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Supplements: A Hate-Love Story (and How Needles Saved My Arse)

Hate: As I hinted at in my post about canceling the May 2014 Virtual Vegan Potluck, the past couple of years have been rough on my physical (and emotional) self and everything was crying out …

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A Letter To Cooking Light

Maybe it’s because I’m getting older and more inclined to speak my mind.  Maybe it’s because I’m so passionate about being vegan.  Maybe it’s something I haven’t even thought of yet.  Whatever it is, I’ve …

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The Vegan Option

In November 2011, I published an article on Technorati called Misguided Eating: The Nose to Toes Food Trend, which promptly sank into oblivion.  But I’m not finished with the topic.  And that’s because what inspired …

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Post-Holiday Detox: Simple Black Beans, Brown Rice and Vegetables

If you overindulged during Christmas, this simple meal might just assuage your guilt – and your body will most definitely thank you for providing it with such a delicious dose of nutrition.  I took a …

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Pesto Pasta e Fagioli

This is the soup I make when my stomach is demanding something fast, delicious and satisfying to eat – but the cupboards are nearly bare.  The staple ingredients are always in my pantry and except …

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Warming Winter Stew with Cilantro Chimichurri

I’m a lightweight when it comes to spicy dishes – yet I’m addicted to chipotle peppers.  I add Chipotle Tabasco or pureed chipotle peppers to many of my recipes – just to get that tangy …

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Curried Swiss Chard Soup with White Beans

Sometimes the very things that make a recipe appealing – ease of preparation, few ingredients – are the same things that cause me to wonder whether or not it could possibly be good.  How could …

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Roasted Eggplant Sandwiches with Caramelized Onions and Roasted Tomato Sauce

Thank goodness the days of sandwiches comprised of bland bread, uninspiring cold cuts and flavorless slices of cheese are behind me.  Going vegan means getting creative – and sandwiches are no exception.  Chances are everything …

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Slow-Cooker Gingery Red Lentils

Recipes don’t come much easier than this one – and definitely not for the complexity of flavor that ends up in your bowl.  There are only 7 ingredients.  You put everything in a crock-pot and …

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Three Little Juices

Matthew Kenney in his book, Everyday Raw writes of his Sweet Green Juice: “Green juice is simply one of the finest things you can offer your body.”  It really feels that way when you drink …

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Good Morning Muffins

I came across this recipe last winter while living briefly in Bountiful, UT – without my comforting retinue of cookbooks to plunder for baked goodies.  Lo and behold, Whole Foods has a whole treasure trove …

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Acorn Squash Stuffed with Wild Rice and Cranberries

Having most of the autumn-tinged flavors associated with Thanksgiving, I think this would make a delicious vegan main dish for the main event.  Accompanied by a simple shallot and haricot vert salad dressed with no-oil …

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Mushroom, Black Bean and Corn Tacos

This is a super-speedy and delicious meal for an evening when you have more hunger than time.  Cooking the vegetables in beer rather than oil not only keeps fat calories at a minimum, it lends …

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Pumpkin-Peanut Soup with Cilantro and Pepitas

Pumpkin has been appearing in many of our foods this fall: cookies, muffins, waffles, stir-fry and now soup.  This is another quick and easy recipe loaded with rich, autumnal flavors that will warm you up …

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Hazelnut Waffles

Sunday…lovely, drowsy, slow, lazy Sunday (or anyway, that’s my dream idea of Sunday).  On Saturday night I’m already looking forward to Sunday breakfast because it means one of two things: pancakes or waffles.  These whole …

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Tomato Soup with Roasted Chickpeas and Almonds

At 10:30 am I opened the refrigerator to see what our lunch options were and, depressed by the selection of leftovers, I decided lunch that chilly and windy day called for a big bowl of …

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100% Whole Wheat No-Knead Bread

Sometimes I still find it a little hard to believe that a crusty, hearty, whole grain loaf of bread can be made at home – without an overnight soaker or pre-ferment or spending 15 minutes …

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Slow-Cooker Rice Pudding

What is the matter with Mary Jane? She’s perfectly well and hasn’t a pain, And it’s lovely rice pudding for dinner again! What is the matter with Mary Jane? – A.A. Milne I suppose if …

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Open-Faced Sandwich: Curried Garbanzo Spread with Tomato Chutney, Avocado and Sprouts

This is definitely one of those knife-and-fork kind of sandwiches.  It’s one my grandmother might have called an “everybody do everything” sandwich because it has so many different ingredients and lots of flavor.  There’s the …

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Perfect for Dipping

I’m sharing a flavorful and easy carrot cracker recipe today on my sister blog, Dough, Dirt & Dye – which would go perfectly with my Curried Garbanzo Bean Dip… And if you’re in the reading …

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Middle Eastern Lentils & Rice w/ Lemony Salad

I love just about anything with lentils; they’re quick to prepare, inexpensive, tasty and as they cook down they kind of melt and give way and add a nice creaminess and body to soups and …

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Super Broccoli

Usually when I hear the words “scientist” and “food” used together, my hackles rise.  That was the case this morning when I saw the headline announcing that British scientists had developed a super broccoli which …

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Sprout It Out

Right next door to a small Mexican restaurant (where they’ll make you a vegan burrito if you ask) in an industrial part of Salt Lake City, there’s a small, unassuming store that’s easy to miss.  …

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Simple Side Salad w/ No-Oil Vinaigrette

I know, I know – a salad is to a vegan what a sock is to a shoe, or what jelly means to peanut butter: totally obvious.  But don’t underestimate a good salad!  I’m often …

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Morning Fuel, Made the Night Before

This post is a bit of a cheat.  A  variation of this morning cereal recipe already exists on my other blog, Dough, Dirt & Dye, but it’s worth sharing again – and this recipe is …

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Goodbye, Basil

The night before we expected a hard frost, Kel picked as much basil as he could and sure enough, the frost wiped out nearly everything in the garden – including the Thai and Italian basil …

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C’mon Baby (Don’t Fear the Vegan)

A recent Wall Street Journal article quoted a vegan baker in Columbus, Ohio as saying, “Middle America is turned off by   vegans,” and, well, I think she’s probably right.  At least my personal experience tells …

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