Tag: Vegan

Brown beans and rice, plated
Cubanisms, Dinner, Recipe

Brown Bean Soup

Brown bean soup was my favorite bean soup growing up, and to this day it’s still comforting to me. It’s an easy soup to make well. For the adventurous cook, these beans are a blank canvas. You can do so much with them.

Allergy-friendly cornmeal pancakes topped with vegan butter and maple syrup
Breakfast, Recipe

Allergy-Friendly Cornmeal Pancakes

My inspiration for the following recipe came from seeing a bag of Bob’s Red Mill 1-to-1 Gluten Free Baking Flour in the grocery store. I’d long been trying to make pancakes that don’t trigger any of my son’s allergies, but prior attempts using non-wheat flour had resulted in frustration. What I eventually realized was that most non-wheat flours can’t simply be substituted into a recipe; you kind of have to re-engineer the recipe around it.

Black bean soup over rice
Dinner, Recipe

Super Easy Black Bean Soup

For me, Black Bean Soup is a bowl of Home. It’s the ultimate comfort food—warm and savory, it’s the taste of my childhood. It’s traditionally served over rice, and is enough of a meal to stand on its own, but pairs beautifully with Cuban pork chops or Cuban steak.

Garbanzo soup with kielbasa, over rice
Dinner, Recipe

Garbanzo Soup

Garbanzos are chickpeas. This humble little bean is relegated to the salad bar in American cuisine, but it is a powerhouse of protein, vitamins, and minerals, and deserves a brighter spotlight.