sweet potato

What’s in Season: October Produce Guide

Written by Diann Leo-Omine & Lisa Lin, Photos by Lisa Lin. Come late-October in Sacramento, it’s finally time to break out the sweaters and scarves. The shorter the days, the heartier the ...

Baked Sweet Potato Mac and Cheese with California Ripe Olives

Thank you to California Ripe Olives for sponsoring this post! With the holiday season just around the corner, I know that many of you will be looking for recipes to bring to your holiday ...

Vegan Carrot and Sweet Potato Soup

Welcome to a brand new year---a fresh opportunity for us to set intentions that guide us for the next 365 days (I suppose it's 364 days now). Like most people, my new year's intention is to live ...

Tamarind-Glazed Vegetable Tacos (Vegan)

Tamarind is the secret weapon of Southeast Asian cuisine. It's sticky, sour and tangy and it brightens up all food that comes across its path. I always keep a tiny jar of tamarind paste (also known as ...

Roasted Tempeh with Tamarind Glaze, Sweet Potatoes & Roasted Chickpeas

When I started getting into vegetarian cooking in law school, one of the first cookbooks I purchased was Heidi Swanson's Super Natural Every Day. In it, Heidi has a pomegranate glazed eggplant and ...

Split Pea Soup with Bacon

Here we go, friends, another week of my budget-friendly meals! We're starting to get into fall, a time for heartier, filling meals. For me, it's a time to eat more soup! I recently tried a split ...

Easy Slow Cooker Chipotle Chicken Chili

Because I'm usually less organized on a Monday, I like my evening meals to be something that is nourishing and easy to prepare. That's why I've teamed up with Hunt's canned tomato products today to ...

Five-Ingredient Sweet Potato Mango Smoothie

Okay, the sweet potato might sound a bit weird, but tastes great in a smoothie. Not only does it naturally sweeten the smoothie, but gives me a big shot of Vitamin A into my system. The mango is there ...

How to Make Herb Powder + Cheesy Potato Kale Bake

Let's make a pact. Every month of this year, we'll all try a recipe that is a bit out of the box. Now, we don't have to go all crazy and start making fruity foams or liquid nitrogen ice cream. Just ...

Vegetarian Tandoori Naan Pizza

Len Goodman doesn't like foreign food. That lovable head judge from Dancing With the Stars/Strictly Come Dancing (who can be a bit old school when it comes to scoring dance routines) doesn't like ...

Sweet Potato Turkey Sandwich

I have been desperately craving a sandwich the past few days. DESPERATELY. Usually, such cravings are only reserved for chocolate, so this was a big deal. But in order to make a sandwich, ...