Category Archive: Appetizers

Greek-style tomato-zucchini fritters

Greek-style tomato-zucchini fritters

with fresh herbs #5 – Page 52 Easiness: 4 Tastiness: 3 This was a food processor intensive recipe. All the ingredients get blended together into a big tofu mash, …

 

Everyday chipotle-vegetable tamales

Everyday chipotle-vegetable tamales

#11 – Page 59 Easiness: 3 Tastiness: 4 My first tamales ever! I didn’t even know what a tamale was before this recipe. I had to do an image …

 

Spicy tempeh nori rolls

Spicy tempeh nori rolls

#1 – Page 47 Easiness: 3 Tastiness: 2 I actually ate some sushi! Unfortunately, I thought it was pretty gross. The seaweed flavor was overwhelming, and doesn’t taste good …

 

Butternut squash and pumpkin seed

Butternut squash and pumpkin seed

rice paper rolls #3 – Page 50 Easiness: 3 Tastiness: 4 These rolls were actually pretty good. They were kind of a pain to make, because the rice wrappers …

 

Grilled yuca tortillas

Grilled yuca tortillas

#2 – Page 49 Easiness: 5 Tastiness: 5++ Also known as grilled sweet potato tortillas! These were so very good. I’ve never really used sweet potatoes much before. …

 

Autumn latkes

Autumn latkes

#6 – Page 53 Easiness: 3 Tastiness: 2 This recipe went better than the regular potato latkes, but the overall result was still the same – a bunch …

 

Potato latkes

Potato latkes

#7 – Page 54 Easiness: 3 Tastiness: 2 Blech. I felt like I was oozing oil after these. They splattered the kitchen with oil, made things smell like …

 

Samosa stuffed baked potatoes

Samosa stuffed baked potatoes

#12 – Page 60 Easiness: 3 Tastiness: 5 These were delicious. And they do taste like samosas, except without any dough. I actually had a really hard time …

 

Acorn squash and black bean empanadas

Acorn squash and black bean empanadas

#8 – Page 55 Easiness: 2 Tastiness: 4 It’s finally squash season! The filling in this recipe was absolutely delicious. I started eating it straight out of the pan …

 

Creole stuffed peppers

Creole stuffed peppers

#13 – Page 61 Easiness: 3 Tastiness: 5 These ended up being very tasty, but I’m not sure they are worth the work. I think the bean, tomato …