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The funniest kitchen disasters
Okay, who hasn’t totally screwed up in the kitchen? So, in the interest of misery loves company (or life is easier if you can laugh), my readers have shared some of their funniest kitchen disaster stories.
So get comfy and get ready for a silly read. But, erm, set the timer on your oven, first. Just in case. Read more
Vegetarian recipe in under ten minutes
This is exactly what I want in a recipe: Fast, easy, simple, cheap, healthy, and incredibly tasty.
If you put the pot of water on even before you take off your coat, then it will be boiling by the time you’ve exchanged your coat for your apron (if you wear one – and does anyone, any more?) and dinner will be on the table ten minutes later.
Which makes this the world’s most perfect weekday vegetarian recipe, doesn’t it? Read more
Recipe for Vegetarian sushi
You think sushi, you think fish, right? And you think Ina Garten of Barefoot Contessa fame and you think tons and tons of butter, right?
Well, in both cases, you’d be wrong. Because I have an Ina Garten recipe for vegetarian sushi that not only does not call for any butter, but is downright low fat.
And did I mention it is great fun to make (especially with kids)? Read more
Almost Vegetarian cooking tips
Almost vegetarian readers are kind souls. When I asked them to share their cooking tips, they flooded me with all sorts of clever ways to make cooking faster, better, easier.
I’ve put those tips in a list after the jump.
May they make your cooking better, too! Read more
Deborah Madison vegetarian recipe
This recipe is from Vegetarian Cooking For Everyone by Deborah Madison.
This is one of the cookbooks every vegetarian should have in their library. Well, I say that, but my copy is mysteriously missing. Ah well. I haunt the used bookstores in the hopes of tripping across one but, apparently, other people treasure their copy too much to give it up. Still, I’m hopeful.
And, for now, I have this recipe. Read more
How to make vegetarian food tasty
It’s not difficult to make really tasty vegetarian foods.
So easy, in fact, that I came up with five fast and simple ways to make your food tasty.
Really tasty. Read more
How to go vegetarian or almost vegetarian
Want to go vegetarian? Or go almost vegetarian?
Then here are ten great tips from readers — people like you who went vegetarian and are sharing their own tips. Read more
An Alicia Silverstone vegetarian recipe
Do you think vegetarian food is bland and dull and void of secret indulgences?
You’re wrong.
How do I know you are wrong? Because I tripped across this wickedly decadent vegetarian recipe from famous vegetarian and actress Alicia Silverstone.
It’s sweet and gooey and crunchy and everything you need for a proper indulgence, short of actual sex! Read more
Why does a person become a vegetarian?
Actually, the reasons people become vegetarians, or almost vegetarians, are surprisingly varied. How do I know? I asked my readers.
And they told me.
And I’m to tell you, right after the jump. Read more
A Bam, Bam! vegetarian recipe
No, I’m not referring to The Flintstones. I’m referring to Emeril Lagasse!
In this recipe, he uses fennel which is one of my secret ingredients (“What’s that taste? It reminds me of, oh, what is it?” You and I know, it is anise!)
In this recipe, Emeril Lagasse mixes fennel with some greens for a very tasty result. You’ll see. Read more