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Guny's Slaw.

Guny’s Slaw

Guny’s Slaw. When Bhikkhu Gunaratana stayed at the temple, I would make this salad for him. He liked it so much and could eat so much of it, I named it for him. It is a road map type of recipe that can go in...

Potato Salad with Lovage and Lox

Potato Salad with Lovage and Lox. Another lovage recipe that turned out very well. The original was made with bacon, but it is very good with lox. You can leave out the lox for a vegan version, but I would add a drop or...

Mushroom, Lovage, and Wild Rice Soup

Just made this wonderful soup with the lovage I now have growing inside. I had the lovage in a pot on my patio, but the 107 degree heat caused it to wilt so badly, I needed to harvest the limp leaves and bring the rest...

Spring Salad

Spring Salad. Very simple salad made with whatever happened to be in my fridge. It has just the right combination of sour, sweet, and crunchy. This version uses a little canned chicken and cheese, but you can also make...

Avocado, Beet, and Cucumber Salad

Avocado, Beet, and Cucumber Salad. I just made up this salad and enjoyed it so much I wanted to share it with you. The picture above is made with yogurt instead of oil and without microgreens. My indoor salad garden is...

Pickled Lemon or Other CItrus

Lemon Pickle. I just made this and am using it on many things including the “Avocado, Beet, Cucumber Salad” shown elsewhere. It is very refreshing as a snack in cold plain yogurt. No sugar needed. I have seen this for...

Nettle-Potato Soup

Nettle-Potato Soup Another serving of nettles, and so far, my favorite. It’s a recipe I sent to Fa Heng Shi and this is what I received in return. I added the sour cream you see floating in the soup, but the...

Tofu “Haloumi”

This is the best way to serve tofu that I know. Regular dairy haloumi (or halloumi) is a semi-hard unripened Mediterranean cheese usually made with goat’s or sheep’s milk that has an unusually high melting...

Chowder of the Sea

Chowder of the Sea. I made this soup last week with a stray salmon filet and a piece of cod I found in the back of my cave freezer, but you can also make it a vegan dinner with kelp broth and tofu or white beans...