The best part of summer, besides a new season of clothes, is finally having summer potlucks! And the best potlucks have salads – because as a vegetarian or vegan there is rarely much else to eat. In comes the salad that you make and bring – this is the best salad – as a main…
Appetizers / Clean Eating / Cooking / Gluten Free / Vegan
Talk about the best, and sweetest, peppers around. Have you tried the little mini peppers they sell in packages? At most stores they run $4-$5 a bag, but a store had a sale for $2 for a bag so of course I had to snatch them up to try. OMG I’m addicted, they are so good…
How do you use what’s leftover? Leftover as in food – carrot tops, coffee grounds, orange rinds. All those things that get tossed in the trash with little regard to what else you could do with it. Have you ever watched Chopped on Food Network – the episode that uses leftovers and chefs have to…
Clean Eating / Cooking / Entree / Gluten Free / Soy-Free / Vegan
You know what’s the worst thing ever? The end of the week and you have nothing in the fridge or freezer that looks like a meal. Or when you go grocery shopping and come home with tons of food, but then you just want to order a pizza or takeout because nothing looks appetizing. When you…
There is just something about – 1. Peanut butter, 2. Really good chocolate protein powder, and 3. Ooey baked oatmeal. I don’t know why I love it so much, but it’s really the most amazing thing ever. Not only straight from the oven and eating with a spoon, but also cold for a quick breakfast…
One of the best things at Mexican restaurants, besides chips and amazing salsa, are quesadillas. As some restaurants they go above and beyond and add carrots, celery, broccoli, and cauliflower(!) to them. As a vegetarian his is an awesome option. Vegan? Not so much. But at home you can! I just went the easy route…
I am the ultimate snacker and all things snacks are my favorite thing – in case you never picked up on that before. One of my favorite things to snack on is chips – the salty flavor of taco chips, but it’s really the crunch. Because I’ll eat any chip really – let’s be honest.…
Who else loves Taco Tuesday but hates thinking about all those calories? A corn tortilla? The best tasting calorie-bomb ever! I love them as much as everyone else but I usually have calorie guilt which makes me not eat them. Give me a sweet potato stuffed with vegan and gluten-free Taco Sloppy Lentils Joes any…
I finally tried the whole roasting your almonds for a different flavor thing, and oh man! Was I (and my friendly family snackers) pleasantly surprised! Of course I couldn’t stop with just trying one flavor, I had to try a few – because you never know right? These have absolutely no sugar or sugar byproduct on…
Sometimes your on a diet (sometimes?) and you want comfort food. That comfort food doesn’t necessarily mean fattening or sugary, it means the ease of popping a can and dumping in a bowl and microwaving. Soup – tomato soup. Here is my easy vegan and gluten-free No Blend Tomato Soup. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~…
Fitting Into Vegan 