Posts Tagged ‘plant based diet’

2/21 Vegan Ranch

Photo By: S. Duquet

I have always loved homemade ranch dressing. The kind that you get in really good restaurants or seedy diners. Yesterday for our meatless meal clients we created a retro diner themed meal. With their meals we gave them an iceberg lettuce wedge with homemade vegan ranch dressing and sliced cherry tomatoes. This [...]

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2/20 Diner Doughnuts with Dark Chocolate Ganache

Happy Meatless Monday. Over the weekend we did a lot of shopping at stores with housewares like Target and Marshall’s. I was struck by how many new baking accoutrements there are. There is a pan for everything from mini tarts to baby bundts. The possibilities are unlimited and it inspires me to explore recipes to [...]

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2/18 Vegan Mac n Cheese

Every vegan wannabe has an arsenal of  favorite recipes for vegan mac and cheese….here is our first.
The other night we were seeking some comfort food, you know the kind of food that fills your belly and a place in your soul that is wanting to feel safe and loved too.   We discussed some of [...]

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2/17 Maroon Carrots

A week ago while filming our most exciting, first ever casting video for the Travel Channel we went to a local boutique produce store. Whenever I am looking for the unique…the best of the best, I go to this store.

Photo By: S. Duquet

While there we found maroon carrots. I had never seen a maroon carrot [...]

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2/14 Happy Love Yourself Day

~Ice your cookies, let dry and enjoy.
I had one while Sandy was gone then pretended I hadn’t. I had another as I was photographing them, then I made myself a pot of tea so I could enjoy another one.  They made my heart smile really big.
Have a delicious Love Yourself  Day.

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2/13 An Inspired Winner and Love Yourself Part one

Happy Meatless Monday and day before Valentine’s. I have a two part Love Yourself Valentines special for you. Two recipes to love that will absolutely love you back.
Thank you for all of your comments to win The Inspired Vegan by Bryant Terry. The book is beautiful and I am honored to have a copy to [...]

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2/10 Pearls of Wisdom

This week was the first time I have ever created a dish using Pearl Couscous. I had heard of  it before, but had not yet sought it out or tried to cook with it. In all honesty, until I became vegan a year and a half ago, I wasn’t really familiar with anything more scandalous [...]

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2/7 Waist-Full Lunches

Courtesy of westphillylocal.com

This week the school lunch programs in our community came up in a conversation Sandy was having with a colleague. He told her that 75% of all the children in our public school district participated in the low cost-no cost lunch program. That means to me that if the socioeconomic status of these [...]

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2/5 Mexican Hot Chocolate Cookie Sandwiches

Happy Meatless Monday and decadent dessert day. I love spicy hot chocolate. If ecstasy and  passion could have a taste…this would be it. The heat and the bitter, the slightly sweet.  Then I thought, take the heat and make it cold….like life and passion and lusty things. I give to you the most sensory pleasing [...]

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2/2 The Inspired Vegan-giveaway

Wake Up Weekend introduced us to the bestselling author, chef, food justice activist and charming foodie, Bryant Terry.  You may recognize his name from Vegan Soul Kitchen, Grub or the brand new book, The Inspired Vegan.  His latest cookbook debuted at Wake Up Weekend during his presentation with an afterglow and book signing afterward….all of [...]

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