Happy Meatless Memorial Day friends. Ever since I was a little girl I have always considered Memorial Day the official kick-off to Summer. On this day the grills burn hotter, the ice cream tastes better and all of our local pools open. We honor those that have served while celebrating the long awaited return of [...]
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The last time we were in Atlanta my Mother-in-Law whipped up a batch of Zesty Horseradish Humus. We ate it on everything in sight, including sandwiches. I thought I would give it a go and this is what I came up with. I used prepared horseradish from a jar instead of making it from scratch, [...]
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Happy Meatless Monday. We are home from the Dominican Republic and I have the most easy and delicious recipe to share with you, plantain steak fries. While we were in the Dominican we enjoyed plantains at almost every meal. They were mashed and sliced, salty and sweet. I looked forward to them everyday and found [...]
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Happy Meatless Monday and eve of Fat Tuesday. If you are preparing to celebrate Mardi-Gras, I have a dip for you to add to your party table. If you are preparing to celebrate Lent, I have a dip for you to add to your weekly vegetarian line up. Whatever you are preparing to celebrate, I have the dip [...]
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Our trip South has taken an unexpected turn and Sandy, Chloe and I are in the KIA headed home to Michigan for a week and a half. There has been a death in my family so we left Atlanta yesterday for the twelve hour drive home. Sandy’s mom packed us a lunch complete with tropical [...]
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Happy Meatless Monday. I have four recipes to share for an unforgettable Thai inspired meal. The recipes come with a side dish of vegan undercover activism. In September, Sandy and I helped with a fundraiser for our local animal shelter. The event, called No Beast Feast, created by our friend and fellow veg lover Jo, [...]
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Yesterday, on day two of the 15 day Re-boot Juice Fast, I made the closest thing I could find that could replicate a tortilla chip. In twenty four hours I went from brand new and excited juice faster to,” Oh my god if I don’t dip something into something and eat it, I am going [...]
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Last weekend while at Whole Foods I grabbed a free recipe for a Creamy Cucumber dip made from raw Cashews. I crafted the recipe adding my own flair and we enjoyed it on crackers like pate and with veggies as a dip. It was light, fragrant and satiating. I also used it to stuff cucumbers [...]
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Photo by: S. Duquet Happy Meatless Monday. I have a unique spread recipe to share with you. Created from fava beans, it is nutty, as green as a crayon and insanely good for you. Over the weekend I found fresh fava beans at the market. I had never purchased or eaten them before so I [...]
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Happy Meatless Monday. Recently someone asked me what I missed about being vegan. I had to think about it because it has been my experience that there are so many phenomenal vegan replacements for most anything I could desire, that I haven’t ever felt deprived. However, I do remember that as I embarked on the [...]
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