Salty + Vegan + Gluten-Free

Slow Cooker Quinoa Chili: Healthy, Inexpensive, and Delicious

This slow cooker quinoa chili is for right now. Can't afford meat? No problemo.....

Low Calorie Rice: A Vegetable Makes Life Lighter

This low calorie rice is a win-win substitute for real rice......

Slow Cooker Butternut Squash

Slow cooker butternut squash is an amazingly simple way to prepare butternut squash without having to do hardly anything....

Roasted Sugar Pumpkin Recipe

This roasted sugar pumpkin recipe is not sweet. Instead it is salty, sour, sweet, and fun to make.....

Vegan Creamed Spinach

I try to keep my guest list for Thanksgiving “vegan free” but that doesn’t work for everyone....

Indian Spiced Cauliflower & Potatoes Recipe

I have been called the “Queen of Cauliflower” and there have been complaints about my constant desire to work this vegetable.....

Fresh Tomato Salsa in Minutes

Fresh tomatoes are rolling into supermarkets and farmer’s markets and they are cheap!...

Lighter Guacamole With A Secret Ingredient

Don’t you love secret ingredients that make something lighter but don’t ruin the taste?...

The ONLY Way to Cook Summer Squash

The heat is creeping into my office under the door. After spending the winter complaining about snow, I am now bellyaching about the heat....

Two Ingredient Black Bean Soup, Delicious and Vegan!

Do you have any relatives who say that they cook and then they just open cans? Yep, this recipe was inspired by a “Can Chef”....

Kale Pesto Because You Can

Pesto is typically made with fresh basil as the main ingredient (and you need a lot of it)....

Stop Buying Salad Dressing

It is time to talk about a very dull subject, salad. Ho hum....

Three Layer Bean Dip: Because Three is Faster Than Seven

I was first introduced to "Seven Layer Dip" in 1995 and I immediately fell in love...

You Must Try This Carrot Salad from LaaLoosh

It is carrot season and time to get out your peeler....

Cream Soup Like You've Never Had Before

I cannot believe I am writing about soup already! The overnight lows here have been in the 40’s....

Use Those Beautiful Tomatoes in Gazpacho

If you haven’t tried a cold soup, now is your moment. As summer comes to and end, you cannot miss this experience....

Time for Refrigerator Pickled Green Beans

I know you probably think it is time for potato chips – but you are wrong....

Eggplant Like You’ve Never Had Before

Many eggplant recipes start with a painful step to extract the bitter taste found in some bigger, older eggplants....

Tasty Marinara Sauce in Six Minutes

Yes, I know you can buy a jar of marinara sauce that means you will have sauce in NO minutes – but hear me out....

Vegetarian Slow Cooker Baked Beans

Yesterday, Snack Girl took on July 4th but she forgot to mention her very favorite recipe for the celebration....