PLANT-BASED DIET

It snowed in South Texas last night. This is highly unusual in of itself, but in addition, the snow wasn’t just brief flurries. Instead, it was a thick blanket of heavy, wet flakes. So [...]

This recipe was inspired by an Instagram post. I’m not much for fake meats or meat substitutes. I mean, there was a reason I stopped eating meat and animal products over 20 years ago so for [...]

The first time I had a radish was an accident. I was in my grandparents kitchen in Teaneck, New Jersey. I was young. Maybe 3 or 4 years old. I think I was alone, but I don’t remember. In [...]

Not so long ago, I wasn’t a huge fan of beets. Beets are among the sweetest veggies out there but they also have a really unusual flavor. Beets have a sweetness that is also really earthy [...]

Autumn is coming. It doesn’t feel like autumn yet here in Texas, but it is cooler than the 100 degree days of summer. I’m craving soups and simple, grounding foods more these days. [...]

Eggplant and I have always had a bit of a tortured relationship. I want to like eggplant. I mean, she has fabulous colors and a supersexy shape, but most of the time, eggplant leaves me feeling [...]

I had almost forgotten about this delicious and easy-to-prepare meal. It’s better suited to cooler weather and I haven’t made it since early spring. I needed something quick and easy [...]

It’s hot outside. So hot that the air is wavy and the only living things moving with any speed outdoors are mosquitoes. So hot that walking from inside to outside makes you feel like you [...]

I love the abundance of summer. So many veggies, so little time. Or so little space in my belly! Sometimes, there’s so much of one vegetable that I need multiple ways to use it so I [...]

I have an on-again, off-again love affair with beets. I *want* to love them, so I keep trying recipes with beets in them, but the intensity of the beets are usually so overbearing that I [...]