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Roasted Roots

This is an easy recipe for cooking root vegetables and it’s a great side dish. I love it because it combines so many vegetables and it adds color to the meal. The less common veggies give this dish great flavor. Celeriac tastes like celery, rutabaga is slightly sweet, and parsnips are deliciously sweet. I recently … Read more

Sweet Potato Toor Dal

So I made this on the evening of John’s and my first official working-together-on-site day. I made up the recipe as I went along, inspired by a recipe for Vegan Toor Dal from Fatfree Vegan Recipes that I used to use when I worked for a vegan “deli” back in Minnesota. The original recipe involved … Read more

Simple Split Pea Soup

Meave and I like this a lot because it’s super easy and tastes great.  A reliable low-stress, low-cost meal. Ingredients 1 medium onion 2 medium carrots 4 cloves garlic 1 cup green split peas olive or canola oil water salt black pepper Serves about 4. Preparation Chop up the onion and carrots.  Drizzle enough oil … Read more