Yes, you can oven roast garlic successfully without any oil. Roasting garlic takes the “bite” out of the garlic. Once roasted it becomes, buttery, nutty, creamy and delicious. It still taste like garlic but a little sweeter and more mild. It can be added to so many sauces, dressings, dips and other recipes. Mashed potatoes…
Vegan Recipes
Oil Free Basil Pesto
I have been playing around with creating an oil free pesto for months. I finally have a recipe that I love. It uses fresh basil as well as arugula and spinach, zucchini, garlic, lemon juice and a very small amount of nutritional yeast, walnuts and pumpkin seeds. It is incredibly delicious served on pasta, air…
Cheesy Broccoli Rice Casserole – Vegan
This is a throw back to my days before I adopted a whole food plant based lifestyle. I do like a good casserole – there is something comforting about them. For this one I use leftover brown rice, steamed broccoli and my Chipotle Nacho Cheese sauce made with butternut squash. The squash makes it a…
Vegan Sheet Pan Pancakes / Vitamix
Have you heard about Sheet Pan Pancakes? Our daughter makes them for her family of five because it is such a time saver. Everyone gets hot pancakes at the same time. Why didn’t I think of that when I was feeding a family? Get used to square pancakes because this method is so easy –…
Smoky Vegan Beans & Rice
Beans and Rice are central to a whole food plant based lifestyle. There are many ways to combine them for healthy delicious meals. This recipe came about when I needed to make beans as a side dish for a Mexican themed pot luck. Over the months it has morphed into this declicious beans and rice….
Tom’s Dump Soup
You asked for it and Tom finally has written down a recipe for Tom’s Dump Soup! Chef AJ was at our house one day when Tom was making Dump Soup for his lunch and she thought it looked good and smelled good so she asked him to make it on the Truth About Weight Loss…
Easy Blueberry Sauce
These simple ingredients combine to make a blueberry sauce that is naturally sweet and incredibly delicious! I think you are going to love it. Thick, sweet and perfect for topping pancakes, waffles, oatmeal, muffins, vegan yogurt, nice cream, rice pudding or you might enjoy it with a spoon right from the bowl. I won’t tell…
Sheet Pan Breakfast Potatoes Oil Free
I love potatoes and eat them daily. They are delicious, filling and easy to find. These breakfast potatoes are very easy to make and you can double the recipe to feed a crowd. They include red onion, bell peppers and a couple seasonings. That’s it! I told you they were easy to make. Batch cook…
Plant Living Made Easy with Tami & Sia on GoodSelf
I am very excited about a fun new way to connect with the plant based community. What makes it even more special is collaborating with my dear friend Sia from 6D Living all the way from Greece! No, I am not traveling to Greece for our talks, (wish I was) as it will all be…
How To Get Started On a Whole Food Plant Based Lifestyle
Many of you have reached out asking how to get started on a Whole Food Plant Based Lifestyle. So I am putting this information here for you to use. It should help you get started. Please share this post with anyone who is interested in adopting this lifestyle. Bookmark the page so you can come…