vegetarian – Goldfinch Wellness

deluxe peanut sauce recipe

Emily Cooney August 22, 2023August 22, 2023 Blog, Emily's Kitchen, Recipes, Sauces/ Dips/ Dressings, simple meals Tagged cilantro, coconut, garlic, ginger, peanut, peanut sauce, protein, raw, summer meal, vegan, vegetarian 5 Comments

deluxe coconut peanut sauce… the kind you want to drink. the kind Everyone asks the recipe for. (the kind I don’t have a set recipe for) but here goes:...

pumpkin seed dip

Emily Cooney May 19, 2022May 24, 2022 Blog, Emily's Kitchen, Sauces/ Dips/ Dressings, Vegetables / Sides, Vegetables/ Sides Tagged cilantro, delicious, dip, hummus, lycopene, protein, pumpkin seeds, roasted tomatoes, seasonal recipe, tomatoes, vegan, vegetarian, zinc

Soon it will be tomato season. In general I avoid tomatoes, though I’ll make an exception from time to time. A simple caprese in mid summer always feels like...

sprouts ~ and a minor crime at the food mart

Emily Cooney March 29, 2022March 16, 2023 Blog, Emily's Kitchen, health, medicine of nature, nourishment Tagged antioxidants, children, greens, nourishment, nutrition, protein, sprouts, vegetarian

It’s the early eighties ~ 1983 or so. We’re at the grocery store, cool and brightly lit, it seems like a very enormous place. I’m still looking up to...

pesto!

Emily Cooney March 26, 2022March 27, 2022 Blog, cleanse, Emily's Kitchen, health, medicine of nature, nourishment, Recipes, Sauces/ Dips/ Dressings, Stoke the fire/Cleanse, Vegetables / Sides Tagged almonds, arugula, basil, chard, cilantro, ecosystem, edible weeds, greens, kale, microbiome, minestrone, olive oil, parsley, pasta, pesto, polenta, pumpkin seeds, sun-dried tomatoes, sunflower seeds, vegetarian, walnuts

Pesto is one of my all-time favorite ways to bring a burst of green goodness into our meals. Color is so so important, not just because it activates the...

lemon parsley quinoa

Emily Cooney March 25, 2022May 20, 2022 Blog, cleanse, Emily's Kitchen, nourishment, Recipes, simple meals, soups, Stoke the fire/Cleanse Tagged Ayurveda, Everyday Ayurveda Cookbook, freshly ground spices, ghee, Kate O'Donnell, kitchari, quinoa, simple meal, spice mix, spices, vegetarian

This is so divine. So easy to make. And so satisfying. My son is not a fan of quinoa otherwise but he is totally in love with this dish....

nourishment and the mirror of relationships

Emily Cooney March 18, 2022March 18, 2022 Blog, cleanse, Emily's Kitchen, healing, health, inside job, making space, nature, nourishment, Stoke the fire/Cleanse Tagged balance, cleanse, deprivation, healing, listening to yourself, making space, nourishment, nutrition, vegetarian

I was raised vegetarian. I was a painfully picky eater all the way through high school. And I was unfamiliar with the basics of nutrition until I was nearly...

Red Lentil Masala

Emily Cooney October 7, 2021October 8, 2021 Blog, Emily's Kitchen, Recipes, simple meals Tagged lentils, quick meals, simple meals, vegetarian

Ultra simple, so delicious and super easy to make. Win! Red lentils are high in iron and much faster cooking than other lentils.They break up as they cook and...

Seasonal Vegetables and Quinoa

Emily Cooney October 7, 2021October 7, 2021 Blog, Emily's Kitchen, Recipes, simple meals Tagged local vegetables, simple meals, vegetarian

I originally created this as a Spring Vegetables recipe, but it really works year-round by subbing out different vegetables according to what’s in season. So simple, so delicious! Quinoa...

Quick Lentil Soup

Emily Cooney October 5, 2021August 18, 2022 Blog, Emily's Kitchen, Recipes, simple meals, soups Tagged fresh, lentils, local, potatoes, seasonal, simple meals, soup, soup recipes, summer soup, vegetarian, winter food

We call this one Quick Lentil Soup to distinguish it from a slow-cooked lentil stew, an old family recipe. Lentils are revered in Ayurveda for their digestibility. I usually...