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Kabocha Spice Cake

October 28, 2019 by Linda Watson Leave a Comment

Do you love pumpkin pie but don’t want to make a crust? Try my new Kabocha Spice Cake. It’s rich, moist, and full of pumpkin-spice flavor, without the calories or fuss of pumpkin pie. This cake comes together in just 20 minutes active time, starting a roasted squash, or 30 minutes starting with a whole […]

Filed Under: Dessert, Recipe Tagged With: autumn, cake, kabocha squash, oil-free, pumpkin spice, vegan

Summer Rolls

June 8, 2019 by Linda Watson Leave a Comment

three summer rolls on a tray

Making Summer Rolls is part craft, part cooking, with minimal heat. Assemble colorful vegetables and bouncy rice noodles on a translucent spring roll wrapper, roll it up, and stir up a zesty sauce. Once you get the hang of it, this recipe takes about 20 minutes more than making a salad. It will: Unleash your […]

Filed Under: Recipe, Side dish, Snack Tagged With: appetizer, gluten-free, oil-free, summer, vegan

One-Pot Meal: Black-Eyed Vegetable Stew

May 24, 2019 by Linda Watson Leave a Comment

Black-Eyed Stew in a green bowl

Let black-eyed peas create an earthy broth for this hearty vegetable stew. Make it now to have easy, healthy meals when you need them: after a beach weekend, a lazy Sunday, or lunch anytime. Consider bringing it to a family potluck too. Black-Eyed Vegetable Stew costs just $1.08 a serving using organic ingredients. I created […]

Filed Under: Entree, Recipe, Something for Nothing Tagged With: black-eyed peas, gluten-free, nutritarian, oil-free, one-pot, vegan, WFPB

Updating a Classic Recipe

May 1, 2019 by Linda Watson Leave a Comment

Skip the oil? with nutritional information in the background

In the twelve years that I’ve been running the Cook for Good project, my ingredient palette has changed. My recipes started as vegetarian and shifted to vegan. Now I’m cooking with very little oil and lots of superfoods like mushrooms, blueberries, and turmeric. Many recipes survive with some fine-tuning, like this week’s nomelets (which are […]

Filed Under: Healthy, Save money Tagged With: chickpea flour, cooking skills, eggs, oil-free

Chickpea Nomelets with Greens and Mushrooms

April 28, 2019 by Linda Watson Leave a Comment

Chickpea pancakes stuffed with spinach and mushrooms, grapes

A nomelet is a savory pancake wrapped around a hearty filling, perfect for breakfast, brunch, or a light meal. This version updates a classic Cook for Good recipe to make it Nutritarian friendly. I took out the oil and added mushrooms. I also switched from yellow onions to red ones for more phytonutrients. Because this […]

Filed Under: Breakfast, Entree, Recipe Tagged With: chickpea flour, g-bombs, kale, mushrhooms, nutritarian, oil-free, quick, WFPB

Microwave-Steamed Eggplant for Pizza, Sauces, Stir-Fries

August 31, 2018 by Linda Watson Leave a Comment

Eggplant in spicy peanut sauce garnished with fresh basil

Steam eggplant for a fat-free, silky pizza topping or to enrich stir-fries, tomato sauces, and many other dishes. (No microwave? See notes for a stovetop version.) Enhance and stretch your recipes for just 50 cents a serving using organic ingredients! I started playing with this idea when my friend Laura told me a trick she’d […]

Filed Under: Core, Recipe Tagged With: eggplant, gluten-free, microwave, oil-free, summer, vegan

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