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2012 February

Anadama French Toast with Fruit Compote

All my vital signs have returned to normal after yesterday’s rant… Thanks to everyone for leaving such thought-provoking comments, many of which made points that I missed in my post.  It’s really great to get …

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The Vegan Option

In November 2011, I published an article on Technorati called Misguided Eating: The Nose to Toes Food Trend, which promptly sank into oblivion.  But I’m not finished with the topic.  And that’s because what inspired …

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“Buttermilk” Rolls with Flaxseed & Wheat Germ

I love it when I run across a recipe that I’ve made in the past and at the top I’ve written: very good!  (Some recipes have “meh” at the top; not good, let alone “very …

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Tale of Two Tortilla Soups

This is a hybrid, a Frankensoup of two delicious, hearty recipes: one a quick version easily put together with a few pantry items; the other an all-day, slow-cooker affair.  I often turn to The Moosewood …

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Chai Tea-Infused Cherry & Apricot Compote

Many years back, I went for lunch one day to a small Indian restaurant in the basement of an old house on the quiet part of Pearl Street in Boulder, CO. Basements aren’t the most …

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More From The Baking Sheet: Orange Cake Cookies

I told you that I would be baking (and sharing) a lot from King Arthur Flour’s Early Spring edition of The Baking Sheet…and here’s another adapted recipe.  Theirs is a glazed treat called Lemon Drop …

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A Year Without [eating] Animals

A little over a year ago, Kel and I were eating one of our last restaurant meals in Salt Lake City.  We’d relocated there temporarily to help with a family member’s health crisis and despite …

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Maple, Bran & Date Quickbread

The Early Spring issue of The Baking Sheet came in the mail recently and – as usual – it had me primed to tie on the apron and let the flour fly.  But this issue …

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No-Knead Anadama Bread

Before I begin extolling the virtues of baking Anadama bread, I want to thank some of my fellow bloggers.  Isobel Morrell (Coldham Cuddlies Calling) – my wonderful email pal from England – gave Dough, Dirt …

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Save-the-Piggies-in-a-Blanket

There was a time when I could not pass up the cocktail wiener, the Vienna sausage, the “pigs” snuggled into biscuity blankets.  It was as much their diminutive size as their flavor – I mean, …

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You’ve Come A Long Way, Baby (Pumpkin-Carrot Cake Ginger Pancakes)

Long ago, when Mikey liked Life cereal, when it was okay to wear an orange plaid shirt with brown cords and when, as my mother describes it, “the whole family looked as if it had …

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Stealing From Friends: Double Chocolate Chip Cookies w/ Blueberries

I know a good cookie recipe when I see one so I stole this one immediately.  It comes from Lisa Isaac’s blog, Handmade in Israel.  Apparently Lisa also knows a good cookie recipe when she …

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Warming Up: Broccoli Dal Soup with Red Quinoa

In the midst of days and days of skies filled with gray clouds and biting winds, a bright green, flavorful soup was nothing short of a necessity.  Something about cumin and garam masala just says …

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Hot Pockets (Minus the Meat, Fat & Freezer Burn)

Recipes representing the dough-with-filling concept are well-represented here on this blog (or is it, “on this here blog?”).  My love of dough, be it the “quick” kind or the risen kind began long ago as …

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My Sally Field Moment*

I’m happy to report that the 2012 Award Season has not, unlike every year since my birth, passed me by!  It’s true: nominated in not one, but in two categories, I’ve gone home with three …

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The Sugar Cookie Challenge

I hope that you will indulge me in yet another recipe for something sweet… It is Valentine’s Day, after all. A few months ago amidst the holiday cooking frenzy, a friend told me her goal …

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Red Velvet Cupcakes with Chocolate Ganache & Toasted Coconut

For about 45 years, I managed to get up each morning and go about my business without ever having eaten a red velvet cupcake.  What’s the fuss about, I thought?  So you throw some red …

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Maple Pumpkin Spice Latte (for the Slow Cooker)

As soon as I cracked open The Vegan Slow Cooker, by Kathy Hester, I knew I’d be spending a lot of time with this cookbook.  Yeah, there are the crock pot standards, the soups, the …

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A Portable Vegan

The past two years I’ve spent more time in airports, airplanes and hotels than in the preceding five years combined.  Since I became a vegan, traveling – eating – has become a lot more challenging.  …

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Maple Nut Oatmeal Cookies

I love the smoky, warm, sticky-sweet smell of maple.  It reminds me of my childhood neighbor’s sugar house in the winter, Sunday pancakes and soaring sugar maples covered in bright fall leaves.  As these cookies …

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The Sweet & The Savory: “Half-Pint” Pinwheel Rolls

Pa’s name for little Laura Ingalls, remember?  Yep, these rolls are small, but…and here I could write something like, “but what they lack in size they make up for in flavor” or some such nonsense, …

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Rotini “Alfredo” with Roasted Vegetables

Remember that Spinach-Cilantro Pesto from a few days back?  Here’s where you can use it.  I’ve tried a quite a few different cheez sauces and this one pleases my taste buds more than all of …

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A Peek into the Man-Cave (aka The Greenhouse)

I imagine that a guy’s typical sanctuary might have a pool table and a La-Z-Boy or two; a mini ‘frige and a big, flatscreen TV with surround sound.  There might be a beer light, a …

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Coconut? Got It. Chocolate and Nuts? Yep…German Chocolate Bundt Cake

Looking back over my recent recipes, it seems I’m currently fixated on sweet things to eat.  Some kind of deficiency?  Or just that cold weather sending my taste buds looking for something to brighten gray …

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Portobello & Guac Sliders

I haven’t watched the Super Bowl (or any football game) since my divorce papers were final back in 2005, so thinking about and preparing Super Bowl “food” just isn’t on the radar anymore.  Thank goodness.  …

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Kick Nutella to the Curb (And Make Your Own Chocolate-Hazelnut Spread)

Nutella.  Sweet, sweet Nutella.  If you are vegan, you can’t eat it.  It contains milk (along with palm oil and too much sugar).  Is it vegan discrimination?  Maybe, maybe not.  I’m not ready to call …

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Bright Green in Winter: Spinach-Cilantro Pesto

As good as the rotini “alfredo” (recipe appearing here soon) looked, it really needed something green.  Pesto.  But I had no fresh basil.  I did, however, have a handful of spinach picked that afternoon from …

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A Carnival of Vegans (Volume 1)

There is a “place” out there called BlogCarnival and when I was just starting out with Dough, Dirt & Dye, I jumped into it – submitting some of my posts in the relevant “carnivals.”  Most …

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Gluten-free Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies That Passed the Cowboy-Carnivore Test

I started baking this batch of cookies just as a guest – a true Oklahoma cowboy – arrived to meet with Kel.  As they sat at the kitchen table talking about the drought, feral hogs …

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