I spent a week in one of the best spas in the world, Rancho La Puerta, and brought back a delicious soup recipe from Chef Reyna Venegas. It was a big hit with everyone at Twin Cities Live.
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- ► January
- Watch me make Plant Based Meats on twin Cities Live!
- Make a Fast Meal with Roasted New Potatoes and a Pumpkinseed-Cilantro Dip
- Chocolate Tahini, the new PB and Chocolate? Bake Some Chocolate Tahini Bread
- Jumbo Tofu Beet Sushi Rolls-When Bigger is Best
- Plant Based Meats Makes a Splash on KARE 11
- On the Radio with Plant Based Meats!
- Make Easy Peanut Butter and Chocolate Crispy Bars
- ►2018
- ► December
- Make a Pistachio Cream Pizza, and You Won't Miss the Cheese!
- Hasselback Purple Sweet Potatoes with Sage, for a Colorful Side Dish
- Rich, Luscious Truffles, Easy, Fast (and Vegan)
- Bake Persimmon Cookies for a Seasonal Treat
- Plant Based Meats is a recommended gift book for 2018!
- I'm on Dara's podcast Off The Menu, Talking about Plant Based Meats!
- Try Making Plant Based Meats at Home, Save The Planet
- You Need a Comforting Pasta to Keep You Warm This Winter. Try Farfalle with Roasted Tomatoes and Pistachios
- ► November
- ► October
- Make Pumpkin Swirl Brownies with Ganache, for a Halloween Treat
- Soak Your Oats! Creamy Pumpkin Spice Oats For a Comforting Breakfast
- Pumpkin Palooza on Twin Cities Live!
- My Plant Based Meats Cookbook gets a Rave Review
- Autumn Vegetable Gratin Is the Peasant Food You Need Now
- It's Time To Bake an Apple Raspberry Galette
- ► September
- ► August
- ► July
- When Peaches Ripen, Make a Peach and Berry Crisp
- Get to the Farmers Market and Make a Potato and Green Bean Salad
- Watch me Tour Elizabeth's Garden on Twin Cities Live!
- Cool Off with Homemade Peanut Butter Pops with Chocolate Drizzle
- Buy Local Strawberries and Make a Fresh Strawberry Tart, Feed Your Soul
- ► June
- ► May
- ► March
- ► February
- Gochujang Makes an Easy Bowl Pop
- Yellow Curry Tofu with Makrut Lime is the Thai Curry You Need Right Now
- Watch me Make a Sexy Valentine's Meal on Twin Cities Live
- Can a Valentine's Dessert Be Decadent AND Light? Crispy Pastry Nests with Aquafaba Mousse and Berries are!
- Is Evercrisp the Next Big Apple?
- Watch Me Make Chili for Wear Red Day, and Promote Heart Health for Women
- ► January
- ► December
- ►2017
- ► December
- ► November
- Feed America with "Goya Gives" Coconut Milk and Dig into Jamaican Rice and Peas
- Watch Me Make Thanksgiving Sides on Twin Cities Live!
- Try Sushi for Thanksgiving-With Wild Rice, Sweet Potatoes, and Apple!
- Try Roasted Garlic Parsnip Spinach Pie With Your Holiday Sides
- Make a Mindful Moment with Homemade Chai
- ► October
- ► September
- ► August
- ► July
- Purple Barley Flour Muffins with Raspberries (and Aquafaba!)
- Celebrate Summer with Grilled Cantaloupe Pasta Salad
- Watch Me Make Melons into Summer Faves on Twin Cities Live
- Spread Purple Barley on a Smoothie Bowl for a Filling Breakfast
- Try a Sweet, Tender Hakurei Turnip in Salad, Fall in Love
- Get to Know a Rambutan from a Mangosteen, with Asian Fruit Salad
- ► June
- ► May
- Little Artichoke Tofu Burgers on Biscuits, Sliders For The Rest Of Us
- Time To Bake With Rhubarb- Rhubarb Almond Bars with Rolled Barley
- Cook Kale on the Grill, For an Easy Pasta Meal
- What to do with Asparagus Now- Coconut Filo Asparagus with Mango Chutney
- Wild Rice "Minnesoba" with Shiitakes and Hazelnuts, for Mindful Eating
- ► April
- Sushiritos, Make Fusion Cool Again!
- Go Meatless for Earth Day with Easy Use-Up The Veggie Drawer Stir Fry
- Matcha Pistachio Halvah "Eggs" For Easter or Anytime
- Need Comfort Food? Noodles with Peanut Sauce Hits the Spot
- Watch Me Make Easter Eggs into Amazing Meals, with the Vitamix!
- Traveling? You Need Packable Snacks. Bring Airplane Cookies!
- ► March
- ► February
- ► January
- Chocolatey-Crispy Energy Cookies and Yes, Win a Vitamix!
- 300 Best Blender Recipes on Twin Cities Live!
- Blend Up an Immune-Boosting Juice and Enter To Win a Vitamix
- Creamy Roasted Cabbage Soup and a Chance to Win a Vitamix!
- Spicy Walnut-Beet Tacos, Enter To Win a Vitamix
- Win a Vitamix and a Copy of 300 Best Blender Recipes Using Your Vitamix!
- ►2016
- ► December
- Hoppin' Happy New Year with Black-Eyed Peas for New Years Day
- Party with Smoky Almond Butter Popcorn and Mandarin Chocolate "Shots"
- Blender Baking? Yes You Can Make Holiday Cupcakes in The Vitamix
- 300 Best Blender Recipes Using Your Vitamix on Kare 11
- Holiday Entertaining with My Lemon Thyme Vodka Slushy from 300 Best Blender Recipes
- ► November
- Watch Real Pumpkin and Real Spice in Action on Twin Cities Live
- Feeding a Hungry Ghost- Ellen Kanner's Great Book Makes a Great Gift!
- Roasted Purple Sweet Potatoes In a Tasty Wrap Sandwich, Fuel Your Fire
- This Thanksgiving Try Coconut-Wasabi Potatoes with Miso Gravy and Crisped Sage
- Tibetan Tsampa, Climb Your Mountain with Sherpa Foods
- American Quinoa is Here! Crank the Oven for a Roasted Broccoli Quinoa bowl with Feta
- ► October
- Spooky Pumpkin Spice Buckeyes, Halloween Candy to Feel Good About
- Warm Up with the Chile Pepper Bible, Sweet & Mild To Fiery and Everything In Between
- Tasting Minnesota with Betsy Nelson, A Curated Collection in a Cookbook
- Watch Me Do a Cooking Demo of White Bean Soup and Lentil Chili on Twin Cities Live
- Luscious Pears, Perfectly Luscious, Perfect for Scones
- Red Lentil Soup with Pomegranate Roasted Shallots, It's About Freedom
- ► September
- End of Summer Roasted Squash and Tomatoes over Whole Grain Polenta for a Fall Feast
- A Great Review of Great Bowls in Bon Appetit Magazine!
- Start Seeing Sorghum, Try It For Whole Grains Month
- Black Ramen with Ginger Tomato Sauce, A Quick Recipe for End of Summer
- Watch me Make Bowls for Busy Families on KARE 11
- Get into Whole Grains Month with a Granite Grain Bowl!
- ► August
- ► July
- ► June
- ► May
- ► April
- ► March
- ► February
- ► January
- ► December
- ►2015
- ► December
- My Big Vegan Interview with the Chic Vegan
- Kick off 2016 with Quince and Crystallized Ginger Tartlets
- Saffron and Cauliflower, Italian Style
- Another Rave for the Whole Grain Promise, in the Dayton Daily News
- Watch Me Make Whole Grain Promise Snacks on Twin Cites Live
- Astonishing Apples and Applepanzanella
- Making Hearty Breakfast Treats from the Whole Grain Promise on KARE 11
- ► November
- ► October
- Pumpkin Chips? Make Sage-Pumpkinseed Pate with Frizzled Sage
- Teaching Vegan Whole Foods at OSU
- Watch Me Make Promises Come True on TC Live!
- Radio Interview on Food Freedom Radio
- The Best Way to Save Squash, and Streusel Muffins to Savor It
- The Whole Grain Promise Gets a Review in The Star Tribune
- Dara Interviews Me and Andrew Ross on the Joys and Controversies of Grains
- Roasted Squash and Whole Wheat Pasta, Perfect for Fall
- The Whole Grain Promise on Kare 11
- Ask a Cereal Chemist in the Star Tribune
- Sweet Potato and Ancient Grain Pancakes, Wake Up with Grainy Goodness
- My New Book, The Whole Grain Promise is Here!
- ► September
- The Whole Grain Promise in the Washington Post
- Farro with White Beans, Kale and Orange, Ancient Grains for Dinner
- Rocking the Brussels Sprouts on Meatless Mondays on Twin Cities Live
- Quinoa Cakes with Creamy Red Pepper Sauce, a Whole Grain Appetizer Course
- Wake Up with a Mango Chile Smoothie and Feel Like a Warrior
- The Jazzy Vegetarian Gives You Vegan-Ease
- ► August
- Heirlooms Stuffed with Ancient Grains, Easy Summer Fun
- Celebrate Honeybee Day with a Quick Recipe for Honey Glazed Tofu and Plum Summer Rolls
- Leite's Culinaria loves My Avocado Sorbet from Big Vegan
- A Quick Recipe for Cilantro Pesto Salsa, for a Heartier Dip
- Marinated Heirloom Tomato, Hazelnut and Basil Pasta, No-Cook, Yes Please
- Want Zucchini? My Article for the Star Tribune Taste Section
- Summery Peach and Sweetcorn Salad with Basil, Welcome August
- ► July
- ► June
- ► May
- Cress, Asparagus and Mango Salad with Chia
- New Life for the Ancient Art of Fermentation in the Star Tribune
- Watch Me Make Juices on Twin Cities Live
- Rhubarb Raspberry Tart with Red Fife Crust, Slap Me Awake
- Cauliflower Tabouli, Vegetables Masquerading as Grains
- Ramp and Sorrel Risotto with Red Quinoa for a Springtime Treat
- Blackberry Kiwi Tartlets to Celebrate Spring
- ► April
- ► March
- Turn up the Heat for Roasted Zucchini with Fresh Turmeric and Spices
- "Spring Cleaning" Green Juice, Feel Better Now
- Irish Soda Bread with Orange and Currants for St Pat's!
- Shake off the Chill with Massaman Curry Rainbow Carrots
- Seared Romanesco with Blood Orange-Olive Sauce, & Treating Vegetables Like Main Courses
- ► February
- The Weeknight Vegetarian, by Ivy Manning
- Lunar New Years Dishes for Meatless Monday, On Twin Cities Live
- Eye Candy! Hot Deals on Sweet and Easy Vegan E-Books
- Add Color To Life with Roasted Purple Carrots with Orange and Rosemary
- Panini-Grilled Tofu and Veggies-Get More Out of Your Panini Press
- A Grilled Apple Panini to Banish Winter's Bite
- ► January
- ► December
- ►2014
- ► December
- ► November
- ► October
- ► September
- ► August
- Tomato Basil Pizza, All About the Tomatoes
- Celebrate Summer Fruit with Creamy Thai-Inspired Flavor
- Genius Miracle Cure, Click Here!
- You Can Eat Corn Raw? Minty Raw Corn Salad with Green Goddess Dressing
- Super, Simple, Sweetcorn for Meatless Monday!
- Flip Through Juice It! and enjoy a Virtual Drink
- Thai Tomato Salad, Celebrating My Homegrown Harvest
- ► July
- Chill Out with a Matcha Latte Smoothie
- Juice It! Radio Interview with Shannon Deveraux Sanford
- Smitten With Squash! Enter To Win a Copy
- Meatless Mondays- Main Course Summer Salad Meals on TC Live
- Jill Nussinow, The Veggie Queen Brings You the Nutrition CHAMPS
- Preserved Lemons, Why Did I Wait So Long To Try Them?
- ► June
- Fun with the Juicer: Cucumber-Lime Sorbet!
- Nasturtiums, Beautiful, Edible, and Easy to Grow
- Roasted Rhubarb and Wild Rice Salad, Sweet and Savory Spring!
- Fast Picnic Sandwiches for Meatless Mondays, on Twin Cities Live!
- Simple. Spring. Asparagus.
- Walnut- Beet Pulp Burgers to Use that Leftover Juicer Pulp, Deliciously
- ► May
- ► April
- Juice It! Blog Potluck and Your Chance to Win a Free Book!
- Feed the Family: Keep Your Inner Biome Happy
- Juice It! Cooking with Juice for Amazing Flavors
- Watch Me Make Juices on Twin Cities Live!
- Juice It! The Fast Way to Eat your Veggies-and Bake with the Pulp
- Win a Case of Whole Grain Goodies! It's Whole Grain Sampling Day
- ► March
- ► February
- ► January
- ►2013
- ► December
- Ring in the New Year with a Sassy Springroll (Don't Tell Anyone It's Gluten Free)
- Start the Day with Holiday Baked Sweet Potato Oats
- Grilled Oatmeal on Twin Cities Live
- My Holiday Persimmon Salad
- My Cold Day Apple Cravings, Met with Apple Butter Swirl Cupcakes and Mulled Cider and Wine
- Take a Break from Leftovers with Szechuan Brussels Sprouts!
- ► November
- ► October
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- ► February
- ► January
- ► December
- ►2012
- ►2011
- ►2010
- ► December
- ► November
- ► October
- ► September
- ► August
- Salsa and Wine, all Home grown
- Cheeseburger, Fries, and a Side of Statin Drugs?
- A Local Adventure with "The Minnesota Table"
- Robin Discussing Eating Local - KARE11
- Local Exotica:Yard Long Beans go Italian
- Eat Local, Corn Crazy
- Locavores Will Love Minnesota Grown Sunflower Oil
- The Impossibly Tall Cherry Pie kicks off Eat Local Month
- ► July
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- ► January
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