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Pomegranate Smoothie

A smoothie should not need six superfoods and a protein powder to be worth drinking. This one has four ingredients plus a garnish: pomegranate juice, two bananas, yogurt, and honey. Blended. Poured. Topped with pomegranate seeds. It is simple and it tastes like something you …

Summer Salad with Honey Vinaigrette

I made this salad every week the summer I lived near a farmers’ market in Portland. Whatever looked good that morning went in: mango one week, peach the next. This version uses hearts of romaine, mango, avocado, cucumber, bell pepper, green onions, and cilantro, all …

Vegan Almond Butter Oatmeal

I went through a phase of putting almond butter in everything, and this oatmeal is the recipe that survived the phase. Rolled oats cooked in rice milk until fluffy, then stirred with maple syrup, almond butter, cinnamon, salt, and the scrapings of a vanilla bean. …

Chocolate Bundt Cake

The trick in this Bundt cake is two doctoring moves: a packet of instant chocolate pudding and a cup of sour cream, both folded into a standard box of chocolate cake mix. A full bag of chocolate chips goes in last. The result does not …