If you like chickpeas, you’ll like this dish — grilled chickpea flatbread served with roasted red pepper hummus. Double whammy! This dish combines two great methods to cut back on meat in your diet. The first is using beans as an alternate source of protein. Not only are beans packed with protein, but they’re also [...]

Spanakopita is something I’ve wanted to try making for a while. I’m a fan of cooking recipes that involve a somewhat lengthy or complicated process. Just for funsies. Incidentally, this is a great recipe for someone who is trying to reduce their meat intake. The secret here? Lots of cheese. And butter. And while I [...]

Loading up on flavor in a vegetarian dish can make a meal so satisfying, you’ll never find yourself asking, “Where’s the beef?” A great way to do this is by adding savory ingredients to increase the umami factor. Vegetarian chopped liver, otherwise known as mushroom pâté, exemplifies this concept. Certain vegetables, like mushrooms and tomatoes, [...]

Last month, I got a puppy. Here she is! I had heard of people making doggie biscuits out of spent grain, and seeing as we rocket through about 8-or-so lb of malt every week, I had to try making them. It’s really, really simple. All you need is: 4 cups spent grain 2 cups all [...]

Super Bowl Sunday is almost here, which means you might want to get your act together and make some chili! While it may sound odd, chili is actually another great opportunity to eat less meat. Yes, there usually is beef in chili, be it chunks of sirloin or ground beef. But because you generally mix [...]

I can’t believe I’ve never written a stir fry post here! Blasphemy! Stir fry is another wonderful way to eat less meat. Probably the best way. Definitely my favorite way. To me, stir fry is the easiest, most versatile method of cooking. It’s my default I-don’t-know-what-else-to-make meal, as well as my default clean-out-the-fridge meal. And [...]

Brrr… I’m gonna go ahead and say that we’re officially in the dead of winter now. You know what that means… Soup season! Making soup is a fantastic way to eat less meat in your diet. There are loads of hearty, meat-free soup recipes out there that will leave you warm, cozy, and satisfied. Chunky [...]

This month’s Session topic (hosted by beer 47) is “Cooking with beer”: I invite you to share any experience that you have had with beer as an ingredient in food or for cooking. Cooking with beer is something that I don’t do often enough. Whether or not the exact flavors of the beer are perceptible [...]