Category Archives: Breakfast

Tofu Benedict

Tofu Benedict

Yes, it’s possible. That’s the good news. The even better news is that it’s easy, too. I’ve spent my share of long hours making complicated concotions to replicate Béarnaise, the sumptuous egg sauce that’s the crowning glory of Eggs Benedict. I puréed tofu and made vinegar reductions and hunted down unusual herbs and spices to lift the eggless and butterless sauce from dreary to divine. Needless to say, it fell far short of divinity. It hardly even got off the ground. And the piles of dishes I had to wash for this humble earthling! It was by a happy accident … Continue reading

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Date-Walnut Bread

Date-Walnut Bread

I’ve grown quite fond of dates lately. I mean the dried fruit, of course. (I’ve always been fond of the other kind, with my sweetheart husband.)  Dried dates used to make me nervous, candy-sweet and high in calories as they are. But in the last few weeks I started snacking on them in order to curb my cravings for dark chocolate. You might think that’s like jumping from the frying pan into the fire. But the trick is portion control: whereas I’m able to tuck in embarrassingly large quantities of chocolate without quite satisfying my sweet tooth, it takes a … Continue reading

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Peanut Butter & Chocolate Bread Pudding

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  Sometimes I get annoyingly ambitious in the kitchen.  If I overhear someone say that he or she doesn’t like this or that food, I think (and thank goodness I don’t always say it): you just haven’t had it prepared the right way. Then, just for fun, even if I don’t intend to actually cook it, I try to invent a recipe to prove the point. Well, my husband doesn’t like bread pudding.  I, on the other hand, very much do.  So I gave myself the challenge of coming up with a bread pudding that even he couldn’t resist. I didn’t … Continue reading

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