Category: Vegetarian Resources
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Hunting for Morrels…
On Friday I woke up with morrel mushrooms on my mind…I don’t know where the thought came from, but it turns out that this is the perfect time of year for morrels. I’d never tried one, and it’s been on my list of things to cook since I heard about them last year. Since I don’t…
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Forks Over Knives Documentary
A friend recently recommended this documentary, Forks Over Knives. [I’d heard of the Fork It diet, which basically means eating only with a fork and therefore eliminating finger foods, most meat products and a lot of dairy items. It seems to be a clever way to remind yourself to make healthy choices.] This documentary is a…
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Japanese Style Salad Dressing
This salad dressing makes me want to lick my plate clean! The recipe is exactly like the hibachi restaurant style dressing. I have made a double batch of this every week for the past month, and we love it just much now. I’m a fan of making homemade salad dressing (never understood why the row…
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Whole Foods Superfood Salad
Ingredients: Kale, chopped Napa cabbage, shredded Carrots, shredded Grape tomatoes, sliced in half Sunflower seeds Blueberries Cashews, chopped Red onion, sliced (& optional: not if I’m making it for lunch at work!) Dressing 1/4 C Apple cider vinegar 1/2 C Olive oil 1 cup Acai berry juice Cayenne Salt Pepper Garlic, optional I picked up…
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Thai Yellow Pumpkin and Seafood Curry
I love seafood. I love tuna steaks, tuna sandwiches, tuna salads, you name it. Crab is my filet mignon. Scallops are the ultimate treat. When I decided to become a vegetarian, giving up seafood was my biggest challenge. I didn’t want to half-ass it, and be one of those “I’m a vegetarian, but I still…
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Blue Nile: delicious Ethiopian dinner
Last week we used our Groupon for the Blue Nile, an awesome Ethiopian restaurant in our River Market neighborhood. The food was delicious and the vegetarian option is very filling…it will even satisfy my husband’s appetite! Funny, the Groupon for today is Blue Nile…again. I think I need another one and highly recommend this place 🙂…
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FüD (read: Food) Kansas City
Coming from a small city, I am amazed at the variety of restaurants in KC. I love the local options, but I’m thrilled that there are also vegetarian, and even vegan restaurants! To me, vegan is just a healthier option for vegetarians so I try and choose vegan occasionally. Currently FüD (see lunch above) is my favorite…
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Favorite KC restaurants: local, seasonal ingredients
When I moved to Kansas City, I made a point to do my grocery shopping at the farmer’s market (just a block away.) I am definitely spoiled by the fresh produce, cheese, bread and eggs. In a pinch, I picked up a carton of eggs from HyVee, and I couldn’t even finish my omelet. There…
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Must try mushroom tart & polenta
Mushroom tart from Michael Chiarello. I swapped in goat cheese instead of blue. Polenta: I whisked in milk, butter, garlic and parmesan into log of polenta. Favorite Kale recipe by Bobby Flay. This is my standard kale recipe! Perfection!
the happy veggie 