Savory Breakfast Bowls

I will not lie and tell you I don’t occasionally enjoy a cinnamon roll for breakfast now and then, but a savory breakfast is one of the greater joys in life. Over the spring and summer, I craved flavor and protein and never thought I could get enough kale on my plate. The summer garden

Veggies and Dumplings

A few weeks before the pandemic began to sweep across the county, I caught the flu at office. It quickly spread through the house, putting my husband flat on his back for nearly a week and my daughter a fever so high I wanted to take take her to the emergency room (the doctor said

2020

It’s been a minute. Actually, it’s been a year. When I started this little website I had big dreams of spending a few weekends a year sharing my love of cooking with others. I carefully chose the word gather. It felt warm — and it felt like fun. I desperately wanted to do something fun.I

Baking Bender

These are the sort of things that happen when I don’t have to be at the office: whole wheat and honey bread with flax and oats.

Holiday Wrap Up Part II

The week of Christmas promised one potluck, two big family parties, and at least six hour in the car.  I’m always ready to show others how “not different” plant based cooking can be, so I tend to not hold back when given the opportunity to show off a little bit.  To take to the pot

Taco Tofu (aka Deer Meat?)

My daughter is a history buff. If left to her own devices she often creates a world around her that is the 1880s, a fantasy which is charming (and socially acceptable) because she is only eight. When she or little brother sense I am busy in the kitchen they are inspired to ask me to

Building a Food Bowl

Grain bowl, Buddha bowl, harvest bowl, burrito bowl, big ass salad — or the perfectly fine and broadly used — food bowl. I was introduced to the term “food bowl” by my brother-in-law. He was chopping veggies in the kitchen while we were on vacation, resulting in a family favorite, gado-gado. I am not a

Vegan Pesto

Any meal with pesto makes me feel rich. In the heat of late summer when the basil is bolting, I feel like a billionaire as I freeze it by the pint for winter of meal that will level up thanks to the green goodness. I have no set recipe for vegan pesto, only guidelines which

Seasonal Treats

While I live in on the edge of a valley, surrounded by my favorite blue hills, I work near Asheville, a city often called “beer city USA.” I know many people are counting down the days to their first pumpkin spice latte at Starbucks, I am keeping my eyes open for my favorite pumpkin beer.

I miss cornbread.

I cannot remember the last time I had a piece of cornbread – or used cornstarch to thicken a sauce, or popped a pan of nachos in the oven, or even ordered a veggie burger without first interrogating the restaurant’s kitchen staff.  My son was diagnosed with a fructose malabsorption when he was three years