Category: Plant Based
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Yes, Pickles are VEGAN!
For the past twelve months or so the world, or maybe its just the United States, has been obsessed with pickles. I mean, legit obsessed with everything from carnival favorite deep fried pickles to weird cheese fill dill pickles and even dill pickle-tinis. Yeah, they even tried to ruin my favorite cocktail with my favorite condiment?…
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How To Spice Up A Sandwich ~ Spicy Vegan Muffuletta
Sandwiches. They are a staple meal when you have a busy schedule but you don’t want to eat out or order in, and if you can make them healthy and delicious then you’ve hit the jackpot. The Sandwich Jackpot, sounds like a pretty amazing lottery, right? These last few weeks have been incredibly busy with…
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Cauliflower Bake ~ A Hearty Vegan Dinner
One of the things you learn quickly after about the first six months of eating a plant based diet is that you have to get creative. You have to think outside the box when you can’t just grab an animal protein and add it to some veggies and grains. You need something that will be:…
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Quick & Delicious For Vegans On The Go!!!
Whenever my friends and family inquire about what Cos and I eat as vegans, I assure them that we (mostly) eat healthy and fresh as much as humanly possible. But, despite his assertions to the contrary we are both human and therefore prone to mistakes. We have thirty-plus years each of succumbing to overeating, chocolate, sugar,…
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Typical Vegan Fare…At My House
Waaaaaay back in the day, when I spent about two weeks in high school as a vegetarian I toyed with the idea of going vegan. And by toyed, I mean that I wrote endlessly for those two months in my journal with the Bush sticker on the front about the terrible living conditions of cows…
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My New-ish Favorite Thing
Ginger. Ingwer. Ghimbir. Gingembre. However you call it in your neck of the woods, I love the stuff. From the moment I started on my culinary tour of Asia–in anticipation of a real tour of the continent–ginger was the flavor that most knocked me back on my fanny. It was kind of sweet and tart,…
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Peles Castle, Sinaia & Onion Soup ~ A Plant Based Conundrum
Castles. I love them. Wherever I find myself in Europe there is always a castle nearby and you can count on me to want to hit up. But not in the “I want a White Knight and King’ kind of way. No, more in the way that the halls are so filled with history and…
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Vegan Cottage Pie ~ A Shepherd’s Pie Without A Shepherd
One of my favorite cold weather dishes is shepherd’s pie, has been ever since I discovered this bit of deliciousness thanks to a friend who had a fetish for all things English. My very first pie was made with lamb, onions and peas and it was incredible. Since then I’ve made it with pretty much…
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Tarka Dal: A Delicious Vegan Lentil Treat
Maybe you don’t know this about me, but I LOVE Indian food. I didn’t always, though. Back in 2003 I was visiting D.C. for a training session right before I began working on the upcoming Presidential election and we were treated to dinner at this little family owned Indian restaurant. This was my very first…
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Rotini Alla Puttanesca…Vegan Style
In addition to my love of potatoes, which are seriously MY jam, I have a deep and abiding love for pasta dishes. When my husband and I made the decision individually to make the switch to a plant based diet, the only thing I wasn’t concerned about was how to veganize my favorite pasta recipes.…
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