Gluten free

Healthy Chocolate Milk (Banana Cocoa Smoothie)

March 28, 2016 All Year

smoothie with cocoa and banana

When you want a smoothie that’s not too cold, or you want chocolate but you don’t want sugar, this banana-cocoa smoothie fits the bill.

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Kelp Salad

March 23, 2016 All Year

A quick Asian-style kelp salad loaded with veggies.

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Salted Chocolate Almond Trail Mix Bar

March 19, 2016 All Year

A trail mix style energy bar with almond butter, honey, almonds, puffed cereal, dark chocolate and salt

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Vegetarian Mushroom ‘Bacon’

September 12, 2015 All Year

shiitake bacon

Mushroom ‘bacon’ made with portobellos or shiitakes.

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Spring Salad with Fava Beans, Asparagus, Chive and Viola Flowers

July 18, 2015 Dairy free

A fresh salad with spring ingredients: violas, chives, asparagus, fava beans, plus yellow cherry tomatoes.

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Cocoa Cherry Energy Bars

June 28, 2015 All Year

Quick chocolate cherry energy bars for the road or trail.

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Maple Candied Pecans, the Oven Method

June 15, 2015 All Year

maple candied pecans on parchment

Pecans roasted in the oven with maple sugar, salt and demerara sugar.

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Crab Louie

May 6, 2015 Dairy free

Crab Louie salad

A modern tweak of the old-school classic Crab Louie salad.

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Artichoke Roasted Hazelnut Dip

March 28, 2015 All Year

roasted hazelnut artichoke dip

This artichoke roasted hazelnut dip is inspired by one of the homemade spreads at Purple Cafe. I had the pleasure of dining there last week with my family when two of my boys’ spring breaks coincided for one brief but lovely weekend. I split the batch and made half with

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Vegetarian Onion Gravy

December 25, 2014 All Year

vegetarian gravy

Vegetarian onion gravy made with caramelized onions and a bit of miso.

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