What is a Vegetarian?
Veggie and non-veggie diets demystified
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Vegetarian Lentil Bolognese and a Confession
Kitchsplosion readers want to know, where’s the mess? Confession: Generally it gets cleaned up before any photos are taken. To be honest, dear readers, I didn’t want to scare you away. If you saw what the process looked like, I worried you would “x” out of your browser in terror.…
Ever-Popular Spicy Sesame Peanut Noodles OR How to Become a Celebrity Chef Amongst Your Friends
Want to impress your family, friends, strangers? I have two words for you: peanut noodles.
Spicy Sweet Potato Peanut Soup (Vegan): Try It–You’ll Like It!
If you’ve never tried these flavors together, it probably sounds weird—sweet potato and peanut and soup. But trust me on this one. I can relate to your skepticism. I remember the first time I had peanut butter in something other than a pb & j or chocolate candy cups. It…
Vegetarian Noodle Soup with Asian Flavors
Even though I have great admiration for traditional miso soup, I don’t make it at home. The soup that I make has miso paste in it, but is a whole meal with noodles and various vegetables, and is much more suited to my attention-deficit-style of cooking. In Japanese restaurants, miso…
Lentil Soup OR How to Be a Good Vegetarian Guest
I’m the kind of person who worries before going to dinner at someone else’s house if there’s going to be enough for me to eat. There’s no danger, by the way, of me wasting away. It’s just that I’m mostly vegetarian and also really picky so if I have to…
Creamy Squash Soup Redemption
I ordered first, a cup of the creamy squash soup and a sandwich but, as usual, soon second-guessed myself. “You’re getting a bowl of soup and a sandwich?” I asked my husband Wayne, imagining him still enjoying his steaming bowl of velvety orange soup while I, saving a buck, would…
Cheese is Bad For Me and I Should Eat a Lot More of It, Says the USDA
Reading a New York Times article on the USDA’s mixed signals about cheese made me think about my own conflicting cheese emotions. The USDA, like a person with the two hemispheres of his brain separated, tells us “Eat less fat—don’t have so much cheese!” and at the same time encouraged…
