Adventures of a Vegan Military Wife

I am not a person of color, but I have spent most of my adult life living in Southern states and “soul food” dishes are some of my favorite comfort foods. Comfort foods can be healthy (which is what this website is all about)! “Soul Food Sunday” is a common theme in my kitchen. Collard […]

Challah Kreplach Tzimmes Carrot and beet salad Green beans Hamantaschen

Spinach dip with crudite Spinach salad with seeds, nuts, and fruit Tofu “egg” salad Deviled tomatoes Dandelion lima bean soup Cream of asparagus soup Fresh pea soup Spring vegetable soup Roasted asparagus Date syrup-glazed carrots Roasted or braised radishes Phyllo-wrapped asparagus Frittata/Quiche Pesto pasta Paella Seeded sourdough bread Hot cross buns Ginger carrot cake Lemon poppy […]

Your game day party doesn’t have to include bacon to be successful! Here are a few crowd pleasing ideas. Try serving dips with veggies, pretzel chips, and homemade baked potato chips, instead of greasy bagged chips. The Best Guacamole Beer cheese dip (Serve in a football-shaped bread bowl for extra credit!) Spinach artichoke dip (Serve in a football-shaped […]

Irish soda bread Bannocks Biscuits or scones Muffins Seeded breads Yogurt Jalapeno poppers Potato leek soup Stew Colcannon Shepherd’s pie Pot pie Quiche Macaroni and cheese Sweet potatoes Carrot cake Lemon poppy seed cake Rice pudding Honey cakes Chocolate mousse

Colcannon Stewed pumpkin Pumpkin soup Butternut squash soup Irish soda bread Green salad with dried cranberries, walnuts, tangerines, and poppy seed dressing Pumpkin cider bread Stuffed mushrooms Glazed carrots Barmbrack Baked apples Pumpkin mousse or pie Pumpkin cheescake Caramel apples Apple or pear crisp Hot mulled cider

Cranberry walnut sourdough bread Beer bread Apple butter Stuffed grape leaves Beefless stew Corn chowder Pumpkin or butternut squash soup Pumpkin quinoa chili Roasted acorn or butternut squash Corn casserole Harvest rice Wild rice pilaf Roasted potatoes Pepper poppers Apple pie or crisp Cranberry walnut pumpkin bread Pumpkin bread pudding Hot cider

Here are some of my favorite Lughnasadh / Lammas recipes: Apples (apple spice cake, apple fritter muffins, butternut squash and apple soup, applesauce cake, sweet potatoes with apples and walnuts) Barley soup Beans (British style beans, black bean soup, chana masala, Hoppin’ John, hummus) Chili Breads (sourdough, cornbread, zucchini bread, etc.) Brown rice with pine nuts Creamy […]

Deviled tomatoes Roasted potatoes, brussels sprouts, and cauliflower Steamed artichokes Roasted asparagus Fennel salad Carrot cake

Mushroom walnut pate with matzo crackers Charoset Matzo ball soup Borscht Creamy tomato soup Stuffed cabbage with pine nuts Shepherd’s pie Tzimmes Roasted potatoes with garlic and rosemary Steamed asparagus Carrot and beet salad Horseradish coleslaw Chocolate nut clusters Chocolate meringues Coconut macaroons