When summer rolls around, it’s party time, which means it’s time to stand around snacking on little bites while finally visiting with family and friends — finally! Potato chips and cream cheese-based dips are fine and good, but you can only have so much of that before you start to feel weighed down. Luckily, summer offers a bounty…
Homemade Fresh Fig Jam Recipe
The jam recipe is vegan, vegetarian and egg free. Ingredients: 7 pints fresh figs 1/2 cup brown sugar 1/2 tsp vanilla bean paste 1/4 cup Tuaca 1/4 cup cognac Steps/Methods: Add all ingredients together except the cognac in a 6 qt stockpot and bring to a boil. Then turn down temperature to low and add…
Zesty Italian Pasta Salad
Summertime is definitively grilling season. Every night for dinner, it’s burgers, ribs, grilled chicken, sausages and, occasionally, a grilled vegetable or two. Grilled food is great because it’s fast, but cooking your entree outside does raise one particular challenge: side dishes. The query of what to serve with all of the best grilled dishes can be solved with this make-ahead Italian pasta salad. Though we…
Pulled Pork Sliders
One of the best ways to show your dad you care is by cooking him something extra special for Father’s Day, like a hearty pulled pork sandwich. The best part is, the dish only takes five minutes of work to prepare. This delicious sandwich is an icon at any backyard barbecue. But it needs to marinate overnight, so…
Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars
These little treats are incredibly addicting, they make a great after school snack for kids, or to take to your next pot luck. Ingredients: 1 1/2 C peanut butter* 1 cup honey 3/4 cup brown rice syrup (you can get this at the health store) 6-8 cups crisp brown rice cereal (not puffed brown rice)**…
How to Freeze Peaches
I always get a little overzealous during peak peach season. Their beautiful hue draws me in, then their perfume seduces me into a stupor, and the next thing I know I’m leaving the farmers market with a full peck of peaches. A peck is nearly 15 pounds, so once my stupor fades away, I realize…
40 Vegetarian Side Dishes
Everyone wants to eat more vegetables, but sometimes it’s hard to feel inspired or find simple vegetable side dish recipes that you really enjoy. Our goal at Buttered Veg has always been to share vegetarian recipes that are so good you love to eat them, not only because you know it’s good for your health. The…
Easy Homemade Sauerkraut Recipe
Sauerkraut is a fantastic way to add some flavour to your recipes, and is an important component to a healthy digestive system. The trick to a good sauerkraut is to make sure it is not pasteurized, so that all the beneficial enzymes and probiotics are largely intact. You make sure it is raw by making…
Making Vegan Marshmallows at Home Is Easier Than You Think
My family has always loved marshmallows — especially the bags of soft, fluffy pink and white ones that are regularly sold back home in England. However, we soon became very much into the American way of living, and I’ll never forget having that first delicious bite of my first-ever s’more. I’d only ever had a roasted…
How to Make the Ultimate Superfood Smoothie
There is really nothing as simple, healing, and tasty as a good smoothie recipe. When made correctly, it can provide more nutrition in a delicious format than any other meals combined, and in a quarter of the time. Purpose A good superfood smoothie delivers a powerful and nutritious punch first thing and gets your day…
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