Recipes

Red Lentil Dhal with Sweet Potatoes

Enjoy a comforting vegan dish that's rich in iron, low in fat, and perfect for a chilly day! This vegan curry is inspired by the...

Citrus Salad with Beets

A salad featuring brightly colored citrus and beets is perfect for winter. The standout is the lemon dressing, enhanced with horseradish...

Chickpea Soup with Orzo

This nutrient rich soup with orzo is super easy to make and enjoyable throughout a year. Using seasonal vegetables to enjoy the seasons...

Vegetarian Chili

This is a vegetarian chili made with lots of beans in place of meat. Even with just vegetables, the spices and other ingredients give it...

Red Lentil Soup

Lentils are one of the first plants cultivated by mankind and have been found in ruins in Turkey from around 5,500 BC. Originating in the...

Oven-Baked Basmati Rice with Leeks and Beans

Cooking rice looks easy, but it is actually difficult. Especially when cooking the rice on a stove, it's difficult to adjust the amount...

Winter Chicory Salad with Oranges

Enjoy winter vegetables! This is a seasonal vegetable salad full of good things. The human body uses a lot of energy fighting the cold in...

Fried Chickpea Patties

So these fried chickpea patties are like falafel which is also made with chickpeas. However a big different is using a canned chickpeas....

Oven-Baked Rice Pudding

Rice pudding can be found in almost every country in Europe, Asia, America, and around the world. It is simply rice cooked in milk. It's...

Miso-Ginger Roasted Eggplants

Miso-Glaze! Sweet and full-bodied miso goes well with various ingredients. The fragrant smell of miso grilled in oil is very appetizing....

Sesame Peanut-Butter Noodle

In contrast to a plain boring look, this was full of garlic and had a good fragrance, and the mellowness and spiciness of the peanuts...

Easy Tofu and Spinach Stir-Fry

After Fiona moved to our town, we decided to have dinner together once or twice a week, with Fiona wanting to cook. My daughter is a...

Simple Black Bean Soup

This ridiculously tasty and simple black bean soup is made with canned beans. How easy is that! Black beans are packed with much of the...

Winter Soup

In winter there are many root vegetables available. Root vegetables are low in calories and rich in vitamins, calcium, and dietary fiber....

Simple Fried Rice

Fried Rice...did you know that I find it hard to make this? Japanese, and other Asians find fried rice difficult to make. Isn't that a...

Else's Nut Cake

This recipe is from Fiona's younger sister Else who had a winter house in Spain. In Spain, this cake is called Tarta de Santiago or St....

Oatmeal Chocolate-Chip Walnut Cookies

I'd never seen oatmeal cookies at Fiona's house. So I was a bit surprised when I found this recipe. Fiona's family loves chocolate! Yes,...

Fiona's Christmas Cake

Just before Fiona was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer at the beginning of December, she and I were talking about Christmas cakes. I told...

Honey Vanilla Granola

This granola recipe is for those who like clumps. If you want to have big chunks, let the granola cool completely, then break up. Also...

Fiona's Summer Basil Pesto Spaghetti

This simple pesto recipe is great for summer especially if you grow your own basil or are able to get fresh basil. I remember Fiona loved...