If you need a simple, fast weeknight meal this Mexican Quinoa Black Beans & Corn recipe also lovingly known as “Beanwah!” could be the answer. We made it in our 6 qt. pressure cooker It uses simple ingredients that you most likely have on hand and it cooks quickly in any electric pressure cooker. (Use…
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The Truth About Weight Loss
I was honored to be asked to participate in the Truth About Weight Loss Summit. I shared my weight loss story and how I finally ended nearly 4 decades of yo-yo dieting. I have been maintaining my weight loss since 2015! Although I feel like I know a lot about weight loss and maintenance I…
Delicious Plant Based Recipes For Entertaining
We all know that if we don’t learn how to make the food easy and delicious we won’t stay with this whole food plant based no oil lifestyle for the long haul. With that in mind we decided to do some hands on cooking with the 14 people who participated in our Ultimate Weight Loss…
Cinnamon Oatmeal Cookies & Granola SOS Free – Dehydrated in the Excalibur & Breville Smart Oven Air
I know what you are thinking, granola or oatmeal cookies without any salt, oil or sugar? Really? Yes really! It can be done and not only is it easy but it’s delicious! We actually recorded this video months ago using the Excalibur dehydrator but just hadn’t gotten around to posting it yet. When Tom finished…
How To Make Tami’s Fruit Turkey Tray!
Thank you so much for all of your interest in the Fruit Turkey Tray I posted on Instagram and Facebook last week. It’s a fun and creative way to have our plant based vegan turkey! Kids love it as well as adults. I made another fruit turkey this week when Sweet Pea spent the night…
Holiday Recipes To Stay Trim & (still) Enjoy All Your Favorites!
My dear friend Shayda from Healthy Cooking with Shayda is an amazing whole food plant based SOS free cook and weight loss success! Shayda collaborated with Chef Mauricio from True North Health Center in Santa Rosa, CA to create a fabulous mouth watering holiday menu that they presented in a recent cooking class. Since so…
Tips For Surviving the Holiday Binge Season!
“The Holiday Binge Season is upon us!” The stores are already stocking the aisles with all those highly processed, high fat, high sugar junk foods that contain no nutrition. The vast majority of us can’t eat these junk foods in moderation. From Halloween to New Years Day people typically eat with abandon and many gain…
Hearty Lentil Shepherd’s Pie
I do love a hearty Lentil Shepherd’s Pie. It’s what comes to mind when I think of good ole down home comfort food. Sometimes that is just what we need to make us feel all warm and cozy from the inside out. A Shepherd’s Pie has been my go to dish for company, potlucks, to…
Chopped Salad with Crunchy JSP Croutons!
If you know me or have followed my blog for any length of time you know how much I love my chopped salads. This new one may very well be my favorite version of a chopped salad yet! I have been making this for my lunch every day for weeks and I look forward to…