Meatless Mondays

Cheese Empanadas

I taught another cooking class for kids a few weeks ago. This time the featured country was Ecuador and we made some cheese empanadas. It’s made from white flour, stuffed with cheese, deep fried and dusted with sugar. No treehugger would ever think of these as an appropriate snack for their kids but that’s why [...]

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Meatless Monday: Nut-Free Pesto Pizza

Yes, I know the photo sucks, but I was in a rush. I was running late coming home from work, and I was getting ready for a road trip. Enough excuses. I’ll just get to it. Pesto is one of my favorite things to slather on pasta, bread, or pizza. However, The Punk is allergic [...]

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Meatless Monday: Grilled Whole Wheat Pizza

This is one of those summer favorites that I just had to share. I try not to do lengthy posts for people like me who have short attention spans but it just can’t be helped. This pizza is well worth making your own pizza dough and cheese. Yes, cheese too. I bought Ricki’s Mozzarella and [...]

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Meatless Monday: Mac and Cheese

I had one of those days. As I stood in front of my open pantry, eyes glazed over and mouth hanging open with nary a clue as to what I was going to make for dinner, I spied a box of organic mac and cheese. I keep a few around for ‘emergencies’ like for when [...]

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Chasing the Cranky Away

I’ve spent the last week updating The Old Man’s website, and it has made me very cranky. I slacked off on blogging because I couldn’t bear to tap out more crap on this keyboard. Yesterday was a rainy and dreary day in New Jersey, and Beastly showed up bright and early. The only thing that [...]

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Meatless Monday: Red Lentils with Coconut Milk

Despite the fact that this looks like something The Punk routinely deposits in her diaper, it’s a big hit with the family. My kids are notoriously slow eaters. They can store food in their cheeks like chipmunks anticipating a blizzard-filled winter in Wisconsin. Any dish that will keep dinnertime from being a four-hour affair is [...]

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