This week a new staff member joined my team and we were organizing a little welcome gathering for her. My original plan had been to buy some pastries at our really nice local Mexican bakery. But then I found out that our new colleague has a gluten intolerance. Very last minute, I decided to try... Continue Reading →
Make your own soy yogurt with just two ingredients and a lot of (Indiana) summer sunshine. Ingredients: 1 quart unsweetened soy milk without additives (for example WestSoy - available at Walmart - or Trader Joe's). 1 probiotic capsule (I use Renew Life - Ultimate Flora Probiotic Extra Care - 100 billion, available from Amazon). 1 spotlessly clean... Continue Reading →
25 March 2018 • Cilantro Roots People often say that plant-based cooking is difficult, boring, or expensive. I am passionate about proving the opposite! I was invited today for lunch at a friend's house and quickly made some savory breads this morning. All that was needed for two batches of bread was 500... Continue Reading →
15 June 2018 • Cilantro Roots Thai sticky rice can be easily made at home. All you need is a steamer insert with matching lid and some cheese cloth. I still have a lovely sticky rice storage basket from Thailand, actually from the village where I have a house. So many good memories! Preparation:... Continue Reading →
11 June 2018 • Cilantro Roots When I was a vegetarian in the 1980s, I could never have imagined how far vegan cooking would come and what fabulous cooking techniques would be invented. In the day, I have had my share of absolutely aweful vegetarian/vegan foods, including a nettle soup that still gives... Continue Reading →
17 June 2018 • Cilantro Roots If I could have a penny for every time someone asked "what do vegans eat?" or said "vegan food is so boring!" I'd be rich! For today's lunch I made pineapple filled with stir-fried chickwheat with fresh lettuce from my garden and some strawberries. Not too boring,... Continue Reading →
1 July 2018 • Cilantro Roots This morning, I was talking with my parents on Skype and the topic drifted to breads and especially focaccia breads. Inspired by the store-bought focaccia bread that my mom showed me, I threw together a dough with yogurt instead of water and tomato paste as well as... Continue Reading →
23 July 2018 • Cilantro Roots Lemon 🍋🍋🍋🍋🍋 pie! I am working on the recipe for a vegan lemon pie to be further developed into a vegan lemon mousse pie. Today's version of the lemon pie is made with a Graham cracker crust, filled with a cashew-based lemon custard, and topped with a thin layer... Continue Reading →
Salsa jack vegan cheese. Who doesn’t like salsa or cheese? Recently, I heard for the first time about salsa jack cheese, which seems to bring the best of both worlds together. I personally have never tasted a cow milk-based salsa jack. So I was going to need to wing it. Inspired by half a jar... Continue Reading →
Originally posted on 10 June 2018 My garden has-been overflowing with cilantro that somehow survived the harsh Indiana winter. As we have been basking in spring sunshine here (meaning, melting with summer-like heat), many of the cilantro plants were suddenly 1.5 feet high. Time for harvesting and cooking! Inspired by this cilantro abundance, I made a cilantro-olive Mexican cheese with just a hint... Continue Reading →
Cilantro Roots - adventures in growing & creating vegan food 