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Plant-based Nutrition – BarBend Interview!
Want to know the nuts and bolts of how vegan strength athletes eat?? Nick over at BarBend was a pleasure to speak with about plant-based nutrition and did a phenomenal job with this article and video. In it he goes…
Plant-Based Groceries Made Cheap and Easy
Welcome to the details behind my earlier post: How We Saved 7000 Annually on Our Plant-Based Grocery Bill! In that post, I talked about the year we spent tracking our plant-based groceries and how we’ve figured out which stores and strategies…
Vegan Pizza with Aquafaba Cashew Cheese Sauce
I’ve been on a vegan pizza rampage lately – today I even made vegan stromboli stuffed with spinach and homemade cashew cheese! Not only was it delicious but it also got 1/2 pound of spinach into each of our children.…
Crispy Tofu “Cutlets” – No Oil Needed!
by Forest Crosbie Today I want to share with you one of my favorite recipes for preparing tofu, which is a staple that I eat almost every day – especially during competition prep. Tofu is a great source of plant…
Vegan Sweet Potato Shepherd’s Pie
Winter is coming, and aren’t we all entitled to comfort food without the unhelpful added fats and sugars? Here is my take on Shepherd’s Pie, chock-full of protein from beans and healthy starch from sweet potatoes! This recipe is…
Stuffed Rainbow Chard Rolls: Perfectly Plant-Based Recipe
Perfect for fall and fancy enough for parties, these beautiful rainbow rolls are a great way to get an abundance of beans and greens! Stuffed Rainbow Chard Rolls plant-based recipe contributed by Danielle Ahart Nelson Ingredients: 1 cup dried French…
Oil-Free Plant-Based Summer Squash and Corn Chowder
Summer Squash and Corn Chowder Who says you can’t have a chowder in summertime?! The key to creating a summer soup that packs a punch of flavor, as well as that familiar comfort we experience in winter is…
Oil-Free Chipotle Sofritas Bowl Recipe
Well. it’s not really a recipe – rather a guide, because it’s so simple. And fortunately, someone else did most of the work to uncover the mystery of the Chipotle sofritas sauce – I just tweaked it a bit to…
Rich, Creamy, Yellow Mac and Cheese Packed with Veggies!
I grew up on Kraft macaroni and cheese (unfortunately), and have never stopped loving creamy pasta dishes over my 14 years as a vegan. I have created many variations on this theme – lots are archived under the recipe index…
Quick White Bean Chili Served Over a Sweet Potato: It’s a Complete Meal in Minutes!
Recently, we appeared on regional CBS6 to promote Meatless Mondays and share as much as we could about the benefits of going 100% plant-based in the 10 minutes of air time we had! I also shared this recipe for white…
Filling Winter Soups to Make in Large Batches
Hot soup is wonderful in the winter. In the warmer months, we always have a big bowl of banana ice cream (frozen bananas blended with cocoa powder) with our standard lunch of a large green salad with tofu strips…
Quick (and Cheap) Dinners
I haven’t posted a recipe in a while and that’s partly because everything I’ve been making is so simple I’d feel silly posting about it. And the quality of the food pictures is terrible. But I’ll share anyway, because simplicity,…
Black Bean Burrito Cooking Demo
Who makes a video of cooking something as obvious as a burrito? Me, that’s who! Why, WHY would I further saturate the internet with something so inane, you might ask? Well, here’s why: There actually are a lot of people…
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We have good news for those of you who may be struggling with transitioning to a vegan diet or preparing nutritious plant-based meals during a busy week: Veestro is here! Veestro is a plant-based, vegan meal delivery service that makes healthy organic…
Roasted Cauliflower and Chickpea Bowl
Actually this recipe has more components than listed – I just didn’t want the title to get out of hand. This meal, which Derek and I just enjoyed for the first time, is filling and really flavorful in spite of…
What Vegan Bodybuilders Eat for Lunch Every Day
This lunch, of basic things like lentils and sweet potatoes, does great things. It makes our lives easier by being simple to make in advance, satisfies sweet cravings on a daily basis, makes our one-year-old happy, and wins bodybuilding competitions.…
Tamarind Barbecue Beans & Yucca
Ok – I realize not everyone has tamarind chutney and yucca lying around…but after tasting this concoction you may decide that you need to. A few months ago, a local (mainly) vegetarian restaurant had a dish that we loved, with…
Meaty Black Bean & Mushroom Tacos or “Quesadillas”
We eat a lot of tacos. I avoid fake ground beef and TVP in my recipes these days in favor of various combinations of beans and veggies both to keep it interesting and to keep it whole foods based. This…
Spanish Rice
Here’s my non-authentic, totally made up and easy version of Spanish rice. “Spanish” Rice 1 clove garlic, chopped 1/2 onion, chopped 1/2 red bell pepper, chopped 1/2 green bell pepper, chopped 1 cup brown rice ( like to use…