The Healthy Vegetarian Recipe Blog
My earliest memory of garlic lemon butter sauce is probably as a dipping sauce with lobster, which was undoubtably rare in my life, but not as much as you might think since my dad’s from the lobster capital of the world: Prince Edward Island. My 6-year-old self peered intently at the tall stockpot filled with…
Spring has sprung in the northern hemisphere and that layer of winter fat that your body built up to protect your delicate organs from the bitter cold of winter isn’t needed anymore. Similar to how animals emerge from hibernation, we humans have a similar mechanism that’s driven by changes in nature. You may not realize…
My grandmother’s recipe for sweet zucchini with parmesan is a sautéed side dish I grew up loving as a child, since my mom made it regularly. While making this zucchini recipe again recently, it brought back a bunch of visceral childhood memories of my anticipation for this vegetarian dish. I asked my adult self: “Why…
This recipe for Instant Pot tomato soup with coconut milk is my makeover of a gem I discovered over at Food52. Their editors are really good at identifying special recipes. They actually call them “genius recipes” – haha. This also happens to be the first Instant Pot recipe I ever tried after getting my first…
Today’s apricot oat bars recipe has become somewhat famous around these parts after I mistakenly make a super huge double-batch and was forced to share the bright, golden goodness with dozens of shiny, happy people. After my first batch of classic oat bars I decided to make a version that was both gluten-free and egg-free,…
My friends, get ready for some awesome vegetarian chili with sweet potatoes made in the Instant Pot. I am happy to share that this is the first Instant Pot recipe on the Buttered Veg blog. Believe me it will not be the last, because after using mine just once I have become a raving convert….
This recipe for nankhatai cookies is Northern India’s version of a shortbread cookie. (Pronounce as “naan kaa-tie”.) This cookie is unique in that it is both crispy and luscious at the same time. First you get a crispy bite, then the richness of the ghee (Indian clarified butter) melts in your mouth, while the uplifting…
If you are vegetarian, and you love potstickers, then you’ll be very familiar with the feeling of missing out when all you can find are potstickers filled with meat. This is why I am so pleased to share with you this potsticker recipe filled with tofu and shiitake mushrooms. Now there’s no more missing out!…
I am claiming this masala chai recipe “authentic” and “traditional” by virtue of a few things. Let me explain, and please don’t take my claims at face value. My first claim is that I have had the pleasure of enjoying masala chai in India many times. I can tell you that traditional masala chai is…
