Adventures in Plant Based Living and Sustainability
This creamy tomato sauce recipe is the perfect complement to protein-packed chickpea pasta. In the world of vegan pasta recipes, it perfectly pairs the sweet and savory of coconut cream, with the rich umami of caramelized tomato paste and the spicy bite of crush red pepper.
Leave the tuna alone! This chickpea tuna salad is the perfect option for an easy vegan lunch. Vegan tuna salad is the sustainable answer to the original comfort food. I like mine loaded with carrots, celery and almonds and spiced up with lemon juice, Dijon mustard and crushed red pepper.
[skip to recipe] The Highlights Vegan Savory & satisfying Oil-free (optional) Party pleasers — they look like the real deal! Real Scallops or the Vegan Version? A year ago I had a vegan scallop and I’ve been thinking about it ever since. I don’t remember […]
[skip to recipe] The Highlights Vegan Dairy-free, but still creamy and delicious Warm and savory Oil-free Chock full of plant-based ingredients (tomatoes, spinach, onion & garlic) Winter Calls For (Healthy) Savory Soups There’s just something nice about making a soup for dinner when the snow […]
[skip to recipe] The Highlights Vegan (dairy-free) Six simple ingredients 1-blender recipe (quick & easy clean-up) Almond Vegan “Cream Cheese” Over the last few months, I’ve been sharing my experiments with different vegan nut-based “cheeses.” My family misses cheese the most and not having cheese […]
[skip to recipe] A few weeks ago some friends of mine sent me home with a grocery bag full of fresh garden tomatoes. I was visiting them in Denver from my mountain home in Steamboat Springs, a difference of nearly 2,000 ft. in elevation gain […]
Vegan Eggs Benedict I spend a lot of time in the kitchen trying to recreate my favorite dishes in a healthier, plant-based fashion. Take, for example, my hearts of palm fish tacos, my garbanzo bean no tuna fish sandwiches, or my vegan sushi rolls. This […]
Southwestern Black Bean, Quinoa and Sweet Potato Veggie Burgers Veggie burgers are no longer the unpalatable frozen patties of the past. Today, recipes abound with veggie burgers full of all kinds of good ingredients. They’re flavorful, good for you and some versions will even hold […]