Category: Herbs
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Impromptu Vegan Soul Food ~ Turnip Greens & Potatoes
One of the hardest parts about trying to eat healthy while traveling is that you’re at the mercy of the food trends of wherever you are, which of course means you can pretty much always find fresh produce. Fruits and vegetables are always in season somewhere nearby, but what exactly is there and it’s quality…
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30 Minute Vegan Pasta + Sauce
Ages ago when I first started to change the way I ate, I turned to Food Network for lessons on cooking, picking out the best quality food and even nutrition. It wasn’t a complete education but it gave me the tools I needed to keep moving forward. And it worked. Back then I was still…
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Buddha Bowl with Creamy Vegan Pesto
Have I mentioned how much I love Buddha Bowls, because I do. A lot. But before we get into the goodness of this latest meal, I should apologize for my absences and sporadic posts. Finishing this latest book and exploring the country of Romania with my husband, and time with our family has packed my schedule more…
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Vegan St. Paddy’s Day Dinner
Here’s another fun fact you might not know about me, I LOVE St. Patrick’s Day. As a lifelong Chicagoan I have spent more years than I can remember celebrating this day on the calendar. Part of it has to do with the fact that my birthday is just around the corner from March 17th and…
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Plant Based Chickpea Salad Sammie
I’ve made no secret out of the fact that going vegan wasn’t a huge challenge for me, beyond re-learning to pay attention to the ingredients in the products I buy and trying to be a better, more conscious consumer. But there was one area that proved problematic for me from the outset. Lunch. I work…
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Orecchiette with Vegan Merguez & Kalettes
One of the things I love about eating vegan is that when you’re having a case of the hungrys, pasta is a quick and easy option, that also lets you kind of pig out…if you want. Since you’re not adding high fat/calorie meat and cheese to your lasagna or spaghetti, you can get really creative…
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Simple Sun Dried Tomato Pesto ~ A.K.A. Vegan Rosso Pesto!
As an author, blogger and ghostwriter I spend a lot of time at home. In front of my computer. Sometimes hours go by without a break of any kind and the next thing I know…BAM, it’s time for lunch. Of course I’ve planned for lunch but that was when I was young and had fantasies…
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The Lazy Vegan’s Guide to Mealtime
It’s been almost two years since my husband and I adopted a plant based diet and aside from concern over my protein intake, the most common question I get asked is, “But what do you eat?” I usually answer with sarcasm, something along the lines of grass and twigs because, let’s face it, that’s what…
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Simple Herb-Roasted Veggies with Couscous
Some days I feel like spending a lot of time in the kitchen whipping up a delicious vegan meal from scratch because it keeps my cooking skills active and it’s a great way for me to work out plot problems while occupying my mind with something else. Then there are those days where I want…
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Eating Vegan in Bucharest
My husband has often joked over the years that the national vegetable of Romania is pork, a fun little quip backed up by his parents, family friends and the spread on the table for any given occasion. There is a maximum of mean–specifically pork–and cheese on the table, plus bread. What is sadly lacking is…
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