Bright, fresh, and bursting with flavor, this Zesty Quinoa Bean Salad is a vibrant celebration of wholesome ingredients. With fluffy quinoa, hearty black beans, sweet bell peppers, crisp red onion, juicy corn, and a tangy lime dressing, it’s the perfect dish to bring to potlucks, workplace gatherings, or to prep ahead for your weekly meals….
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Joanie’s Pumpkin Black Bean Soup
Back in 2018, I had a group of vegan friends over for a salad potluck. Everyone was to bring a favorite salad to share. The day before our gathering my friend Joanie sent a message asking if she could bring a pot of soup instead – of course I said yes. She showed up with…
Sweet Apple Kale Slaw
It is really feeling like Autumn here and I love it! I have been making this crunchy Sweet Apple Kale Slaw to serve along side our soups and stews. I pair this salad with my recipe for Hearty Lentil Vegetable Stew – which is getting rave reviews from my readers. The addition of apples and…
Taco Salad Anyone?
I do love Mexican food, taco salads and chopped salads. So yesterday I combined all of my favorites into an excellent Big Beautiful Chopped Taco Salad. It was spicy, crunchy, filling and yes – even healthy! My tastebuds were happy, my tummy was full and I took delight in knowing that I fed myself a…
Mexican Chopped Salad
You all know how much I love my Big Beautiful Chopped Salads that I eat everyday for lunch. I have now created a new one that is so different and captures all the wonderful flavors of the Mexican and Southwest food that I love. It is still easy – peasy – which is the only…
How To Plan a Whole Food Plant Based Burrito Bowl Buffet
Entertaining can be stressful – there are so many decisions to be made and when you transition to a whole food plant based diet and you have no idea what to serve to company! Does this resonate with anyone? I have been eating a WFPB (whole food plant based diet) for 4 1/2 years and…
How To Cut A Fresh Pineapple Quick & Easy
I love fresh pineapple all year long and fortunately we are able to purchase them all year long. I used to dread cutting the pineapple up and sometimes I would cheat and buy the already cut pineapple at Costco or Sams’ Club. But that was so expensive and sometimes the pineapple wasn’t completely ripe so…
Breville Smart Oven Air – No oil Air Frying – Plant Based
This past May we purchased the Breville Smart Oven Air – it is an incredible kitchen appliance. It’s a toaster oven on steroids! Seriously this appliance bakes, broils, roasts, reheats, works as a slow cooker, toaster, has a pizza setting, is an air fryer and a dehydrator! It almost sounds too good to be true…
Fresh Spring Roll Wraps / Gluten Free
One of my favorite appetizers or light meals is Vietnamese Spring Rolls. They are so refreshing and light because they are not fried. I love the colorful, crunchy fresh vegetables all wrapped up inside a rice paper wrap! They are so easy to make at home and you can use whatever vegetables you happen to…
Tacos with Jicama Tortillas
Once a month we get together for a whole food plant based pot luck with a lovely group of friends. The friendships, conversation and food is fabulous. We always get introduced to some new recipe and get to try some new foods as well. My friend Lorna introduced us to lentil tacos using jicama tortillas!…