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Meat Substitute

Vegetarian ‘Meat’Loaf

When I was a young and novice vegetarian, I spent most of my time trying to come up with meals for dinner that emulated classic meat entrees. I guess that’s a good way to transition yourself from the ways of eating meat to the ways of not eating meat.  New vegetarians may suffer from the [...]

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Bean Burgers

Well, after having black bean and turkey burgers two times with the Papavore, I figured it was time to graduate him to my favorite type of burger.  The veggie burger   The weaning process was over and now it was time for the hot tamale. I chose a bean burger recipe that had some of [...]

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Chinese Chicken Salad

Yum!  Plain yogurt combined with peanut butter is delicious. Wait.  Who would ruin peanut butter like that?  My love, my luscious guilty pleasure, the constant companion that takes away all my blues.  Peanut butter. Peanut butter plus plain sour yogurt?  Tangy, creamy, dairy-ful yogurt mixed with my absolute favorite condiment food, ever? Does the combination [...]

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Pumpkin Black Bean Chili

Would you rather me talk about the recipe for a change?  Would that be better than the usual he-said, she-said preamble to the meal? This meal started out as a soup.  But when I got to reading the recipe, I realized I was going to be straying just a bit too far from the ingredient [...]

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Cheesy Rice and Bean Strata

I’ll go ahead and admit it here.  I thought that strata implied eggs. You know, how milkshake implies milk and ice cream?  I confidently (and foolishly) assumed that strata was a breakfast food, possibly a brunch-time-munch, served at baby showers at the like. And then I ran across a Cooking Light recipe for strata.  And [...]

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