If you follow me on Instagram, you know that I’m obsessed with my yard and flower garden. I’m working towards maaaaybe (fingers and toes crossed) getting on the garden tour next year. Yep, I’m that lady now. This year, I decided not to grow veggies due to the fact that we have a tenacious groundhog […]
Category Archives: Salads
Easy Fermented Garlic & Basil Tomatoes
It’s no secret that I love me some fermented foods, for benefits, for flavor, honestly, for the fun of it. There’s something empowering about reconnecting with ancient, traditional methods of preserving and enhancing the benefits of our food. Early this past spring, I brought a tiny green zebra tomato seedling home from the Farmers’ market […]
Coconut Bacon Bits from the DIY Vegan Cookbook
Back when YumUniverse had it’s first birthday (almost 6 years ago!) I held a recipe contest to celebrate, and while every entry was delicious, there were a few that stood out to me and my fellow recipe testers—the Grand Prize winner Lisa Pitman’s Party Perfect Petit Fours (check out her Crustless Kale & Mushroom Quiche too) and Nicole Axworthy, who came […]
Chipotle Cabbage & Radish Slaw
I have loads of mixing bowls in my kitchen, and while I use them for mixing ingredients for recipes all the time, I use them just as much to house a ginormous salad for dinner. You can really “dig in” to a big bowl salad, tossing all the goodness together and then go to town. […]
Creamy Millet and Kale Salad
I eat this salad once a week, and when I’m not eating it, I’m craving it. Who knew that a girl who ate her first salad at 19 years old would be loving kale one day? As much as I want to say that it’s the kale itself, I have to admit that it is […]