Hmmmm… I am beginning to think my theme for this year’s MoFo should have been the alphabet. You know, “B” is for Brunch, “P” is for Pasta, “F” is for Frites, etc… Maybe I will still attempt that but jumble up the alphabet since I didn’t start with “A”. We’ll see!
Anyways, I recently purchased The Urban Vegan cookbook by Dynise Balcavage and have already bookmarked lots of recipes for the upcoming weeks. I love how the sophisticated and stylish recipes are organized into clever little chapters such as: Lunch Cart, The Melting Pot, House Party, and Happy Hour. Plenty of the recipes have international flair which I appreciate since I don’t get to travel as often as I’d like. Plus, there are fun tips and variations on recipes throughout the book so even the same recipe can be mixed-up a bit the second time around. Last night, Tim and I came home from grocery shopping exhausted and hungry so we checked our meal list for a speedy recipe and noticed one from The Urban Vegan: Orecchiette Con Broccoli; inexpensive, fast, and delicious. We couldn’t find the above-named pasta so we used a tri-colored squiggly pasta instead. Topped with some freshly ground chipotle pepper flakes and homemade cashew cheese crumbles, this meal was light, filling, and just perfect for our Tuesday evening.
If you don’t have this cookbook, you probably should – one more on the shelf won’t hurt!!!
And, don’t forget to enter my giveaway!!!!
Mm, that looks good. I love quick and simple on those hunger stricken nights. And your right- we can always use one more cookbook!
Thank you for this awesome review! Dynise and her recipes definitely rock!
The pasta dish is so colorful – I love pasta with broccoli. You should make more stuff from this cookbook!
I don’t really NEED another cookbook, but I suppose just one more couldn’t hurt. The pasta sounds great. I love broccoli and pasta together!
That is some gorgeous pasta!
That’s a great fast dinner!
I hope you do make it to NE Ohio. Don’t miss the Vegiterranean if you do… it’s probably the closest thing we have to anything in Portland, and it’s still far off that mark.
Let me know if you come, I’ll try to be sure you don’t starve here. ;)
Glad you liked the pasta–and the book. The dish looks so pretty with the tri-colored pasta.