Category: Plant Based
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Tasty Vegan Carrot Mac
When it comes to food, I have no problem experimenting. And failing. And trying again. Call it a quirk or a superpower, just don’t call me a quitter! My most recent experiment came about because of my dislike of my vegan cheese that I’ve tried (except VioLife slices, those are super tasty) and my desire…
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Easy Vegan Sandwiches
It took me a long time to get creative about making sandwiches to fit my new vegan lifestyle but now I’ve finally figured it out. Once I stopped thinking that sandwiches equal meat, my sandwich game stepped up considerably. Here’s the secret: put whatever you want on the dang sandwich! I know, it’s crazy but trust…
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Spicy Vegan DanDan Noodles
My noodle addiction strikes again! One night while zoning out and binge watching YouTube videos I came across a recipe for Dan Dan noodles and immediately thought to myself, I have to have it. Soon! Which meant the next time I hit the market, I grabbed everything I would need for this spicy Chinese Sichuan dish,…
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Roasted Veggie Sub & Oil Free Pesto
Just because you want to eat healthy doesn’t mean you can’t eat good. This has been the key to my weight loss success this far, finding creative ways to keep the flavor without adding too much extra fat or calories. It’s something that has to be done so instead of whine about it, I just…
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Food Court Flashback ~ Bourbon Chicken Tofu
Way back in 2004, I was living in Boston working on the 2004 Presidential Election as an eager holder of a Masters in political science and delusions of…something. I had just met my husband, who was one of half a dozen roommates I shared a giant colonial with in Everett. Anyway the office where I…
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Spiced Chickpea & Tofu Steak Bowl
If you haven’t learned by now that I am addicted to flavors of the Asian continent, then you haven’t been paying attention. There are so many different flavor profiles, cuisines, spices and dishes to try that I worry I won’t get through them all before I die. That’s how much I love them. So when I’m…
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Vegans On Holiday: Hunedoara, Alba Iulia, Deva & Sighisoara (Romania)
One of my favorite things, aside from food, is traveling. In every place I have ever lived, I have done some serious exploring of the local and near-local sights. Of course I never get to see everything but I get to see a lot so I won’t complain. Much. Recently the Hubs and I took…
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Vegan Recipes That Didn’t Make The Cut
One of the things I’ve learned while blogging about my cooking adventures as a vegan, is that not all recipes are created equal. Duh, right? That’s what I thought too. But it turns out that for a home cook who specializes in taste, not sight, it’s not that simple. So I thought today it’d be…
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Garden Veggie Tacos
I love tacos. There, I’ve said it a loud and now everyone knows. I love tacos, for those in the back who need the volume turned up. But what I’ve discovered over the past few years is that you can make a thousand different types of tacos when you aren’t constrained by things like what’s…
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Is Vegan Sushi A Thing?
Prior to becoming a vegan, I went through sushi phases. When I was a teenage girl reading romance novels and dreaming of practicing law in New York City, a big part of the dream was eating sushi with my girlfriends. And I did enjoy it. For about two weeks. There was something about the blend…
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