Sweet potato casserole is "my" dish, and has been for as long as I can remember. Every Thanksgiving, someone will ask me, "Are you going to make your sweet potatoes, Min?" (My family calls me Mindy, but more often, Min. My nickname for my nickname.) Of course the answer is always, "Yes!" I ...
Fall/Winter
Sweet potato chili
Does the world need another chili recipe? Maybe not. But my hope with this site is to create a one stop shop for reliable, healthful recipes that don't require a ton of time in the kitchen. And no food blog could be considered complete without a chili recipe, in my humble opinion. Because how can ...
Minestrone soup
It's likely you've had minestrone from a can that was basically uniform in taste and texture. What a disappointment! Because the most beautiful thing about minestrone is the variety of ingredients, which create a rainbow of flavor and textures that is deeply satisfying to eat. Minestrone is also ...
Mushroom gravy
Gravy is one of those things that—if you're worried about heart health or weight gain—you avoid like the plague. At least that's the case when it's made from animal fat and cheap meat. When your gravy is made from cashews, however, it's another story. Because cashews are a plant food, they ...
Get well soon carrot soup
Hi there sweetheart, I heard you don't feel so good. Come in. Sit down. Let carrot soup take care of you. I am so pretty to look at, don't you agree? I'm bright and pretty and the color of sunshine. Already you are feeling better, yes? Did you know I'm also chock full of get well ...
Coconut rice pudding
A hug from a loved one. A bowl of rice pudding. A cozy blanket and a cup of tea. Sometimes we have to take comfort wherever we can find it, and today is one of those days. I had a moment over the weekend of realizing all that was happening, all at once. There's the piddly stuff—our dog's ...
Vegan picadillo
Peccadillo and picadillo. One a minor fault, the other a major yum. Guess which one we're talking about today?! Picadillo, the major yum, is generally considered to have originated from Spain and Latin America, but nearly every culture has something like it. Building on the familiar base of ...
Gingersnap granola
Autumn…that transitional time of year when tanktops are traded for chunky knits, flip-flops fade into boots and booties, and your grande unsweetened ice tea becomes into a pumpkin spice latte. I can’t move on—in this post or in life—without first giving summer its due. I LOVE summer. I love the ...
Taste of autumn yam and kale stew
Peanut butter and jelly, chocolate and peanut butter, yams and kale... these are all matches made in heaven. Now, I know yams and kale aren’t as famous together as the others, but they should be, and I think this stew is going to be the one that catapults the combo to stardom.* Simply stated, ...
Cheer and better soup
Beer and cheddar soup is one of my favorites. I mean, it was before I knew about the dairy industry, with its mastitis, pus, forced pregnancy, orphaning of babies... Ignorance was bliss, I guess. But complicity sucks. And that's why I stopped eating dairy and why I created this Cheer and ...