CHRISTIAN SELDEN

  • Delicious Chickpea Tu-“No” Salad
    Chickpeas are the base for this classic plant-based spin-off of (fish-based) tuna salad. This tu-“no” salad recipe is simple, delicious, and customizable! Combine chickpeas and pinto beans, mix chickpeas and black beans together, or keep […]
  • Pumpkin Seed and Cashew Balsamic Dressing
    This simple, 6-ingredient* salad dressing is delicious and takes only a few minutes to prepare. Enjoy on salads, buddha bowls, and vegetables that you’d serve with hummus (like carrots, broccoli, and bell peppers). Or consider […]
  • Lentil Kale Salad with Cucumbers, Walnut Crumble, and Tahini Dressing
    A salad should never be boring. Here’s a recipe for a flavorful lentil and kale salad with cucumbers, tomatoes, grapes, a walnut crumble, and a tahini-based dressing. As with all (non)recipes, the ingredients are customizable […]
  • Creamy Curry Tofu Scramble with Spinach and Tomatoes
    As with most things in life, there’s always more to learn about tofu. While I think most people have heard of it and know it is made of soy, that’s about the end of their […]
  • There’s No Apple Sauce Like Home(made)
    Homemade applesauce is incomparable to store-bought applesauce. You will know what I mean once you try it. Lately, the recipes I have been posting use an instant pot, but this recipe also provides options for […]
  • Simple Vegetable Broth
    Vegetable broth is a staple for making soups, cooking beans and grains (including pasta!), and deglazing pans to add more flavor. While you can buy it at the store, homemade vegetable broth is cheaper and […]
  • The Buddha Bowl
    A buddha bowl is a flavorful meal that combines grains, legumes, greens, vegetables, nuts and/or seeds, and fermented foods (optional). The meal goes by many names, including the one bowl, the macro bowl, and in […]

what is a (non)recipe?

A (non)recipe is an undefinable term that attempts to encompass the complexities of a recipe. A recipe is usually thought of as a strictly defined set of ingredients and instructions for how to prepare a meal or snack. But what about when you swap ingredients to customize the recipe?…

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