations have been put off until October, and all I can say is that I’m very relieved. I knew that gutting the kitchen right after submitting the cookbook manuscript would be chaotic, but when it actually came down to it, I felt even more unprepared and exhausted than I ever expected. Not to mention, I still have a list of recipes to perfect for the book, which requires a fully working kitchen. Thankfully, our contractor – the only good one we could find after months of meetings and unreturned calls (because sometimes people in Florida are too chill) – is booked up two months in advance. A blessing in disguise, if I ever saw one. Among other things, I’m finding it painfully difficult to choose tile for the kitchen floor (Moroccan? Spanish? Mosaic? Forget the tile and do hard-wood?) and I’m really welcoming this extra time for making a decision.

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Vegan Cobb Salad with Watermelon Bacon

July 20, 2016 By Anya 14 Comments

This post was created in partnership with Kuisiware.

I’m sure I’m not alone in my desire to live off salads during these hot summer months. Leafy greens are in abundance and at their most flavorful right now, and if I don’t take full advantage of them, I feel as though I’m missing out. So this summer, our goal is to expand the salad section of our recipe index with all kinds of twists on the classics and more. This week, the idea was to come up with the most vibrant vegan version of Cobb Salad, and putting it together was a true pleasure.

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