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Deux (Two) Bean Vegan Chili
(Disclaimer: This recipe is a repost from my earlier blogging days. For the initial post I forgot to take a picture of the chili because it was so good that my husband (then fiancé) and I ate it all....
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Post-Workout Superfood Green Smoothie
Working out has never really been my “thing.” I’ve always been slightly skeptical of the inclination in society to promote high intensity, repetitive, and strenuous movement as a necessity for health....
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Vegan Tortilla Soup
After having a spring weather like drought here in Northern California, we are finally graced with a nice amount of rain. What I love about weather changes is that along with them come various...
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Homemade Vegetable Broth (From Produce Scraps)
My blogging has been a bit slow this week because my hand got into an altercation with a mandolin slicer and sorry to say the mandolin slicer won. I’ve been unable to type for any sustained periods of...
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Raw Brazil Nut Milk
One of the aspects of living a plant based life, is learning the delicate balance of responding to people who are shocked that you do not consume an animal food diet. While I anticipate comments and...
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As Sweet As Fine Wine: Valentine Fruit and Veggie Juice
Why not make your Valentine’s Day a healthy one? I mean really, why not? It’s easy to view holidays and special occasions as the ubiquitous “cheat day.” We hear that all the time, in popular “health”...
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Vegan and Gluten Free Macaroni & Cheese w/ Broccoli and Mushrooms
I have not had the best of luck with vegan and gluten free macaroni and cheese recipes. This is mainly because I do not like the flavor of nutritional yeast, which most recipes call for. Also the...
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No-Bake Vegan Sweet Potato Bars
My family likes to “donate” their unused produce to me because they know I will never let it go to waste. Plus they’re always intrigued with the different ways that I prepare my produce. Recently my...
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Simple and Quick Baked Apples and Pears
Currently there is a zero tolerance processed sugar rule in my house. This restriction is not for me but for my sugar loving husband. If he had it his way he’d eat cake and cookies in place of dinner...
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Chocolate Chip and Peanut Milkshake
As a graduate student who has the privilege of working from home, I have to find ways to make quick meals and snacks that do not distract me from getting my work done during the day. This is easier...
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Turmeric Latte (Dairy-Free)
The month of January has really not been that great for me. I started the year sick and I am just now starting to feel better. After having a cold for the first two weeks of the month, I recovered for...
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Raw Vegan Coconut Yogurt
Dairy based yogurt never really appealed to me as a staple food, except in cases when I wanted to be “healthy” so I would load up on yogurt cups because they were purported to be “good for you.” Like...
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Homemade Raw Almond Butter
Recently, I have been very hesitant about purchasing my normal jar of raw almond butter. It runs about $17 a jar and with the frequency with which I consume the entire thing, spending that much on a...
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More on Kombucha: The Second Ferment
In my last kombucha post, I briefly covered the process of secondary fermentation which flavors and carbonates your kombucha tea. What is exciting about the second ferment is that the possibilities...
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Embracing the New Year 2014: Ruminating on Detoxification
Over the last year or so detox has become the big buzz word of the moment. Juice cleanses and liquid fasts have dominated mainstream conversations on cleansing the body to promote overall health and...
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Raw Smoked Jalapeño Sauerkraut
I first off must thank my husband putting up with my fermentation lab. While making this sauerkraut he lived through a few days of a pungent smelling kitchen BUT we both survived and have delicious...
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Red Raspberry Leaf Kombucha: A Feminine Brew (+ Grow Your Own Scoby)
After discovering my gluten allergy, probiotics became my saving grace to help rebuild my intestinal villi back to a healthy state. Probiotics are essentially strains of healthy bacteria that aid your...
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Raw Vegan Holiday Nog
I can’t say that I ever really enjoyed egg nog before I converted to a plant based diet. I remember maybe once as a child tasting a sip at my grandmother’s house and thinking this thick stuff tastes...
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7 Plant Based Pantry Essentials
Getting acquainted with plant based living is nothing less than overwhelming at first. When I began transitioning to a plant based diet I was naive to believe I needed every new ingredient I...
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Currently Reading: “Mama Glow” by Latham Thomas
I wish I were able to say my attempt to conceive was successful on the first try like so many other women I know but it hasn’t exactly been just that easy. My husband and I have tried for four months...
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