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I'm Heidi – This site celebrates cooking, and aspires to help you integrate the power of lots of vegetables and whole foods into your everyday meals. The recipes you 'll find here are vegetarian, often vegan, written with the home cook in mind. This site has been my online “home base” for nearly twenty years. It was initially built on the premise that when you own over 100 cookbooks (raises hand!), it is time to stop buying, and start cooking. This site chronicles a cookbook collection, one (vegetarian) recipe at a time. But there’s a bit more to the story now that we’re a couple decades in, here’s some backstory on both me & the site...

I'm Heidi – This site celebrates cooking, and aspires to help you integrate the power of lots of vegetables and whole foods into your everyday meals. The recipes you'll find here are vegetarian, often vegan, written with the home cook in mind. Read more about me & the site

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Holiday Recipes

Holiday recipes should be festive and happy-making! Here you’ll find a collection of favorites. These are the ones we turn to year after year. You’ll find Christmas cookies, edible holiday gifts (like these espresso caramels), the cinnamon buns we bake on Christmas morning, black sticky gingerbread, sparkling cranberries, and iced whole wheat sugar cookies, and lots more. Enjoy!