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Vegan Potato Corn Chowder | A Creamy, Comfort Food Soup for Summer This vegan potato corn chowder is a comforting and hearty one-pot meal for summer! Corn season has officially arrived! I can’t think of a better way to celebrate than with this hearty vegan potato corn chowder. This chowder has it all. Its got […]

Tomatoes with Pistachios, Cumin and Scallions 08.12.20Recipes With the summer heat still lingering around California, my meals revolve heavily around fresh produce and components (usually vegetables, fruit, and beans). This tomato salad started as a topping for a bean/rice bowl, but I added and changed a bit to make it stand on its own. The

Classic Vegan Zucchini Bread | A Tender & Delicious Summer Quickbread How is it that in all of this time blogging and baking things, I’ve never posted a classic vegan zucchini bread recipe? I’m correcting that today, having happily enjoyed this moist, tender loaf in the past week. This is a really great thing to

Balsamic Grilled Vegetable Burgers | Easy, Flavorful Plant Based Burgers As a New Yorker who doesn’t have outdoor space of her own, I don’t have a regular grill. But I do have a grill pan, and these summer months are when I use it the most. These balsamic grilled vegetable burgers are my new favorite

Vegan Peanut Butter Cereal Bites Baking has been a wonderful companion through quarantine. However, it’s now the height of summer. The last thing I’d like to do on a 90-degree day is turn on my oven, which makes my apartment hot even if the AC is running. It’s the perfect time for no-bake treats, and

Peach Salad with Maple Pistachios and Chile Butter Dressing Summer salads are a daily occurrence in our house. This peach salad brings enough heft that it can hold it’s own as a meal or be a delightful side salad. Grain Alternatives I typically make this type of salad with grains I have leftover from dinner

Summer Gazpacho with Dill – Green Kitchen Stories Ways to vary your gazpacho (technically it might not be a gazpacho anymore but it\’s just as good):• You can replace bell pepper or cucumber with a bit of fennel, zucchini, spinach/kale or other vegetables that you would eat raw.• This is a vegan recipe but if

Ricotta Gnocchi with Rosemary Sweet Corn and Poached Egg This post is sponsored by Pete and Gerry’s Organic Eggs. Pasta in the summer is about as easy as possible, but I like to take it one step more and make light ricotta gnocchi. The balance of rich gnocchi with vegetables like fresh sweet corn is

Burnt Aubergine Dip with Aromatic Crunch – Green Kitchen Stories The answer behind almost every great tasting aubergine / eggplant recipe is to roast it longer than you think. That is absolutely the case with this charred aubergine dip known as Baba Ganoush. By roasting the aubergine until the skin is black and collapsed, you