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I'm Chef CarrieAnn and this is "LOVE'S KITCHEN"; a happy place of creative plant based cooking, organic gardening, cookbook & cooking class updates, & how I cook for my 2 beautiful rescued German Shepherds; plus some fun personal stories.

08/31/2026

👩🏼‍🍳 12th ANNIVERSARY DINNER. 💕
It wasn't a year to go out and celebrate for a multitude of reasons, and I haven't been doing much cooking. I didn't get too fancy, we sat in the living room and ate off tv trays watching a movie. Too hot for the patio plus a storm was brewing, and didn't feel like doing the dining room. But at least I got a good dinner made! 👍🏼

In honor of my Norwegian Heritage, as my family and their fellow countrymen and women mourn the loss of King Harald..a wise, warm, wonderful leader:; I made the closest thing to seafood.

KING TRUMPET MUSHROOM SCALLOPS (marinated 24-48 hours in seafood seasonings and dried seaweed, pan sautéed in plant butter and white wine.)

STEAMED FRESH ASPARAGUS W LEMON

BOILED BABY POTATOES WITH GARLIC, FRESH DILL AND PARSLEY

OVEN ROASTED CAULIFLOWER WITH TAHINI

SEASONAL FRESH SWEET CORN

FRESH FRUIT SALAD (not pictured)

DESSERT: HOMEMADE HEALTHY BROWNIES WITH FRESH ORGANIC RASPBERRIES OVER A SCOOP OF NON DAIRY VANILLA BEAN ICE CREAM. (not pictured)

08/30/2026

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Housewolves Breakfast....
3 eggs (whites only for Mishka's renal diet)
Baked red yams, fresh pear slices.

(1st helping of Lobo's pictured) 💕

08/28/2026

👩🏼‍🍳 Cooking ahead for the "HouseWolves "...... 🐕‍🦺🐾💗🐕‍🦺🐾💗🐕‍🦺🐾💗🐕‍🦺🐾💗🐕‍🦺🐾💗

Quiches...

08/26/2026

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I don't like "labels" and don't call myself a Vegan, since I feed meat to my dogs. I don't do any animal products in my "people recipes", don't do leather, no fur, etc. I've always worked on behalf of animal rights, but the MAIN focus of my cooking is health, clean eating. I deal with food allergies and medical issues and help others with the same. Periodically I offer cooking classes. Hopefully I can resume those sometime in 2027 after some medical hurdles.

💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚Plant based has been a real life saver for me, and I enjoy sharing ideas. It'll be a bit hit n miss the next couple months...but please hang in there with me! I appreciate your support! And I hope you'll mention my page to your friends and family. If you live in Arizona, be sure to watch for postings on my classes. They're always a lot of fun!👍🏼😊

08/26/2026

👩🏼‍🍳 Dinner at home:
Mushroom "steaks" smothered in eggplant, onions, Brussels Sprouts, Compari tomatoes, Sumac. Boiled mini potatoes on the side with minced fresh dill, parsley, and garlic.

08/26/2026

7:30 pm and still "officially" 108°, though I wouldn't be surprised if it's actually hotter here...it usually is.
117 again tomorrow....enough is enough already.....!!!!😱

08/23/2026

BFFs......💕

08/23/2026

👩🏼‍🍳 RECIPE. 💗 RECIPE. 💗 RECIPE. 💗

So, you just saw the cold chicken salad I made for my "HouseWolves" this week, in my previous post...🥰🐾
But it's easy to do a plant based version for yourself/family as well. :

Instead of the chicken you can use soy crumbles soaked in vegan chicken bouillon, or you can make seitan chick-un shreds, or you can put frozen plant based chikn patties.
Use the pasta of your choice, elbows, ditalini, rotini,....
Add whatever veggies you like, some can be lightly cooked or all raw. I had to make some adjustments for things the doggos can't have, but in mine, I like celery, colored bell peppers, scallions, shredded carrots, chopped broccoli, frozen peas (defrosted).
And then either my homemade plant based mayo, or the same dressing I made for the dog's recipe.

If you use the same dressing, and separate the pasta and basic veggies into 2 bowls.....its super easy to fix a meal for you and your canine companion....just add the chicken to theirs and your protein choice in yours...(could even be white beans or chickpeas!), and keep the onions and raw celery out of theirs. Add SnP to yours if desired, but not theirs.

It's quick, cool, (other than boiling their chicken breasts and the pasta), and you get a 2 for 1 type recipe! 👍🏼👩🏼‍🍳💕 Share the Love.

08/22/2026

👩🏼‍🍳 With this brutal heat (yes, even for me!), the housewolves enjoy cold dinners. So for a few nights I made a big bowl of cold chicken salad.
Shredded skinless cooked chicken breasts, cooked rutabaga, lightly cooked broccoli, raw yellow bell peppers and pasta. I made a sauce of nondairy plain yogurt (Mishka has to be dairy free with her renal diet), cold water to thin it a bit, and a little Hickory Liquid Smoke to give the chicken a grilled flavor!💗🐕‍🦺🐕‍🦺🐾

08/22/2026

I just love when the Desert Sage blooms out and the bushes are all fluffy with delicate purple flowers! Those and the wispy Vitex remind me of the lilacs back in the Midwest.
Just like lilacs, these won't last long once cut. They will shed quickly, but I'll enjoy these moments of beauty in the house!

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