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…
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Batch Cooking in August!
One of the most frequently asked questions I get is how do you batch cook? There are so many different ways to batch cook -batch prep – food. What is batch cooking? Preparing larger quantities of food than just what you can eat for one meal or in one day. This actually cuts down on…
Ultimate Weight Loss Live Vegas Webinar Give-A-Way!
As many of you know I am a student of Chef AJ’s Ultimate Weight Loss on line program! I have taken her and Jay Pea’s Mastery Class and have been a mentor for subsequent classes. It’s a whole food plant based lifestyle that is centered around the calorie density chart and the way of eating…
Best Oil Free Hummus
I wasn’t planning on doing a post this morning but I just made the best no oil hummus and I have to share the recipe. It is the best oil free hummus I have made or tasted – even if I do say so myself! While on my morning walk today I was talking to…
Whole Foods Market Grocery Run
Here in Northern California we are so fortunate to have a wide variety of stores and farmer’s markets to shop at. I find myself shopping at a few stores each week in order to find all the produce and other grocery items that I like to use. Today I am sharing my last Whole Foods…
Shopping Plant Based At Trader Joe’s
When I go shopping I find myself peeking into the carts of fellow shoppers to see what they are buying. You can tell a lot about a person by what they are buying. Readers of my blog and facebook page are always asking me for recommedations on what to buy at Trader Joe’s, Costco and…
Instant Pot Wild Rice
Some people think when you adopt a whole food plant based diet that your menu will be limited and your food choices are restrictive. Actually the opposite is true. Suddenly you discover a wide array of new food choices that you never even thought of before. Wild rice is one of my favorite foods now…
Oat Groats What Are They & How Do You Cook Them?
Just when you think you have tried most of the whole grains and cereals a different one crosses your path. Such is the case with myself and oat groats. Recently my friend Barbara Whitney suggested that I might enjoy oat groats in place of brown rice in savory dishes. In the past I have made…
Plant Based Batch Cooking To Start The Year Off Right!
Happy New Year! What better way to start the New Year then batch cooking and prepping for the week ahead. Since adopting a whole food plant based diet – WFPB – I have found that batch cooking makes my life so much easier. Once a week I spend 4-5 hours cooking and prepping food that…
Plant Based Batch Cooking To Start The Year Off Right!
Happy New Year! What better way to start the New Year then batch cooking and prepping for the week ahead. Since adopting a whole food plant based diet – WFPB – I have found that batch cooking makes my life so much easier. Once a week I spend 4-5 hours cooking and prepping food that…