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…
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Mexican Stuffed Baked Potato & Bean & Rice Burritio Bowl
You might be surprised to learn that some of my favorite meals don’t come from a recipe. It’s true! Instead they are simple and easy by combing a few ingredients that I have precooked and wallah – you have a meal. Once or twice a week I batch cook a variety of ingredients such as…
Curry Quinoa Stuffed Acorn Squash
One of the things I look forward to in the fall is winter squash. This week at Trader Joe’s they had acorn squash, kabocha squash and butternut! Four of the squash beauties came home with me. The humble acorn squash is lovely on its own but sometimes I want something just a little more special….
Sun Dried Tomato Basil Hummus
The Farmer’s Market has had the most beautiful basil lately. When I get it home I make a fresh cut on the stems and pop it into a jar of water and leave it on my kitchen counter. It will last about two weeks! I have been using it on my water sauteed veggies to…
A Whole Foods Plant Based Road Trip Part Three
These travel tips are good no matter what type of food plan you follow. By taking a cooler filled with food on your vacation not only do you eat healthier but you save a ton of money! Every time we ate a meal from the cooler hubby Tom would say “We just saved $35!” That’s…
A Whole Foods Plant Based Road Trip Part Two
In A Whole Food Plant Based Road Trip Part One I shared about the food, products and other items we packed into our cooler and Subaru. One thing that got the most responses was the RoadPro Stove that plugs into the power source in the car. Since I packed so much awesome homemade food we…
A Whole Foods Plant Based Road Trip! Part One.
When I go on vacation my healthy whole food plant based diet goes with me. At first that can seem daunting because most restaurants are not set up to support a healthy whole foods plant based diet. With some planning, cooking ahead, a good cooler and a few other essentials I am hear to tell…
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…
Dinner In A Bowl – Lentil Chili, Rice & Squash
I just finished dinner you guys and it was so amazing I had to sit down and post about it right away! The inspiration for this meal came from an incredible meal I had back in November. While visiting my parents in Nebraska my mom and had drove to Omaha and had one of the…
Food Prep Is The Key To Staying On Plan – Batch Cooking
We have all heard that old saying “Fail to plan, plan to fail.” It really is true when it comes to eating a healthy diet. When you no longer rely on processed foods it does require some prep and cooking ahead so you always have something to make a meal from. At first it might…