Tag: dairy free

Vegan Pasta with Creamy White Wine Sauce, Baby Asparagus, and Sauteed Mushrooms

I was so thrilled to find that being vegan didn’t mean giving up creamy pastas forever that, after my first successful creamy pasta attempt (a vegan primavera alfredo sauce) I couldn’t wait to create another pasta dish. A more elegant pasta. An adult pasta. Something light and fresh, with baby asparagus, sauteed mushrooms, capers, and… Read More ›

Summertime Creamy, Curried Corn Chowder

It’s those warm, lazy, hazy days of mid-summer when sweet corn and juicy tomatoes are at their peak. What to do with all this delicious summer bounty? Make corn chowder, of course! I know, I know. Corn chowder is not something one thinks of as vegan, what with the butter, the cream, and often, the… Read More ›

Vegan Alfredo Primavera Pasta Sauce

In the days when I was vegetarian – but not yet vegan – one of my favorite quick meals was alfredo primavera sauce over pasta. I’d take a refrigerated container of light alfredo sauce, dilute it a bit with milk and lemon juice, and add a cupful or two of whatever vegetables I had on… Read More ›

Vegan Spinach Artichoke Quiche

My life has been full of happy acts of serendipity – making wonderful discoveries when, in fact, I had started out looking for something else. Latest case in point: this low-cal, egg-free, dairy-free, gluten-free Artichoke Spinach Quiche. It was supposed to be an artichoke spinach dip, from Alicia Simpson’s book Quick and Easy Low-Cal Vegan… Read More ›