Sunday Challenge: Malaysian Tofu Rendang

The Background: We usually order yellow curry tofu when we venture out for Thai food, but we’ve never successfully made it at home. We saw this recipe for Malaysian Tofu Rendang, which called for star of anise, tamarind pulp and lemon grass, three ingredients we’ve never used before. It took a few trips to the [...]

Sunday Challenge: Artichoke Croquettes With Lentils

The Background: We love artichokes and our Café Flora cookbook. So, we decided to make this artichoke croquette with braised black lentils recipe. They’re served with salad greens heaped on top, so we figured that pretty much made a whole dinner. We skipped the cream sauce. The Preparation: This is another dinner that requires a [...]

Simple Food For Simple People: Garlic Spaghetti

Since our last pasta dish was kind of a dud we thought we’d share one of our weeknight pasta staples with you. We love this dish. It’s hard to mess up and always hits the spot. I first discovered it at a downtown Houston restaurant. I tried to create it at home a few times [...]

The Sunday Challenge: Mango Ginger Tofu

The Background: I have a love hate relationship with mangos. Sometimes I’ll get a chunk of one in a fruit salad or a smoothie and it tastes like heaven. Other times they’ve tasted a bit like vomit. But I couldn’t resist the beautiful mountain of mangos at Whole Foods on Saturday. We bought three and [...]

What’s for dinner? Chickpea Croquettes

I was scanning old Veggie Times magazines for dinner ideas when I found this recipe for chickpea croquettes with Greek salad topping. About the only thing we’ve made with chickpeas is hummus, so we thought we’d try something new. I actually call “chickpeas” garbanzo beans, but since the name of the recipe is chickpea croquettes, [...]

Three Bean Chili: Simple and Delicious

It was a rainy Monday and I was craving something warm and hardy for dinner. A steaming bowl of chili and cornbread sounded perfect. But I didn’t have a chili recipe and I couldn’t find one in any of my veggie cookbooks. Is chili too common for vegetarian chefs to put in cookbooks? So I [...]

Take That Calzone and Stuff It (With Cabbage)

The March issue of Vegetarian Times came in the mail last week. The cabbage calzones on page 74 caught my omnivore’s eye, so we made them tonight. We left out the eggs, which makes the recipe vegan. And we made our own pizza dough instead of buying frozen because we’re crazy like that. The crust [...]