A plate filled with slices of rare meat with beautiful carmelization around the edges, asparagus, and tomatoes.

How to Stock Your Kitchen for Easy Meals

You need four components to be able to easily put together a well balanced meal. Those components are protein, produce, side starches, and spices or sauces. When you have these components, you can easily create a variety of simple and delicious meals.

A collection of vegan side dishes

Vegan Side Dishes

Vegan side dishes may sound obvious, but many vegetable side dishes contain butter, milk, or other additions that make them not so friendly for those trying to adhere to a vegan diet.  I searched the Patty Cake’s Pantry website and collected all of my vegan side dishes.  This collection, along with my vegan entrees, and vegan soups helped me to more fully realize that I […]