Tomato-based soup with minimal effort using off-the-shelf marinara sauce and frozen veg
Jump to Recipe We all get jammed up for time. There was a day recently when the weather turned rainy and cool-ish. I wanted soup in a...
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Aug 26, 20239 min
Seaweed: Delicious. Healthy. Sustainable.
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One diet resolution to rule them all
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Fritatta without fear!
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Tofu-based Mayonnaise rocks it, and is perfect for salad dressings.
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Quick, healthy treats are right in your pantry.
I've never really been much of a 'dessert' person. Back when I was still using animal products (butter, in this case), I made the...
Jul 26, 20214 min
Creamy Vegan Carrot Cauliflower Soup - from Instant Pot to the blender. Bam!
Another totally simple soup that will garner rave reviews - earthy, subtly sweet and satisfying. This soup comes together - out of the...
Jul 22, 20216 min
You'll eat more veggies if they're tastier and more appealing.
Back in the 1950's - when I was, ahem, young - American home cooks had an amazing talent. They could take beautiful, fresh vegetables and...
Jul 19, 20214 min
Fresh, fast and fabulous: Vegan Pea Soup Parisian
If this soup was any easier, it would be in a can on the shelf - except it wouldn't be as healthy or fresh tasting. And, it's as close as...
Feb 2, 20215 min
Yes, Virginia. You can have fresh, tasty salad without a single lettuce leaf.
Salads can be the definition of 'missed opportunity'. So many people think that if they don't have lettuce leaves and tomatoes, then it...
Jan 31, 20214 min
This Creamy Cauliflower Soup is deliciously vegan, and no-oil, too!
As I was rehabilitating and organizing my freezer stash of frozen vegetables - I came across a large bag of frozen cauliflower. Hmmmm....
Jan 17, 20213 min
No-Egg Salad takes you back to the day ... only better. Way better.
I'd toyed with this plant-based version, based on another recipe, of 'no-egg' salad before, but wasn't impressed. A few months passed and...
Jan 14, 20213 min
This vegan, no-oil Spinach Sauce brings star-quality to soups, pasta and more
While cleaning out and reorganizing the freezer - I'm on a mission to make everything more visually accessible - I found a...
Jan 4, 20212 min
Moving toward a plant-based, more sustainable diet
We're there now, but it wasn't always so obvious to us. Rather it came down to incremental changes, where each 'next step' just seemed to...
Dec 23, 20203 min
Caramelized Shallot Tomato Soup
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Dec 13, 20204 min
Delicious, slice-able Seitan is simpler than you might think!
My first bites of seitan - the meat-like food made from vital wheat gluten - were the commercially made plant-based protein products by...
Dec 4, 20203 min
Simply the best vegan, oil-free meatloaf recipe
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Dinner inspiration: Number 1
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