Seed Topping for Salads

Salad seed topping

Seed topping for salads is a yummy and nutritious topping that you can add to any salad.   My husband and I have a mixture that we keep in the freezer and then grind it fresh as we use it for salads. Directions: Mix 2 parts flax seeds with one part each sunflower, sesame and pumpkin [...]

How to Freeze Your Collard Greens and Spinach

How to Freeze Your Collard Greens and Spinach

Ever wonder how to freeze your collard greens and spinach?  Well, let me share one options with you.  I am getting ready to go out of town today and still have collard greens and spinach I bought for a recipe that I didn’t get to use yet. So, I decided to freeze them! Here’s How [...]

Drying Fresh Herbs

drying fresh herbs

So whether you buy fresh herbs at the store or grow your own, it’s often difficult to use them up while they are still fresh.  Usually a recipe only calls for 1-2 tablespoons or at the most maybe 1/4 cup.  So what do you do with your leftover herbs? Don’t let them go to waste…dry [...]

Resources to Save Time and Money Cooking Vegetarian Recipes

How to Cook Brown Rice in a Pressure Cooker

Here is a list of a few of the resources I recommend in my book, “21 Ways to Save Time and Money Cooking Vegetarian Recipes.” Get and Use a Pressure Cooker: A pressure cooker may seem intimidating at first but it can be one of the biggest time savers for vegetarian cooks.  Why?  Well, you can literally [...]

How to Grow Your Own Sprouts at Home

Growing your own sprouts at home!

Growing up, my mom used to grow her own sprouts at home.  She used a jar with a screen on it and kept it under the sink.  I was always fascinated at how the sprouts would grow over time. And now I’m growing my own sprouts.  I personally have chosen to use the Easy Sprout [...]

A Few Kitchen Staples I Recommend for Vegetarian Cooking

kitchen staples for vegetarian cooking

I was recently asked what staples I recommend when getting started with vegetarian cooking.  And that is actually a very good question because there are some basic staples that are good to have on hand when you are cooking vegetarian recipes.  I’ve compiled a list of a few to get you started…not comprehensive by any [...]