African-Inspired Peanut Stew from Robin Robertson’s new cookbook Fresh from the Vegan Slow Cooker is the perfect cold weather meal. Pop all of the ingredients in your crock pot in the morning, and you’ll have a delicious meal waiting for you at dinner time. This easy recipe is vegan and gluten-free. The Vegan Slow Cooker I actually…
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Avocado Salsa Verde
This Avocado Salsa Verde (or Guaca-Verde-Mole, as I like to call it) is a delicious salsa verde-guacamole hybrid made with tomatillos, avocados, and jalapeño peppers. Last weekend’s co-op share came with lots of little green tomatillos. It also came with a bunch of tomatoes, some jalapeno peppers and quite a few avocados. So I did…
Super Easy Black Bean Tostada
Need a quick and easy dish for dinner a busy weeknight? Look no further than this super easy black bean tostada. Dinner’s ready in just about twenty minutes! Since they’re so simple, you probably don’t need a recipe for tostadas, but I wanted to show just how super quick and easy it is to make a…
Spicy Orange-Sesame Stir-Fry
Dinner doesn’t get more colorful than this Spicy Orange-Sesame Stir-Fry! Bok choy, shiitake mushrooms, red peppers, carrots, and edamame get a boost of favor from a spicy orange-sesame sauce and are then sprinkled with black sesame seeds. I tell my health coaching clients to get at least four colors onto their plates at every meal, with…
10 Tips for Getting a Good Night’s Sleep
Getting a good night’s sleep can be tough. Stress, events from the day, and the anticipation of what’s coming up tomorrow can all interfere with a good night’s rest. These tips for best way to sleep at night will help you catch some zzz’s. A Good Night’s Sleep Even health coaches have a few problems,…
10 Small Kitchen Tips
We’ve moved, and I now have a new kitchen! We’ll it’s an old kitchen, but it’s new to me. My little vintage kitchen was even nominated in The Kitchn’s Small Cool Kitchens Contest! I was actually surprised that my new kitchen would be considered “small” because compared to the glorified hallway I had in my old house,…
My Vegan Story
I don’t know the exact date, but sometime last month was 20th anniversary of my conversion to vegetarianism. I thought I’d celebrate the milestone by telling my vegan story. I’m not exactly sure how I figured out that meat came from animals, but I remember being very little (probably about 6 or 7) when I asked…
I Don’t Have a Dinner Plan Pasta
Even bloggers can sometimes get in a meal rut. there are days when I’m not sure what to cook for dinner or I don’t feel like cooking something Instagram worthy. On those days, I turn to my old standby I Don’t Have a Dinner Plan Pasta. This meal comes together super quickly, and it’s always satisfy….
How to Host a Vegan Party
Whether it’s for a birthday, the holidays, or just because, hosting a vegan party is a great way to show people how delicious vegan food is. And it’s a lot of fun! I’m a firm believer in introducing, and perhaps even converting, people to veganism through delicious food. People ask “if you don’t eat meat…
Main Street Vegan
It’s really difficult to top the review VegNews magazine gave Victoria Moran’s new book Main Street Vegan. Their review starts out with “The Vegan Bible New Testament” in 100 point bold type and uses phrases like “witty, fun, smart” and “magnum opus”. In addition, they predict that Main Street Vegan will be on many year-end…