This is a vegan remake of my Turkey Bean Pot-au-Feu...sans Turkey! I just make it with lots of French cannellini beans (you can also use great Northern beans) and it's just as yummy and satisfying! I like to cook it in a slow-cooker so that all those wonderful Provencal flavors blend in slowly together. It's a perfect stew on a cold wintery night! Bean Pot au Feu ... Read More »
Vegan Pancakes
Fluffy, moist, thick yet light: All a yummy pancake should be...and these are vegan! I have tasted vegan pancakes before and um, yeah, OK, they were good, but I was never impressed--Well, not anymore-- I cannot believe I achieved it! I think the secret for their fluffiness is the whipped-up aquafaba that I use in my batter. It's simply drained liquid from canned beans ... Read More »
Cuisinicity Video: Banana Date Bread (Vegan)
The kids are coming back home from school and tradition has it that Welcome Home comes with homemade Banana Bread!...and that's because it's just so nice to ....shower the people you love with love...show them the way that you feel (I have James Taylor in the background of course!!!) This time, I made a vegan version of my traditional Banana bread, with no added ... Read More »
Banana Date Bread (Vegan)
The combination of ripe banana and medjool dates achieves--dare I say--a certain "butter-iness" in this vegan bread. It's hard to believe but you have to taste it to know what I mean! This is my new welcome home banana bread for my Natalia who has become vegan but I have to say, it may just become THE welcome home banana bread for the rest of the family too! It is SO YUMMY! I ... Read More »
Apple Hazelnut Kale Salad
I never used to like raw kale (what is wrong with me?!!)...that is, until I discovered making it this way! I owe it to superb Chef Jeanie Roland, whose lovely restaurant in Westerly, Rhode Island David and I happened to go to for Valentine's day, this year. I cannot say enough how special and innovative, not to mention filled with love, every one of her dishes were! In any ... Read More »
Cuisinicity Video: Tuscan White Bean Soup
What is Zouzou doing in my kitchen? It goes to show you this is real life cooking here at the Katz family household! Anyway, Ms Zouzou insisted on making a cameo appearance while I am showing you how to throw together this yummy soup in no time! (I also take my soft wheat buns right out of the oven in front of you while they are still steaming hot!). What a great dinner this ... Read More »
Tuscan White Bean Soup
This may well be my very favorite soup. It's hard to just declare that because I love all my soups, but all right, I'll just say it--It's just perfect! That little touch of white wine just makes this soup divine! I have recently updated this recipe to include whatever favorite "greens" you like, right before you are about to serve it. I especially love this soup with fresh ... Read More »
Grilled Veggies
This is not as much a recipe as it is an invitation to embrace a whole variety of vegetables by simply grilling them on a very hot grill pan without any oil, to begin with, and then, as the veggies grill on one side, the heat "repels" them from the pan so you can flip them once. And only at the very end, do you drizzle a little olive oil over the veggies right in the pan, and ... Read More »
