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Miss E's birthday dinner by Andrea Z. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Cooking Miss E, my wonderful granddaughter, was born on Valentine's Day, and yesterday was her 5th birthday. I baked her a banana chocolate chip cake with chocolate ganache ... Read on »

Cooking class with Michael Natkin from Herbivoracious: Mexican cuisine by Andrea Z. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Cooking Red posole with beans (Pozelo rojo de frijo) Last night we bid adieu to January with a cooking class by cookbook author and blogger, Michael Natk ... Read on »

Little pumpkin tarts by Andrea Z. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Cooking We attended a party recently where the hosts were very kind to their vegan guests, and made sure there was lots of beautiful, delicious food to eat. I'm actually sk ... Read on »

What to do with leftover, leftover chili that won't go away by Andrea Z. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Cooking About a week ago, my husband made black bean chili and sweet potato casserole* in the slow cooker. It was his first time using the slow cooker, and he followed a re ... Read on »

Fine dining at Vedge in Philadelphia by Andrea Z. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Cooking autumn squash pierogies, chanterelles, madeira, hazelnut picada During the winter holidays we spent a week in Philly visiting relatives and friends. ... Read on »

Happy New Year (eat a little Texas caviar for good luck) by Andrea Z. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Cooking Happy New Year! Wishing you all the best in 2013. Can't hurt to eat black-eyed peas for a little extra good luck. Texas Caviar 2 cans black-eyed ... Read on »

Oh no. I forgot the arms! by Andrea Z. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Cooking We were on the East Coast for a week, enjoying visits with friends and family in Philly. (My last post was written before we left home and was published automatical ... Read on »

I love leftovers by Andrea Z. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Cooking My husband will almost never eat leftovers. Nor will he put them into something he's cooking. I, on the other hand, love leftovers, and will eat them straight up or ... Read on »

I made beet loaf? by Andrea Z. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Cooking You know how recipes seem to cycle through the blogs, appearing almost simultaneously on the same day. One minute all the blogs have banana bread/banana muffins/ban ... Read on »

Time to reflect ... by Andrea Z. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Cooking I'm taking a day off from my usual food-related posts — took yesterday off, too — because the unspeakable happened yet, again, and I'm feeling bereft for the victim ... Read on »

Peanut and yam stew | Sunday morning with Miss E by Andrea Z. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Cooking It's that time of year again when the damp chill in the air makes me think of soup and stew. And for some reason, feeling chilly makes me crave peanuts. When I saw ... Read on »

Vietnamese soup and a dog update by Andrea Z. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Cooking Years ago, while we were living in Australia for six months, we visited the city of Ballarat so we could take the kids to the re-created gold mining town at Soverei ... Read on »

Leftover love / creamy buckwheat cereal with cranberry sauce by Andrea Z. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Cooking When I was a child, I hated when holiday dinners were hosted by people other than my parents, because there wouldn't be any leftovers, and in my opinion, a refriger ... Read on »

Thanksgiving 2012 by Andrea Z. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Cooking This year's tofu turkey was a little weird, I thought, and not as good as last year's. It neither looked nor tasted the way I expected, and the texture was off. Th ... Read on »

Oatmeal almond chocolate chip cookies by Andrea Z. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Cooking I don't know how many times I've been to Richa's blog and decided on the spot to make whatever she had just made because it looked so good — but somehow I never do. ... Read on »

I just adopted a sweet dog by Andrea Z. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Cooking One more thing to be thankful for — we just adopted this sweet girl from Puget Sound Rescue. She's a lovely, quiet, gentle soul who is settling into her new home wi ... Read on »

Dinner for eight ... by Andrea Z. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Cooking I'm always looking for ways to make cooking for a crowd pleasant and stress-free, so I can enjoy the festivities without being in a bad mood. Using the slow cooker ... Read on »

I Heart Trader Joe's Vegetarian Cookbook review by Andrea Z. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Cooking People often think of Trader Joe's as a place to find well-priced, interesting, specialty items — and it is — but you can also get nearly everything you need to mainta ... Read on »

Have you ever made a pandowdy? | Vegan bacon cheeseburger video by Andrea Z. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Cooking Have you ever made a pandowdy? I guess I may have made similar desserts but this was my first "official" pandowdy. Crisps, Betties, crumbles, cobblers, ... Read on »

What will your cat wear for Halloween? by Andrea Z. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Cooking Photo by Aaron and Kate. This is not my cat, but I know him, and Percy is definitely the kind of cat who would allow his people to dress him this way. P ... Read on »

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