Category: Herbs
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Creamy Vegan Polenta & Oven Roasted Vegetables
Some people might say that Spring is too warm for vegan polenta recipes and I say those people are wrong. 😛 Sometimes I get so deep into the writing cave that I’ll look up and find it’s 10:30 and it’s my night to cook, and that’s when a dish like this is a gift. Seriously…
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Quick & Easy Vegan Lunch Ideas
I know that not everyone has the luxury of working from home, which means you can’t take your time in the kitchen to whip up healthy and delicious vegan meals at your leisure. Many of you have to commute and work in an office or warehouse or studio somewhere and you’d just really like to…
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Pesto & Chickpea Tabbouleh Salad
We all know how much I love salads and Buddha bowls (get my vegan sushi bowl recipe here). I can eat them just about every single day of the week without eating the same thing, or getting sick of them. But, that doesn’t mean that I’m not always trying to improve a recipe or improvise…
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Lazy Vegan Dinners – Crispy Soy & Broccoli
I know, I know. As a certified carb-a-holic, it seems crazy to cook a meal without rice or noodles or pasta or…whatever. But sometimes you’re just too lazy, especially on workout days and you just want something quick and easy that tastes good. Enter this super fast lazy vegan dinner. And the best part? If…
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Moroccan Style Vegan Chicken & Couscous
One of the things I’ve learned over the past year of nonstop cooking, is that you can have a simple meal that’s full of flavor and doesn’t require a lot of hard work. How? Simple, you just have to step outside of your cuisine comfort zone. For me, that’s no problem. I lived in Los…
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Couscous & Tofu Salad w/Green Goddess Salad Dressing
It’s time for another vegan salad with all the delicious goodies you know and love, but this time the focus is on the vegan salad dressing. Want a unique vegan salad? Check out my vegan sushi salad bowl recipe here! When I first got on the Salad Train, I can admit that I wasn’t very…
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Vegan Summer Salads ~ Broccoli, Sweet Potato & Chickpea Salad
With this unbelievable and sometimes, unbearable, heat, I have been working to up my salad game. We’ve all heard the vegan jokes about munching on lettuce nonstop to fuel our malnourished bodies, but the truth is that if I’d known how amazing I could make salads in my pre-vegan days, my life might be very…
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Another Vegan Buddha Bowl Recipe
I have talked time, and time again about my love of the marvelous Buddha bowl. I mean, what’s not to like about a bowl of food that contains tons of veggies, a heaping pile of grains and just enough protein to provide a well-balanced vegan meal that nourishes while tasting wickedly delicious? I can’t think…
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Vegan Squash & Lentil Stew
For the past few days the weather outside has left much to be desired. It’s been gray and rainy, which means the hard work of editing takes even longer. My energy is low and even getting through my workouts takes more effort and focus than usual. It’s the end of May but it feels as…
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Oil-Free Vegan Pesto – Recipe & Tips
When you think of pesto, you probably imagine the light green sauce we know as pesto alla Genovese, made with basil and pine nuts and usually some type of hard cheese. This is my go-to pesto recipe because the flavor of fresh basil is pretty incredible. When I talk vaguely about pesto, this is what…
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The Spicy Spatula 