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The Only Pie Crust Recipe You’ll Ever Need

November 24, 2014 Leave a Comment

The Only Pie Crust Recipe You'll Ever Need from http://www.pleasepassthepeas.com

I’m pretty sure all home cooks are thoroughly confounded by some recipe, technique or kitchen task.

It could be working with yeast dough, deep frying, or pressing a candy thermometer into action. We all have them, these pesky little kitchen nemeses that we either can’t seem to get right or that we never even attempt because we’ve become convinced we’ll just screw it up anyway.

Mine is making hot chocolate (don’t ask) but I’m willing to bet that for at least some of you it’s pie crusts that have you stumped.

If you avoid baking pies because you don’t want to bother with the crust, scrap your old recipe and give this one a try. I don’t toss around superlatives lightly, so I mean it when I say that this pie crust recipe really is the only one you’ll ever need. It produces a buttery, flaky crust that is incredibly easy to work with.

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Filed Under: Dessert, Vegetarian Tagged With: pie

Cranberry Chutney

November 17, 2014 4 Comments

Cranberry Chutney from http://www.pleasepassthepeas.com

I always get a little excited when cranberries make an appearance at the grocery store, but then I never really get around to doing much with them. I toss a bag into the freezer and let it sit there until I eventually realize that I have an entire freezer full of cranberries, spotty bananas and the heels of bread that Paul refuses to eat and I refuse to throw in the garbage.

So this time, I resolved not to buy any cranberries until I knew what I was going to do with them first…. 

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Filed Under: Accompaniments, Fall, Vegan, Vegetarian Tagged With: cranberries

Curried Cauliflower Soup

November 10, 2014 1 Comment

Curried Cauliflower Soup from http://www.pleasepassthepeas.com

When I married Paul, the idea of soup for dinner pretty much went out the window. Paul turned his nose up at soup, declaring it “ok for a starter” but never fit for an actual meal.

The thing is, I don’t really have time for starters…. 

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Filed Under: Entree, Fall, Soup, Vegan, Vegetarian Tagged With: cauliflower, coconut milk

Make-Ahead Vegetarian Gravy

November 5, 2014 Leave a Comment

Vegetarian Gravy from http://www.pleasepassthepeas.com

It turns out that gravy doesn’t photograph all that well.

But I wanted to go ahead and share this recipe with you before the day of gluttony otherwise known as Thanksgiving rolls around, so you’ll have to take my word for it that this stuff is good…. 

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Filed Under: Accompaniments, Fall, Vegan, Vegetarian Tagged With: gravy

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