I love samosas, and here’s an easy way to make them for dinner for your entire family. This recipe is vegan and freezes well.
Ingredients
Crust:
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup whole-wheat flour (whole-wheat pastry if you have it)
1/4 tsp salt
2 Tbs. canola oil
Filling:
1 Tbs. black or yellow mustard seeds
1 tsp curry powder
1 tsp ground ginger
1/2 tsp cumin
1/8 [...]
Filed under: Recipe, Vegetarian/Vegan on February 4th, 2010 | No Comments »
This dish is a big hit with the kids, super helathy, and freezes well. What more could you ask for?
Topping Ingredients:
1/2 cup dry polenta or corn grits
1/4 cup grated sharp Cheddar cheese
pinch of salt
Filling Ingredients:
2 tsp olive oil
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 medium onion, chopped
1 zucchini, chopped
1 bell pepper, chopped
1 tbs chili powder (or less if [...]
Filed under: Recipe, Vegetarian/Vegan on January 6th, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I read this book months ago and have been meaning to write a review of it on this blog since then. It is so chock-full of information that I want to share, that I found it hard to figure out where to begin.
The book is written by John Robbins, the son of the founder of [...]
Filed under: Book recommendation, Food and Nutrition, Genetic Modification, Vegetarian/Vegan on December 6th, 2009 | No Comments »
Americans are eating more meat than ever before, according to a local newspaper (whose source was The Humane Society of the United States). Check out these stats comparing our meat consumption from 1950 to 2007:
Amount of chicken consumed per person in 1950: 21 lbs. In 2007: 87 lbs.
Amount of beef consumed per person in [...]
Filed under: Food and Nutrition, Vegetarian/Vegan on November 30th, 2009 | No Comments »
This summer, my husband and I have been trying to eat more vegan. It turns out that we have been unable to give up eggs, although we’ve limited ourself to one dozen per week for a family of four. We also haven’t been able to cut out all dairy, although we use soy milk in [...]
Filed under: Food and Nutrition, Vegetarian/Vegan on September 6th, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I read the book Disease-Proof Your Child in late 2006 and liked it so much, that I recommended it to several friends. The first few chapters have a lot of great information about how diet affects health and disease. However, the recipe section at the end of the book was never a big hit with [...]
Filed under: Book recommendation, Children, Food and Nutrition, Vegetarian/Vegan on July 22nd, 2009 | No Comments »
Those of you following my blog will know that my family has recently re-evaluated our meat eating ways. We are trying to eat much fewer animal products, including dairy and eggs. We aren’t completely vegan, but we’re giving it a fairly good try this summer, only eating animal products when they meet the following criteria:
Organic
Pastured
Local
And [...]
Filed under: Food and Nutrition, Vegetarian/Vegan on July 5th, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I recently finished reading The China Study. I got this book thinking it would be about the China study, where the health and diets of over 6000 rural Chinese were examined. It ended up being more of a summary about the life work of researcher T. Colin Cambell, Ph.D. I think a better title for [...]
Filed under: Book recommendation, Food and Nutrition, Vegetarian/Vegan on June 26th, 2009 | 4 Comments »