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Creamy (Vegan) Mushroom Soup

On: March 15, 2019July 17, 2021 By: Leslie Cook

I have more time at home these days with Covid-19 floating around. I kind of like not having to go out, not having deadlines, just enjoying the people who share our home with me. I’m walking more, cooking more, and I’m contemplating

On: February 24, 2019March 2, 2020 By: Leslie Cook

I got a little behind on the broccoli from my CSA box this week and had to use that and the head of cauliflower I received as well. I found what looked like a quick and easy recipe on Pinterest, made a

On: January 13, 2018September 13, 2018 By: Leslie Cook

This is a great soup, my comfort food — a meal in itself for a wintry evening. It took me ten minutes of prep time to load it into my Instant Pot, was cooked under pressure for 20 minutes while I put

On: January 10, 2018January 13, 2018 By: Leslie Cook

DAL MAKHANI Ingredients (Serves 3-4 unless you have a big appetite like I do!) Urad dal (Whole black lentils), 1/2 cup Dark red kidney beans, dry, 2 TB rounded Spanish onion, 1 large, finely chopped Ginger root, 1 TB, peeled and finely minced Garlic,

On: October 2, 2017August 16, 2018 By: Leslie Cook

Published 10/3/2017 in Bob’s Fresh and Local CSA Newsletter I always make pumpkin pies for Thanksgiving, and I like to make them “from scratch,” with real pumpkin, not canned. It’s so easy — why not? All it requires is to slice the

On: September 19, 2017September 22, 2017 By: Leslie Cook

Published in Bob’s Fresh and Local newsletter, 9/20/2017 Pinterest reports that searches for Grain Bowls or Buddha Bowls are up over 200% in 2017, and there’s a very good reason for that! We’re paying more attention to health, and these bowls are

On: August 28, 2017September 12, 2017 By: Leslie Cook

This summer, as I did last summer, I’m working on the farm for my CSA. I receive 3/4 bushel of beautiful, organically raised veggies for my efforts each and every week of the season. When I open my box each week, it’s

On: August 8, 2017August 9, 2017 By: Leslie Cook

Published this week in my CSA newsletter, Bob’s Fresh and Local. My favorite recipes are healthy, colorful, beautiful, meals-in-themselves, easy and versatile. This week, I had some remaining red cabbage, and our boxes featured the first onions and green beans of the

On: August 1, 2017August 26, 2017 By: Leslie Cook

The colors are coming, the colors of summer, sunshine on a plate, beautiful and strong…corn, summer squash, multi-colored beans, carrots, chard, fennel and more. But the most beautiful color of all, the deepest and richest…beets! Beet Couscous. I didn’t get to this