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21st Century Clafoutis

Photo by karenrile Serves 6 Author Notes Clafoutis is a traditional French dessert, usually dusted with powdered sugar. In our family, we serve this for brunch on special occasions, and we don’t bother with the powdered sugar. The original recipe uses un-pitted cherries, and the pits depart an almond flavor. In Mollie Katzen’s cookbook Still Life With

Tomato Cilantro Salsa

Serves 10+ people Author Notes My mother loves to entertain! She and I have been making this easy, chunky salsa for party food for as long as I can remember. It makes for a great topping to add a zing to meats or rice, is a great dip for chips at a party, or can

Spicy Thai Inspired Peanut Noodles & Veggies

Photo by nicolelupu Prep time 10 minutes Cook time 10 minutes Serves 4 Author Notes Spicy, crunchy and flavor packed guilt free noodles! —nicolelupu Ingredients Ingredients 1 cup red cabbage (finely shredded) 1 cup snow peas (washed and rinsed) 1 cup carrots (shredded) 2 tablespoons cilantro (roughly chopped) 2 limes (for serving) 1/4 cup chopped

Split Pea Minestrone Soup

Photo by VibrantPlate Serves 5 Author Notes This Split Pea Minestrone Soup is a rustic winter comfort food that will warm you up on a cold day. Skip bacon for a vegetarian option! —VibrantPlate Ingredients 1 onion 1/2 cup (around 100g) bacon – optional 4 cloves garlic 1 carrot 1 cup dry split peas 2

Vegetarian Wild Mushroom Sourdough Dressing

Be the first to rate & review! Tangy, crusty sourdough creates a dressing with contrast: chewy center pieces that have soaked up the stock and crispy, toasted edges. To ensure a balanced stuffing, keep stirring the mixture until stock and eggs have absorbed into the bread completely and none is pooled at the bottom of

Easy Vegetarian Enchiladas

These cheesy vegetarian enchiladas offer all of the saucy goodness of the comfort food classic with minimal fuss. Chopped veggies, black beans, and aromatics all cook in one pot, then get mashed for a meaty texture before the enchilada filling is rolled into tortillas with a sprinkling of spicy pepper Jack cheese. But there’s no

Three-bean chilli with rice & soured cream

Ingredients2 tbsp olive oil1 onion, finely chopped2 garlic cloves, finely chopped1 red pepper, finely chopped2 tbsp tomato purée1 tbsp red wine vinegar1-2 tsp chilli flakes (depending on how hot you like it)3 tsp cumin1 tsp light brown soft sugar½ x 15g pack fresh oregano, leaves picked650g passata400g can kidney beans, drained and rinsed400g can black