Vegetarian recipes

Pineapple upside downcake (off of Vegweb.com)

I will not kid you this cake is sweet! And for me that would have to be pretty sweet. but, my oldest son said…

Spaghetti Squash with Fresh Mushroom Sauce

A great recipe for week nights because it uses purchased prepared spaghetti sauce - yet this dish tastes…

Poached Pears

A favorite fall dessert or breakfast fruit when pears are in season. This is a Better Homes and Garden Cookbook recipe, and the only liberty I take…

Butternut Squash and Apple Soup (with Pressure Cooker Option)

Inspired by a recipe from New Paradigm Cooking (Sandbach, Terranova and Ware), I chose to forego the cookbook’s…

Hummus

Healthy vegetarian spread Can be refrigerated for two weeks and still can eat. Easy snack

Curry leaves Valakkai Poriyal (Plantain Chips)

A lovely crispy-crunchy accompaniment for rice or snacking.

Thai Salad with Sesame Ginger Dressing

A tasty thai salad with a flavourful sesame, ginger dressing that is easy and quick to prepare.

Badam Halwa(Almond Fudge) using Xylitol

Xylitol is a sugar alcohol and can be used a substitute for sugar. It is found naturally in fibers of many…

Hummus & Greek Salad

I decided to go healthy one night and went Arabic and Greek! Some of you may be familiar with hummus which is made from chick peas and the latter is…

Garbanzo Bean Soup

This garbanzo bean soup is very nourishing and quite easy to prepare. It has a tomato based broth using tomato paste. This is one of the first…

Wheat Laddu

Sweet Zucchini Pickles

Too many zucchini - what to do? A recipe by Chuck Allen (Palm Springs) caught my eye. Expectations are high from this retired chef, so he takes this…

Potato Rice Flakes

Potato Rice Flakesand is called phovu in konkani.It is prepared using only the basic ingredients like potato, onions, coconut and green chillies.…

Picco De Gallo

A fresh salsa that brightens any plate.

Aromatic soda bread mini loaves

Scrumptious soda bread rolls flavoured with a mix of fresh herbs.