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Recipes using vegetables, legumes or grains as the main ingredient

Chopped Kale & Red Cabbage w/ slices of raw red peppers, shaved carrot, sliced green onions w/ brown rice & cilantro in a white bowl with a side of brown peanut salad dressing

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Diced egg mixed with thyme, diced red onions, capers, and sliced chives on a bed of butter lettuce.

Simple Egg Salad with Thyme and Chives

2 white plates with thin sliced fennel, chunks of avocado and quartered cherry tomato salad

Fennel Salad with Tomatoes and Avocado

quartered strawberries, chopped pecans, and crumbled goat cheese on arugula salad on a shallow bowl/plate.

Strawberry Arugula Salad with Goat Cheese

Bowl of Tzatziki (yogurt, cucumbers, lemon) sauce. falafels in background.

Easy Chunky Tzatziki Sauce (No Garlic)

Falafels on a wood cutting board with a side plate of 2 falafels and a bowl of white cucumber tzatziki. side view.

Pan Fried Falafels with Canned Chickpeas

Large white bowl of green creamy soup garnished with fresh peas and mint leaves. Small bowl of peas and 3 bowls in background.

Fresh Pea, Leek and Mint Soup

top view of potato salad on a square aqua plate with utensils on the side. Close up view.

My Favorite Potato and Egg Salad

Top down view of white oval bowl filled with cooked mushrooms with pistachios and chopped basil. Close up.

Sautéed Mushrooms with Pistachios and Basil

White shallow bowl filled with raspberries, blueberries, and blackberries. Garnished with orange zest and sliced mint.

Fresh Mixed Berry Dessert "Gazpacho"

Bowl of cooked bright green fava (broad) beans with salt and pepper in a white bowl with a spoon.

Fresh Fava Beans / Broad Beans with Butter

Two shallow white bowls filled with chopped lettuce, sliced cucumbers, sliced radishes, , cherry tomato quarters and blue cheese and pecan crumbles. Two forks, two knives, and two white napkins on the side. Close up.

Chopped Romaine Lettuce And Chickpea Salad

Top view of a raw artichoke sitting in a steaming basket of a large stainless steel pot. Top view.

Steamed Artichoke with Lemon Butter Dipping Sauce

Diced and roasted Kabocha Squash with Peppers and leeks on a big white plate with a wood spoon. side view.

Kabocha Squash Breakfast Hash

Green Sweet Pea, Toasted Sliced Almonds & Thin Sliced Radishes in a brown bowl with a spoon hanging out.

Sweet Pea, Almond, and Radish Salad

Small white bowl of creamy asparagus soup with asparagus tip garnish sticking out the top. Silver spoon in bowl. side view.

Asparagus And Leek Soup

White bowl of green dill pesto with a spoon sticking out in the middle of a cutting board with a lemon, pile of grated Parmesan cheese, garlic bulb, handful of walnuts and fresh dill sprigs.

Fresh and Easy Dill Pesto with Lemon

White plate of Yellow/ Green Mung Beans (Lentils), over brown rice, garnished with red pepper flakes and green onions.

Easy Kitcheree (Kitchari Or Mung Beans)

White Bowl of farro, and edamame with a small bowl of toasted pine nuts and another small wood ball with a portion size of the dish topped with feta. side view.

Farro Salad with Edamame, Pine Nuts, Feta Cheese

Cooked Soft boiled Egg Wrapped in Turkey, Coated With Panko, Baked And Cut In half on a plate.

Oven Baked Turkey Scotch Eggs

Creamy bowl of tan potato and leek soup on a white table with parsley garnish. top view.

Potato Leek Bisque / Soup

Top view of artichoke salad with kalamata olives, sliced orange peppers, capers and a bowl of pickled red onions on the side.

Baby Artichoke Salad with Pickled Onions

White shallow bowl of green/brown split pea soup with green parsley garnish. Spoon in the soup.

Vegetarian Split Pea Soup

Close up of wood bowl of green salad with raisins, crushed almonds, and red pepper flakes. Fork on the side.

Kale and Almond Salad with Lemon Dressing

White bowl of sliced thin and pickled red onions (pink hue). with a silver spoon out of the bowl on a dark wood table.

No Cook Quick Pickled Red Onions

Top view. White bowl with spoon of white rice covered in yellow brown creamy lentil puree. White bowl of rice on side.

Simple Coconut Red Lentils And Rice

Cauliflower florets roasted brown on a wood cutting board with a white platter that says "let's eat" sitting behind it.

Simple Oven Roasted Cauliflower Florets

Side view. Slice of brown cake on white plate with fork with out of focus cake in background.

Easy German Chocolate Hazelnut Torte

Close up of pan of fusilli pasta with quartered mushrooms in a light cream sauce with parsley garnish.

Creamy Mushroom Pasta with Lemon

White bowl with black rim of red tomato bisque soup on a wood rectangle plate. Grilled cheese sandwich cut in half diagonally on the side.

Easy Tomato Bisque Soup

2 wood bowls and one pair of chopsticks. Bowls have rice noodles and a tan sauce with cilantro, mung beans, and sliced green onion garnish. side top view.

Coconut Curry Chicken Rice Noodle Bowl

Sliced Roasted Sunchokes (Jerusalem Artichokes) On A White Plate With Green Onion Garnish

Roasted Sunchokes (Jerusalem Artichokes)

Close up of wood bowl filled with cooked cabbage slices and topped with sesame seeds with a fork in the bowl. Salt and pepper shakers in background.

Pan Fried Napa Cabbage with Sesame Seeds

Side view of a small bowl of rice pudding with cinnamon sprinkles, whipped cream, and 5 blueberries.

Simple and Creamy Rice Pudding

Top down view of chunky cooked onions, zucchini, peppers on a brown plate with white napkin in background. Close up.

Chunky Pan Seared Onions, Peppers, Zucchini

Top view of three small white bowls of diced red beets. Two bowls with crumbled goat cheese and orange zest. One bowl with just orange zest is close up and in front.

Roasted Beets with Orange Balsamic Dressing

Blood Oranges & Roasted Yellow and Red Beets on a white plate with thyme and walnuts sprinkled over the top.

Blood Orange and Beet Salad

Mashed Cooked Sweet Potatoes in A white Bowl

Easy Mashed Sweet Potatoes

Top down view of white bowl with chopped greens and sauce in it. Small bowl of chili flakes on the side.

Simple Vegetarian Collard Greens

Side view of 5 collard green wraps with one cut open to expose the quinoa and vegetables inside.

Quinoa, Hummus, and Vegetable Collard Green Wraps

Close up ofcooked jalapeno poppers filled with a brown orange crust and a chopped cilantro garnish. Top view, close up.

Cream Cheese Stuffed Jalapeño Poppers

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I’m Beckie Hemmerling. I love food and I think of it on a basic level of providing strength & nourishment. Cooking has helped me *try* to figure out life, not just my own, but also other people's. I have cooked through many joys / sorrows and cooking has always been a meditative place through these highs & lows. More background info →

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