March Carroll Cafe

It’s time for another Carroll Cafe!  I hope you’ll come out tonight for another great concert and some excellent food!  Check out previous Carroll Cafe menus from February, January, and December. I’ll be serving: Four Cheese Macaroni (based off this one pot stovetop mac and cheese) Strawberry Shortcake Rice Krispie Treats Caramel Appledoodles Meyer Lemon PuddingRead more

Chocolate Pecan Carmelitas

Chocolate Pecan Carmelitas (A Seat at the Table)

This is another recipe from February’s Carroll Cafe.  These bars are chocolatey, sweet, nutty and chewy.  Carmelitas are a bit like oatmeal cookies, but with the extra deliciousness of chocolate, caramel and pecans!  These are easy to throw together and are easy to customize to your taste preferences. Chocolate Pecan Carmelitas Serves about 18 AdaptedRead more

Curried Ginger Red Lentil and Quinoa Soup

Curried Ginger Red Lentil Quinoa Soup (A Seat at the Table)

This is one flavorful vegan soup!  Even though I know better, it’s still sometimes hard to think of vegetarian/vegan soups as something complex and flavorful.  Meat adds a lot of flavorful layers to a soup, even if there’s a lot of vegetables mixed in.  However, this soup is definitely not lacking in complex flavors!  Read more

Tofu Veggie Bowls with Peanut Sauce

This is rapidly becoming a favorite meal.  It’s based off of these tofu lettuce wraps, but combined in a bowl for a more filling/less fussy dinner.  I made it twice in a week, it’s that good.  It’s super flavorful and customizable to what you have on hand.  And while I know that tofu isn’t everyone’sRead more

Slow Cooker Thai Coconut Soup

This is a lovely fragrant soup.  I’m trying to use my slow cooker more, but I think this would be just as easy to make on a stovetop.  One of my problems with using the slow cooker is that usually everything turns out so meaty.  Vegetarian meals don’t hold up to the long slow cookingRead more