Category: Sauces & Creams
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Quick & Easy Vegan Dinners
It’s no secret that I love to spend time in the kitchen, whipping up vegan recipes from around the world. For me, cooking is another creative outlet that allows me to stay healthy and fit, while forcing me to take a much needed break from my excessive daily screen regimen. But some days I am…
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Spicy Vegan Cheese & Sausage Fries
As much as I try to eat healthy, enjoying big colorful Buddha Bowls, salads and other healthy vegan options, some days you just want something greasy and good. At least I do. After a week of nonstop marketing and promotions across all time zones for my latest romance novel, Bared., I was in desperate need…
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Vegan Chicken & Penne Arrabiata
When I’m not in the mood to spend a lot of time in the kitchen, I go for something that’s simple and tasty. Not necessarily comfort food, but delicious home-cooked food that’s easy to make. Something that always satisfies. Like pasta. Whether you just like pasta or you want to try something new, enjoy this…
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Easy Vegan Döner Kebab/Shawarma with Pickled Cabbage
The first thing I ever ate when I moved to Germany was not sauerkraut, not any of the variety of brats the country has to offer, and not even the famous, delicious, pretzels. Nope, my flight from Chicago got in pretty late and we stopped at one of the many Döner Kebab shops that can…
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Easy Gnocchi & Vegan Red Wine Beyond Bolognese
Depending on where you live, it might be hard to come by gnocchi. It took us forever to find an egg-free vegan option and whenever they’re in stock, I make sure to add a package to the shopping cart. I mean, what could possibly be better than potatoes masquerading as some kind of pasta? Nothing,…
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Spicy Buffalo Vegan Tacos w/Corn & Tomato Salsa
In our house, any night is taco night. Whether is taco bowls or taco nachos or even something as simple as a taco salad, we LOVE tacos. My personal favorite is hard shell tacos but for some reason they have been pretty difficult to come by recently so I had to settle for my second…
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Quatro Vegan Formaggio ~ Vegan Shells & Cheese
I’ll tell you up front that I was so excited about how well, and by well I mean cheesy this dish came out, that I dug right in and finished it all before I remembered the small matter of taking photos. Oops. Forgive me? Since the Hubs and I still do the Midnight Tokyo Diner…
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Super Cheesy Vegan Meatball & Gnocchi Bake
I’ve made no secret over the years that one of the things from my old, pre-vegan life that I do not miss is cheese. I mean, cheese is good. It’s fine. It’s just no longer my jam since I’m not addicted to it. I’ve experimented with all types of vegan cheese brands and until the…
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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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Childhood Favorites Gone Vegan ~ Spaghetti & Meatballs
When I was a kid one of my favorite canned meals was spaghetti and meatballs. As a latch-key kid, there was nothign better than racing home from school to crack open a can of ravioli, spaghetti-o’s or spaghetti and meatballs. All of that tomato-y goodness that, in hindsight, wasn’t all that good, waiting to stain…
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The Spicy Spatula 