Baked
Chewy Granola Bars
2/3 C brown rice syrup 1/2 C peanut butter 1-1/2 T butter 1-1/2 T oil 1-1/2 C rolled oats 1/4 C oat bran (can substitute ground nuts or wheat germ) 1/4 C flax or sesame […]
Month: April 2010
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Carrots in rhubarb sauce
6 medium carrots, in 1/2-inch dice 3 large stalks rhubarb, cut into 1-inch chunks 1 tsp lemon zest 1 C water 4 cloves garlic, minced fine Salt to taste Cook the carrots, rhubarb, lemon zest, […]
Cookies & Candies
Marilyn’s Basic Cookie Dough
Our friend Marilyn, of s/v Oryoki, makes the most wonderful cookies. Every time she makes them, they’re slightly different, but the chewy, satisfying basis is the same — and it’s much more healthy than your […]
Articles
The five-hundred year vegan diet
I recently told Barry I wanted to experiment with a special diet. Based on some of the purification or “detox” diets I’d read and heard about, we would remove a bunch of foods from our […]
Recipes
Creamy curried red lentils
1 C red lentils 2 C water 1-3 t Madras curry powder 1-2 T butter Salt to taste Put the lentils and water in a pressure cooker and bring it up to pressure. Cook for […]
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Amazing Garlic Rice with Amaranth
The texture of this dish is amazing because it’s so creamy. But you can make it without the amaranth, using a whole cup of rice instead. It’s worth it for the taste of the garlic […]
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Green beans in “cheesy” yeast sauce
Nutritional yeast may not taste just like cheese, but in this dish the flavor can only be called “cheesy.” We had it over quinoa and amaranth, but it would be nice to have bread to […]