If you’re looking for an easy, healthy vegan meal that comes together in minutes, this simple chickpea and cauliflower bowl may become one of your new favorites. Made with protein-rich chickpeas, cauliflower rice, fresh arugula, and a few simple seasonings, it’s a light yet satisfying plant-based meal I make again and again. Of course, it's naturally gluten-free as well.People o...

Have you ever tasted falafel?  It looks like a meatball, but is plant-based and made with chickpeas.These falafel-stuffed artichoke bottoms with a creamy tahini dressing were the star appetizer of my last dinner party. Totally unexpected because I just threw together two things I had in the freezer. I didn't really have a recipe. I had a bag of frozen artichoke bottoms...

When did the tradition of dying and decorating Easter eggs begin? LentThe tradition behind decorating eggs for Easter actually started in a practical way. During Lent, many people gave up rich foods such as eggs. However, they didn’t want the eggs they had to go to waste—so they would boil and preserve the eggs instead. By the time Easter arrived and the fasting p...

It's the beginning of a new month, and I'm joining Sherry at Sherry's Pickings for her monthly blog share of IN MY KITCHEN where anyone can join in the fun and share what's doing in their kitchen. I have 2 new decorative plates for display in my kitchen and probably use them for serving at parties.  A friend came for dinner and gave me this stylish and useful tiled tri...

Wishing my readers who celebrate Passover a joyous holiday filled with the love of family and friends. The religious celebration of Passover begins Wednesday night (April 1st) at sundown and lasts for 8 days. The 1st two nights of the holiday, we have a ceremonial meal called a "Seder" where we join together with family and or friends and re-tell the Biblical story of&...