Vegan Recipes | Made to Nourish
I'm not sure why it took me so long to get the hang of galettes, but I suspect that overthinking had a lot to do with it. Sometime back in June, I finally made a galette that I was happy with, and since then I've been making it with different combinations of summer fruit and different ratios of whole grain and regular flour. This vegan spelt plum galette might just be my favorite so far. For years I've read about how galette's are "the lazy person's pie," ...
I've been thinking a lot about change this week, how it creeps up unexpectedly and often without any help from us. For a while this past spring it was as if I was suspended in time, which at that moment didn't feel like much of a good thing. The days were long and stifling, overpopulated by anxious thoughts. It's different now; I don't feel as if I'm dragging myself through time. The quality of my day-to-day experience is richer and fuller. There's more that I'm ...
I tend to forget that eggplants don't really arrive in season until late summer, at least where I live. When they first show up at the farmers market, in all of their shiny, deep purple glory, I celebrate. Two weeks ago there were none, and now, suddenly, they're everywhere. I may have been a bit overly zealous last weekend when I picked up eight—yes, eight—of them. These bulgur stuffed eggplants with tamarind, currants & pine nuts have been a delicious way to ...
Those of you who have been reading for a while know that I usually post some reflections on my birthday; it’s become an annual tradition that allows me to reflect a little on the terrain of the past twelve months. I guess it’s no surprise that this year’s birthday post is permeated by heartache. My…
