vegetarian

{Grow Roots} Foul Mudammas

March 18, 2013

Believe it or not, this Egyptian-originated bean dish is most often eaten at breakfast. It is now eaten throughout the Middle East with variations on the preparation; herbs, spices and accompaniments changing depending on the area. It is sometimes served with bread, to dip, and oftentimes with sliced hard-cooked egg. I ate mine simply, with [...]

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Dairy-free Green Tea Milkshake for St. Patrick’s Day

March 13, 2013

A few weeks ago, we were out at our favorite Japanese restaurant with Nick’s grandma and uncle, enjoying the last bit of our meal when the table beside us received their order of giant glasses filled with a creamy, green concoction topped with a mountain of whipped cream. “What is THAT?!” I asked the waitor. [...]

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Dark Chocolate Walnut Banana Bread

March 7, 2013

Oh, yes. I did. I love banana bread. LOVE it. The more ways I can make it, the better. This one includes two of my favorites- crunch + chocolate. It makes this loaf a perfect healthy dessert, or even a snack with some almond butter, or organic butter spread on top. I’m dreaming about it [...]

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{Grow Roots} Toasted Almond and Orange Salad

March 4, 2013

Meet my new favorite salad. Sweet, tangy orange slices paired with deeply toasted almonds and a sweet orange blossom/almond oil dressing over spicy arugula. Doesn’t that sound divine? Trust me, it is. I am placing this salad in the Grow Roots category, although it is not traditional, the ingredients have a distinct Middle Eastern influence, [...]

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{Make it Homemade} 3 Simple Salad Dressings

February 13, 2013

Salad dressing is another one of those always, always “Make it Homemade”s. For being seemingly so simple, bottle salad dressings can be packed with gross ingredients and add-ins, like toxic plant oils, preservatives and a whole lot of white sugar to boot! Talk about unnecessary, especially when they are SO super simple to make at [...]

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{Grow Roots} Labaneya

February 11, 2013

Labaneya, or spinach soup with yogurt, is not a Syrian dish, but an Egyptian one. I bookmarked it in one of my new favorite cookbooks, The New Book of Middle Eastern Food by Claudia Roden. I thought, we love spinach and we love yogurt- not to mention I always have fresh homemade yogurt on hand, [...]

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{Grow Roots} Hummus

February 4, 2013

Are you as shocked as I to find out I don’t have a simple, classic hummus recipe on the blog? I know, right?! Five years this January I’ve been blogging and I’ve never posted the classic signature ‘healthy food’. Chickpeas, tahini, spices, lemon and some oil– I’ve had variations, of course- but I’ve never posted [...]

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