Give me fruit and I’m going to make jam. In under an hour. That was the culinary challenge I accepted at an Eat, Write, Retreat food bloggers conference, several years ago. The fruit? Watermelon! Now, there was something I’d never done before. And since our theme at the time was Cinco de Mayo, it called…
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Vegan Quinoa Stuffed Peppers
Last year, one of my cousins asked me if I had any vegan/vegetarian recipes that his daughter would like, for Passover. Increasingly, I’m getting requests for vegan recipes, gluten-free recipes, and recipes that don’t contain matzo meal, for the very religious who don’t eat “wet” matzo on Passover. And you thought I had some…
Pinwheel Meatloaf with Vegetables
One of my all-time favorite foods for Passover week was Pinwheel Meatloaf. Reaching back into my admittedly faulty memory, I don’t remember my mother ever making meatloaf except during Passover. But, whenever Passover came around, we always pored over the latest recipe pamphlet from one of the kosher food companies, and planned our grocery…
