This is a bona-fide five-ingredient dish, including salt

The combination of aromatic purple perilla leaves with slightly charred cucumber slices left a lasting memory from our long-ago trip to Zhangjiajie, China...

Crispy on the outside and fluffy on the inside... CC#2 can't tell these are 100% whole wheat and almond flour pancakes...

This is such an easy and simple dish that uses up loads of zucchini that it always surprises me when the girls request it every summer…

Our favorite Polish restaurant closed unexpectedly this summer. Sad! We made this cold cucumber soup that satisfied our craving

Another vegetarian winner—I should have included this recipe long ago

Soy milk in a blender—clear and refreshing with simple and wholesome ingredients

Early summer, abundance of new herbs straight from the garden—all calling for a cold cucumber soup in a blender

This is one of my favorite dishes that my mom often made for me. I made it for her recently for a taste of home at her hospital

I can never make enough Palak Paneer to have leftovers …

Buddha’s Delight is a common Shanghainese appetizer featuring steamed wheat gluten烤麸

A tried-and-true fresh tomato sauce, elevated by homemade pappardelle

Spring time risotto with fresh asparagus and oyster mushrooms…Yum!

soy chapati

My favorite pizza in NYC comes from Grand Daisy Bakery. My GF version comes quite close to perfection!

This old standby from Epicurious.com has been elevated to perfection with my secret weapon

This simple and extremely appetizing salad should be eaten all year round

One of CC#2’s most favorite soups, now GF

This has become my husband’s favorite bean dish, after I added two less conventional ingredients to this classic Indian dal curry

It is funny how some recipes just click, not just because of the recipe, but circumstances that just make sense. It was 2020, in the middle of the pandemic, and I joined the CSA food share for the first time