bagel, soy cream cheese, tomatoes

whole grain bagel, soy cream cheese and sliced tomato - a favorite breakfast for busy mornings - my picky kids love them! ~~islandgirlshell

pumpkin pie & pear vanilla coffee cake

pumpkin pie with tofu maple whip and pear vanilla coffee cake with walnut sauce, from Angelica Kitchen

chili, cornbread, cucumber salsa

three bean chili made with homemade seitan, kidney and pinto beans & lentils (topped with lime-jalapeño tofu sour cream), cornbread, and cucumber-red onion salsa, from Angelica Kitchen in Manhattan

cheese steak, chicken parmigiana, and chicken cutlet sandwiches

vegan sandwiches from Food Swings in Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Caribbean Vegetable Stew

From Moosewood Restaurant Cooks at Home
Saute 2 cups chopped onion in 2 Tbs veg. oil on med. heat for 4-5 min. Add 3 cups cooked cabbage and 1/4 tsp. cayenne and continue to saute stirring often until the onions are translucent.

Add 1 Tbs. grated ginger and 2 cups water, cover the pot and bring to a boil. Stir in 3 cups diced sweet potatoes, sprinkle w/ salt and simmer for 5 or 6 min. until potatoes are barely tender.

Add 2 cups tomatoes, 2 cups okra, and 3 Tbs. lime juice. Simmer until all the veggies are tender, about 15 min. Stir in cilantro and add more salt to taste.

Sprinkle the stew w/ chopped peanuts adn top w/ a few sprigs of cilantro.

brick oven pizza

with mushrooms, tomatoes, peppers, palm hearts, and onions

waffles with syrup, peanut butter & jelly

mazamorra morada & arroz zambito

Mazamorra morada (sweetened purple corn & fruits) and arroz zambito (rice, pecans and caramel sauce) - Peruvian sweets

mushroom ceviche

Ecuadorian dish of mushrooms and onions marinated in tangy sweet sauce with parsley.

seedy spinach pie

see recipe

guaba fruit

Bizarre Latin American fruit - you eat the white pulpy flesh that coats the black seeds inside the elongated fruit pod of the Inga tree

vietnamese hoagie

a "vietnamese hoagie" in Philadelphia (elsewhere know as a Vietnamese sub or banh mi): a french baguette filled with veggie pork, pickled vegetables, shredded carrots, cucumber, cilantro, chili pepper, and sauce