Jacket Potatoes, or Baked Potatoes stateside, are simply spuds baked whole with skins intact. They are baked, cut open, fluffed up, and sometimes filled with extra toppings. Returned to the oven and you’ve got double-baked potatoes. Jacket Potatoes were the…
Bubble and Squeak are little cakes of fried vegetables, typically potatoes and cabbage. The name ‘bubble and squeak’ was coined in 1785 to describe the noises it made when cooked over a fire. I remember it mentioned as a child…
I started this recipe with a measure of skepticism, as I always do with 1950s vegetable dishes, but even more so because of the source. This recipe came from a 1959 Del Monte canned vegetable advertisement, describing it as ‘easily…
Though often (and mistakingly) called yams, Candied Sweet Potatoes are a traditional southern dish. Until a few decades ago you would see this throughout the year. Now it seems to be reserved only for Thanksgiving. No wonder! If the name…
I have a severe love affair with couscous. It makes the make beautiful and delicious grain and veggie bowls. This recipe has a bit of a fall flair with roasted squash, brussels sprouts, and sauteed greens. Even the dressing has…
What really grabbed me about this recipe is it’s ingenious simplicity. I get asked about vegan substitutes and replacements all the time. Yet people don’t want to hear about all the great vegan butters there are or the delicious plant-based…
Day 10 of the Vegan Month of Food Potatoes are by far the most popular item in our house. Is it the starchiness? The sheer versatility? The fluffiness that only comes piping hot out of the oven. All of the…
Day 7 of the Vegan Month of Food Acorn squash get their name from the obvious resemblance of shape to little tree acorns, but you might also hear them called pepper squash. I guess they look like giant bell peppers…
Day 5 Vegan Month of Food This was inspired by a recent post on Food52 for Roasted Cantaloupe. I thought it was particularly exciting because I love grilling and baking fruit so much. I’ve grilled watermelon before, but never cantaloupe.…
Day 1 of the Vegan Month of Food First, let me say I’ll probably never eat raw radishes again. Despite being ‘dirt cheap’, radishes have never been a huge favorite of mine. I can never seem to keep them long…