As a health coach, I often see clients who lead busy lives and don’t have too much time to cook dinner when they get home in the evening. Sometimes they’re just too exhausted from the workday to prepare a big meal. Often they are ravenous when they leave work so they stop for take-out or…
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10 Tips for Eating Out as A Vegan
Just as with any type of special diet, eating out as a vegan can be tough. You’re putting your faith (and stomach) in the hands of a stranger, and you can’t be 100% sure they’ll be able to feed you an edible meal. It used to be that the only foods vegans could eat at…
Sante Fe Vegan Breakfast Quesadillas
Breakfast doesn’t get any tastier than these vegan breakfast quesadillas! Loaded with peppers, onions, and tofu, this dish is definitely something worth waking up for! A few weeks ago, I shared a recipe for The Vegan Popeye Tofu Scramble, which is my version of a dish from a local pancake house. Today, I’m sharing another…
Praise Seitan
One of my favorite vegan protein sources is seitan. Despite how the name sounds, seitan isn’t food of choice for satanic vegans, it’s actually a tasty meatless food made from wheat gluten. It’s pronounced as it looks – say-tan. As a meat substitute, seitan isn’t quite as popular in mainstream cuisine as tofu yet. Maybe…
Roasted Chickpea Taco Salad with Creamy Chipotle Lime Dressing
Taco Salad gets a tasty makeover with roasted chickpeas, creamy chipotle lime dressing, and Beanfields Pico de Gallo Rice and Bean Chips. This salad is great for both lunch or dinner! I’m a sucker for tacos. I make them at least once a week, and I’m constantly playing with fillings and toppings, so I rarely make…
Vegan Disco Fries
Drizzled with cashew cheese sauce and mushroom gravy, these Vegan Disco Fries are perfect for late night snacking. I participated in VeganMoFo last year, posting food photos on Instagram to correspond with each daily prompt. One of the suggestions was to post a dish that’s close to home, something from your own country, state, or…
CSA Layered Indian Dinner from The Ultimate Vegan Cookbook for Your Instant Pot
Break out your Instant Pot and make Kathy Hester’s CSA Layered Indian Dinner. This recipe comes together in no time – just mix the ingredients together, set it, and forget it. Dinner is that easy! Knowing he can never go wrong with a shiny new kitchen gadget, Dennis bought me an Instant Pot for Valentine’s…
35 Vegan Brunch Recipes
I love all meals, but if I had to pick a favorite, it would be be brunch. I just love vegan brunch food – I love scrambles, waffles, omelets, and hash browns. Brunch is usually reserved for weekends and holidays, because no one really has time to make big meals that early on a weekday….
Hoppin’ John Tofu Scramble
Start 2017 out with a breakfast of Hoppin’ John Tofu Scramble for a prosperous new year! Over the past few years, I’ve started the custom of having Hoppin’ John on New Year’s Day – or at least some sort of meal that contains black-eyed peas and collard greens. This is actually a Southern tradition that…
Maple-Miso Tempeh Cutlets
These tasty Maple-Miso Tempeh Cutlets from But My Family Would Never Eat Vegan by Kristy Turner are a perfect main dish for holiday meals. I absolutely loved Kristy Turner’s first book But I Could Never Go Vegan, so I when I found out that she was working on a second book, I couldn’t wait to…
