black bean patties with quinoa & mango

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Happy New Year!

open-faced coconut chipwich

Open-faced vegan and gluten free chipwich, courtesy of Allison: chocolate chip cookie topped with coconut icing and chocolate chips. In background, vegan black and white cookies.

gnocchi with squash sauch and cashew pesto

Courtesy of Pat and Caro!

tempeh sausage, sweet potato hash & strawberry ketchup

Brunch: tempeh sausage crumble (recipe from Vegan with a Vengeance), white sweet potato hash, and strawberry ketchup (just mix ketchup and strawberry jam).

sunckoke slivers

Slivered raw sunchokes (aka jerusalem artichokes) with toasted almonds, olive oil, salt, and parsley, from La Verdure at Eataly in New York.

acorn squash with lentils & caramelized onions

Roasted acorn squash with black lentils, caramelized cipollini onions, and balsamic vinaigrette, from La Verdure at Eataly, in New York

coconut lemon rice pudding

Coconut milk & lemon rice pudding topped with candied apricots and almond slivers, from Adams Mountain Cafe in Manitou Springs, Colorado.

kibee b'ziat (pressed potatoes & cracked wheat)

Kibee B'ziat: Pressed potatoes and cracked wheat stuffed with onions, walnuts and raisins. From Tripoli Restaurant, in Brooklyn.

batata b'tahini (cauliflower & potato in garlic sauce)

Batata B'tahini: sauteed cauliflower, potato and garlic in a tahini sauce. From Tripoli Restaurant, in Brooklyn.

seleck b'loubia (celery & black-eyed peas)

Seleck B'loubia: celery and black eye peas sauteed with onion, garlic, pepper, and cilantro. From Tripoli Restaurant, in Brooklyn.

carrot ginger soup with roasted potato topping

Carrot ginger soup topped with roasted cubed potato (a great alternative to croutons) and parsley. All ingredients chopped by yours truly (and others) at a fabulous knife skills class at the National Gourmet Institute in New York. After slicing and chopping for hours, we enjoyed this (and other) fruits and vegetables of our labor.

lentil cookies

"Lentil cookies" from New Sunshine Restaurant in Staten Island, NY. They weren't super sweet, so maybe croquettes would have been a better name, but tasty either way!