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Homemade Chunky Tomato Sauce

Posted in Main Dishes, Sauces, tagged , , , on September 17, 2009 | 7 Comments »

I love pasta, but as a veggie-lover it seems weird to just have noodles and sauce (whereas, in a previous/non-vegan life that’s exactly how I liked it). But now, the meal just doesn’t feel complete unless there’s a little onion or red bell pepper, perhaps broccoli and nuts. I don’t buy jarred pasta sauces that [...]

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Italian Herb and Tahini Salad Dressing

Posted in Salads, Sauces, tagged , , on June 1, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Fresh salad dressing is an easy way to impress your dinner guests, and the clean, fresh flavors always taste better than store-bought dressing, at least to me.  Italian dressing tastes great on salad obviously, but also works well on pasta salad.  You can keep it in the fridge for a few days after making it, [...]

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Carrot Tahini Salad Dressing

Posted in Salads, Sauces, tagged , , on February 9, 2009 | 6 Comments »

This salad dressing is inspired by the big salads at Yaffa Cafe in the East Village. Back in college my friends and I would go out to a bar and then (in truly New York style) go have a salad at Yaffa in the middle of the night. The salad consisted of romaine, [...]

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Cranberry Sauce with Dried Cherries

Posted in Sauces, Sides, tagged , , , on December 16, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Cranberry sauce is usually a standard at most holiday meals. Jo and I were never huge fans – probably because all were exposed to was out of a can…ick , so we never had that as part of the menu for Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner. This year, however, we decided to give it [...]

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Dulce de leche/Caramel goodness

Posted in Desserts, Sauces, tagged , on September 7, 2008 | 6 Comments »

I used to love making my own dulce de leche – but then going vegan, what does one use in place of sweetened condensed milk? To be completely honest, I got lazy and was unconcerned with a vegan sub for condensed milk. Well, I had also made it with cow’s milk and sugar in a [...]

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Centum profero!!

Posted in Baked & Breakfast Goodies, Main Dishes, Sauces, Sides, tagged , , on September 4, 2008 | 14 Comments »

Señoritas and Señoras, I would like to welcome you to the Primate’s 100th post! (forgive my rusty latin in the title). Many worthy suggestions and ideas have been put forward to these two Innocent Primates – ‘Anything with Patron‘ from Dad, a Full Meal from the great ladies at work (which was meant to solely [...]

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