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Bake Holiday Cuisine

Tasty Homemade Matzo

This matzo recipe tastes way better than a box. That’s the joke about storebought matzo, the unleavened bread eaten instead of conventional yeast or baking soda/powder loaves or other baked goods during the Jewish holiday of Passover. Yet I’ve always liked matzo, and factory-made does taste far better than cardboard. Homemade isn’t difficult and doesn’t […]

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Condiments

Creamy Vegan Herb Dip

Nothing can truly replace the taste or mouth-feel of sour cream or cream cheese. We vegans should just honor our memories of dairy dip by improving on it. If you’re too full after the game on TV for a real meal, at least you haven’t messed up as badly, having gorged on the protein and […]

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Holiday Cuisine Main Courses

Forget John, It’s Time for Hoppin’ Ben

This is a vegan version of Hoppin’ John, the black-eyed pea dip/salad/soup said to bring good luck when eaten on New Year’s Day. (A mess of greens and cornbread (Southern non-sweet recipe) complete the traditional charm). Like split peas and lentils, black-eyes do not have to be soaked before cooking. If served immediately, this is […]

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Bake Holiday Cuisine

Pumpkin Pie Plus

This dessert is one of those raw foodie dishes, but the original recipe allowed as how it could be baked. That should comfort one’s more conventional dining guests. I’ve fiddled but only a little with how it’s put together. This pie has no gluten and no dairy with low added sugar and no added oil […]

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Main Courses

Says Who? Miso

Miso is a fermented paste made of various grains and sometimes soybeans, originating in Japan. It’s popularly used for a soup, simple to make but complex in taste. The vegan dish often is eaten for breakfast. Here, it’s a quick lunch that can be made in the microwave oven in the break room at work, […]

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Condiments

Hummus Remember This

Hummus is Middle Eastern bean spread. It seems as if every country on the Mediterranean — if not every household or cafe — offers a version. This is a basic and quick, low-fat version, far less expensive than store-bought. A common plan is making a batch at the start of every week, but I don’t […]