Sunchoke Potato Soup with Chives
Blog Negligence. Mea Culpa. I present my excuse: Immobilized by the beauty that is Crete. OK, that was just last week. The previous 3 weeks have just been very, very busy with loads of amazing and...
View ArticleVegan Apple Cinnamon Pancakes
My mother is a pancake making goddess. If you ask my children, my nieces, or my nephew, “What is the best thing about visiting Grandma and Grandpa?” they will unanimously answer “Grandma’s pancakes.”...
View ArticleDr. Fuhrman’s Amazing Bean Burgers
My quest for the perfect veggie burger has been achieved. No need to look any further. Dr. Fuhrman’s burgers: hold together, even when baked are moist and tasty are not that difficult to make (they...
View ArticlePasta with Lemon-Basil Cashew Cream Sauce
OK, so yeah, I am not doing so well with Vegan MoFo. I’m just really busy lately. Doing important stuff like this… And, you know… feeding people: Print Pasta with Lemon-Basil Cashew Cream Sauce This...
View ArticleHealthy Vegan Ambrosia Breakfast Bowl
Truthfully I have no idea what Ambrosia Salad is. I have never eaten it. I was raised in the type of home that was more likely to have a jar of borscht in the fridge, bagels on the counter, and...
View ArticleVegan Swiss Chard Quiche with Oat-Sesame Crust
I found this recipe on another blog HERE. The recipe itself violated a few of my iron-clad lazy chef rules about using an abundance of pots and pans and having steps within steps. So I re-wrote it...
View ArticleDr. Fuhrman’s Vegan Greek Salad
Greek Salad normally has feta cheese and lots and lots of olive oil. Not a very “healthy” or weight-friendly salad if you ask me! But, Dr. Fuhrman’s Greek Salad, on the other hand, has chickpeas and...
View ArticleHow to Make Babaganoush
Babaganoush, a smokey, velvety eggplant spread is a very common dish here in Israel. In Arabic, Babaganoush means “pampered father”, perhaps indicating it is a good dish to spoil your partner with....
View ArticleMy Top 5 Healthy Vegan Breakfasts
You may have noticed there have been fewer recipe posts lately. The reason for that is kind of interesting, I think. Since I have adopted a more Nutritarian style of eating, I have begun to...
View ArticleCheesy Vegan Kale
My friends, it is an amazing day here on the blog. I am in Israel and I just made a dish with kale! For those of you who don’t live here and wonder why my panties are on fire over a green vegetable,...
View ArticleEnjoy Frozen Fruit Product Review
A few weeks ago, I wrote about finally finding kale in Israel, and lamented that some of the things I still miss from the Old Country, are berries – fresh and frozen – and bags of all kinds of frozen...
View ArticleVegan Corn-Chickpea Omelette with Herbs and Garlic
Here is another variation on the vegan chickpea flour omelete. Some people feel that chickpea flour alone makes a rather bitter tasting mixture, so this omelete mixes in some corn meal for sweetness...
View ArticleVegan Lachmajoun: Armenian Pizza
Wow, Friday’s post on Being Vegan in Israel did amazingly well! So many of you read, commented, liked and shared. I’m really grateful that you are here reading and enjoying! I wish I could write...
View ArticleCreamy Mushroom Eggplant Bourekas
This recipe comes from Luminous Vegans where it originally appears as a strudel. I decided to turn it into bourekas. Bourekas are a very popular food here in Israel where they are served on the...
View ArticleHearts of Palm Salad
When I was researching for this blog post, I learned that another name for hearts of palm is swamp cabbage. That sounds like something they’d eat back in my Hoosier hometown! But as it turns out...
View ArticleChickpea Salad with Smoked Paprika Dressing
A super quick blog today and an easy, quick recipe. Sukkot starts tonight and I’m busy preparing. This recipe comes from Veg Fusion with as usual, several changes by moi. It comes together in a...
View ArticleMiddle Eastern Red Lentil Soup
Who knows what this is? Jewish readers know that this is an etrog, or citron, one of the symbolic plants that play an important part in the festival of Sukkot. During this 7 day holiday, Jewish...
View ArticleSavory Tempeh Strips
OK, so really this is probably called “Tempeh Bacon” but since we are blogging Jewish and Israeli food, let’s just not use that word, oy. Like many of you, I tried tempeh because it is supposed to be...
View ArticleVegan Fattoush Salad
Fattoush is an Arab salad made with fried pita bread. It was probably developed to use up day-old pitas, which it does quite brilliantly. Once, when we were at a Lebanese restaurant near the border, I...
View ArticleSyrian Rice-Stuffed Onions
I know that many Americans didn’t know much about Syria until recent events brought your country face-to-face with yet another potential war. Syria is Israel’s neighbor to the north and east. There...
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