I am a huge fan of freshly grated Nutmeg! Given my blog name perhaps you have already figured that out! I was wondering around a kitchen supply store maybe eight or ten years ago when I spotted the cutest little hand held grater that had storage in the top of it and it came with a…
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My First Cooking Video / Batch Cooking
I decided to step out of my comfort zone and into the world of making a cooking video! For my first venture into this unknown territory I played it safe and did all my cooking off camera and invite you into my kitchen to take a peek at the finished products. This allowed me to…
Creamy Balsamic Dressing – No Oil, No Nuts
Salads are a big part of my weekly menu and I’m not talking about little itty – bitty side salads. No I am talking about Big Beautiful Salads – BBS for short! It’s also delicious on Chopped Salads. Thankfully hubby Tom also likes these salads and we can make a meal out of them. Like…
Vegan Multi Bean Soup – Slow Cooker
Vegan Multi Bean Soup – Slow Cooker 9 cups low sodium vegetable broth 1 – 20 ounce pkg dried multi bean soup mix, sorted, rinsed (toss the flavor packet that comes with it) no need to pre-soak the beans 4 medium carrots, peeled, chopped 3 medium stalks celery, chopped 2 cups of peeled, diced potato…
Donna’s Vegan Cheeze Sauce
I am super excited to share this recipe with you all today! In the past two years since moving to a plant based diet I have tried many vegan/plant based cheese sauce recipes. Some of them were down right awful and others were just okay. That all changed when my friend Donna Weifert shared her…
How to Saute Vegetables Oil Free
I love, love, love vegetables! There aren’t too many of them that I don’t like so I have a never ending variety to choose from. Fresh, frozen, steamed, oven roasted or sauteed in a pan – I like them all. Maybe that’s why a plant based diet was so easy to transition to. At first…
Split Pea & Yam Soup
Split pea soup is one of my all time favorite soups! The addition of yams makes it even more special – the creaminess of the split peas is the perfect match with yams – who knew? This is a simple recipe that goes together quickly and split peas are a fairly fast cook as well….
Thanksgiving Family Food & Fun
We really changed things up this year for Thanksgiving since our daughter Katy and her hubby Esau hosted both families for the big day. They recently moved into their first home and were delighted to have enough room for everyone. They were gracious hosts and we had a lovely time! Katy made all of…
Chocolate Mint Smoothie
I have enjoyed so many amazing smoothie recipes on the Green Smoothie Challenge see my last post for all the details. It has my creative juices flowing and I keep having ideas for new flavors. Earlier this week I wanted a chocolate mint smoothie but I didn’t have fresh mint at the time so I…
Chocolate Ganache Pudding
The photo doesn’t do this dessert any justice. It’s so difficult to get good photos at night this time of year – sigh. It’s time to fess up and share with you that the base of this decadent dessert is none other than a can of cannelleni beans (or a box if you buy the…