Tag: tomatoes
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One Skillet Pasta
I’ve been wanting to try this for MONTHS! It’s an awesome idea: throw your dry pasta, water, toppings, and sauce ingredients all in one large pot and cook it until the pasta cooks and everything’s all cozy and combined. One pot meal 🙂
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Sweet Tomato Compote w/ Chick’n Scallopini
I have been meaning to make this for almost a year now. I have so many ideas for recipes that it can take a really really realllly long time to get around to actually doing them. Last October, I wrote many posts about Sacramento’s Vegan Chef Challenge. It’s an event where local non-vegan restaurants offer…
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Caprese Salad w/Cashew Buffalo Mozzarella
Vegan cashew mozzarella has arrived! I had the fantastic opportunity to see Miyoko Schinner, the author of an amazing book Artisan Vegan Cheese, do a cooking demonstration. It. was. mind-blowing.
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Drunken Tuscan Pasta w/ Pan-Roasted Tomatoes
I got to do something pretty exciting yesterday! I joined the brilliant planners and participants for the 2nd Annual Sacramento Vegan Chef Challenge for a little meet-and-greet. The Vegan Chef Challenge (“VCC”) is a month-long event here in Sacramento in which a bunch of restaurants have agreed to provide a vegan menu. They’ll make an…
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Roasted Everything Tomato Soup
Did you know that it’s national caramel day? Here’s how I celebrated: Despite the promising beautiful morning, the weather decided to be gloomy well into lunchtime, so roasted tomato soup was absolutely necessary! This is a kind of soup that’s fantastic any time of the year – roasting the tomatoes will bring out their flavor…
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Roasted Tomato & Pesto Panzanella Salad
This is my favorite way to eat tomatoes. Truth is, I really don’t like them. I never have. I was searching for tomato recipes, trying to find some that I actually enjoyed. And when I found this one, I was thrilled — loads of garlic and balsamic flavors. I don’t even remember where I found…