Ingredient: olive oil

Pepper Salad

Use lots of colors of peppers. It makes it beautifully colorful....

Cream of Mushroom Soup

All types of mushrooms work for this soup. I use the regular, button mushrooms. If you want a stronger mushroom flavor, try shitake....

Ratatouille

I put each of the vegetables in one at a time. While the first goes in, I prepare the next. There's no waiting time....

Potato-Leek Soup

Classic potato leek soup uses butter for frying the leeks. Frying the leeks in olive oil gives a lovely, rich flavor. I actually like it...

Orange Soup

I chop all the vegetables while I make this soup. I start with the onions and let them cook while I peel and chop the...

Onion Quiche

I use the same pie crust for all my pie recipes. It's an oil based crust that works well for this too....

Tempeh Bacon

I love to make BLT sandwiches out of these. It feels so wrong. I guess that's one of the things that makes it so fun....

Fajitas

You can use store bought seitan, but if you want to save some money, you can make it yourself!...

Easy Seitan

I use this seitan in a ton of different recipes. It's a great substitute for any recipe that calls for chicken....

Minestrone Soup

This is a perfect soup for winter....