Looking for an easy beautiful flavorful side dish to make? Oven roasted ratatouille is the answer! This has become a regular menu item at our house. First it is easy to make. It’s inexpensive. You can batch cook it. It doesn’t take a lot of time. It’s super versatile. It is beautiful to look at…
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California Balsamic Vinegar – Sodium Free – Gluten Free – Vegan
It’s interesting how food trends come and go. Forbes magazine says from new flavors to mother less meat the number 1 food trend for 2019 is that more people will stay at home to eat! Eating out isn’t just a big dip in your pocket book. It can also be detrimental to your health. Larger…
My Favorite Things!
I get asked all the time about what my favorite kitchen tools and small appliances are so I thought it was time to turn that into a blog post. I must admit that I do love kitchen gadgets and small kitchen appliances. They can make cooking easier and a lot more fun. Perhaps you have…
Costco Vegan Haul!
Do you enjoy seeing what other people have in their shopping cart? I sure do. Today I am sharing with you some of what I buy at one of my favorite places to shop – Costco! I have already shown you what I buy at Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods Market. Recently I have been…
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…
Hearty Lentil Vegetable Stew
Fall is in the air and it makes me want to start cooking soups, stews and chili. Yes good old comfort food. I love a hearty lentil soup and we tend to like ours to be more like stew – really thick and packed with goodness. For a while now I have been making a…
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…
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…