Appetizer

Larry has fond memories of cold spinach salad in Japan. We compared several recipes, and did a mix of several (from salu salo, fine cooking, iheartumami, and bon appetit - seriously, you used frozen...

Viki brought her adaptation of a carrot-top chimichurri to our outdoor distance gathering, and I fell in love with it! The tang and garlic are amazing on bread, or as a salad dressing (see...

Figs! We have so many figs. Larry is picking a dozen a day, scrambling onto the roof to get half of them from the top of the tree. During an afternoon get-together, Shuchi tells us that she gets a lot...

We’ve had some really good buffalo cauliflower at Vegenation in Las Vegas, and I finally got around to trying to make it. It was tasty! Here’s what a did - which is a combination of a...

Shelley made this mango guacamole and served it with pita chips and sliced jicama. Delish! Ingredients 3 large avocados, peeled and pitted 1 small red onion, chopped 1 mango - peeled, pitted, and...

Munira gave us some delicious homemade hot green chutney. I tried to replicate it - with success: even Munira and Vinod liked it! This is adapted from a video Munira shared for this recipe for Green...

Another hit from Cyndy. She got this recipe in a vegan cooking class. The instructor said this was meant to be a kind of “fake chicken.” It didn’t really taste chickeny to us, but it...

Shuchi made this delicious salsa for a pool party last weekend. It’s fantastic and super easy to make. This one will become a pool party staple! Ingredients 1 bunch green (spring) onions (3-4...

Mark brought Trader Joes Beet Hummus to our pool party this weekend, and we loved it! I had 3 huge (potato-sized) fresh beets from Farmdoor in my fridge, so I decided to give it a try. I cut up one of...

I found a nice cucumber salad from Oh She Glows that included these roasted spiced chickpeas as a topping. We mostly just ate them as a snack - really good! Ingredients 1 (15-oz) can chickpeas 1/2...

An easy appetizer that is delish! Ingredients 6 tomatoes 3 cloves garlic 1/2 cup fresh basil 1T olive oil salt to taste baguette (french or sourdough) Instructions Dice the tomatoes and garlic, and...

This is a South Mediterranean version of caponata, the famous Italian eggplant salad. I often double the recipe if we make it for a party, so we have leftovers at home.Thanks to Christine for the...

This is a thick, yummy homemade hummus slightly adapted from Judi’s hummus. For the two of us, I halve her recipe, don’t use as much salt, and don’t use any olive oil (it...