This past Saturday we had a house full of people who enjoy natural tasty food and cook the way we do. Everyone brought a dish or two to share. As the hostess I made a dip wtih veggies, soup, rice, fruit platter and a dessert. We get together with this group of friends once a…
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Easy Whole Food Plant Based Batch Cooking
When I first transitioned to a plant based diet I felt like it took up so much of my time just to prepare meals! When you aren’t using convenience items, prepared foods or processed foods you are pretty much making everything from scratch. I finally found my groove by simplifying our meals. I save the…
Creamy Balsamic Dressing – No Oil
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! Thankfully hubby Tom also likes these salads and we can make a meal out of them. Like most people we enjoy a creamy…
South Of The Border Give-A-Way!
As many of you know I am a huge fan of Chef AJ who is a Culinary Queen in the plant based world. Her recipes have been on my favorites list for a long time. So it’s very exciting for me to have been given a sneak preview of the recipes coming out in her…
My Shopping Cart
Do you like looking into the shopping carts of others when you are our shopping? I love to see what other people are buying – it gives you a little insight into their lives. I usually get comments from the check out clerks about how healthy we eat. I love it! It’s also an opportunity…
Pot Luck Recipes – Vegan Gluten Free and Delicious!
Earlier in the week my daughter Katy sent me a link for this recipe and as soon as I looked at it I knew I had to make it ASAP. Holy moly – it’s insanely delicious! I ate it for three meals in a row – yep – that’s how good it is. At first…
Easy Salsa Verde
Hi everyone! I know its been a long time since I posted – our lives have been very busy but I will fill you in on that later. Right now I am so excited to share an easy salsa recipe with you. Our daughter Katy is an excellent cook and she taught me how to…
Sweet Potato Pie Pudding
I don’t know about you but I love sweet potatoes all year long. Of course as soon as fall arrives you start seeing more sweet potato recipes floating around. At our house we enjoy them simply dusted with a little bit of ground cinnamon as a dessert or filled with a smoky lentil chili for…
Nourish Bowl – Comfort Food
One summer we traveled around the beautiful North West and a bit of Canada. Although we ate a lot of our own food from the cooler I scouted out some wonderful vegan restaurants as well. A common menu item that we encountered again and again was called a “Nourish Bowl or Love Bowl.” The name…