by amvandenhurk | Jul 31, 2019 | vegetarian
Simple Roasted Sweet Potato Lentil Feta Salad For the past two weeks, it has been hot here in Newport. Our house doesn’t have air conditioning – units or central – it can get pretty toasty. Not a pleasurable environment to cook anything, but we still... 
by amvandenhurk | Jun 5, 2019 | healthy eating, Meatless Mondays, vegetarian
Indian Fried Cabbage and Peas Breaks the Cabbage Image Cabbage. This vegetable has an image problem. Cabbage, like many vegetables, has a bad reputation. It has been cooked to death without much thought to flavor. It is known as dreary, boring veg that is served in... 
by amvandenhurk | May 25, 2019 | vegetarian
Homemade Hummus Made Fresh Hummus is a quick and delicious snack or meal. It is easy to stop at the grocery store picking up a tub. While store-bought is good, hummus made fresh is the best. When you make it yourself, it just tastes so much better and you can... 
by amvandenhurk | May 18, 2019 | vegetarian
Plant-Based Eating – Not Just for Hippies I’ve been down this road before regarding cutting down on meat in our family’s diet. It is a struggle to come up with varied, filling, and tasty vegetarian meals to serve to my guys that they will eat... 
by amvandenhurk | Jan 7, 2019 | dinner, Meatless Mondays, Pasta, soups, vegetarian
Creamy Parmesan Gnocchi with Kale Creamy Parmesan Gnocchi is one of the only recipe where I can get my guys to eat kale without faces of pure disgust. The menfolk in my house are not fond of kale or any other bitter greens regardless of how it is prepared. You... 
by amvandenhurk | Jan 4, 2019 | dinner, Pasta, sides, vegetarian
Nothing Beats Homemade Gnocchi Being Irish with the DNA test to show I have no southern European genes, pasta came out of a box and the sauce from a jar growing up. Fresh pasta was unknown. In the late 70s and early 80s, my mom learned how to make tomato sauce... 
