Batch cooking is a game-changer for saving time in the kitchen, especially, when committed to eating healthy, whole-food, plant-based meals. Since we’re usually, preparing most of our food from scratch, the process, can be time-consuming. However, by incorporating a few strategic tips, we can streamline our efforts and make batch cooking even more efficient. With…
Whole Food Plant Based Diet
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…
Tandoori Cauliflower with Chef Rajeev Basak
What an honor it was to interview Sr Executive Chef Rajeev Basak on the Windstar, Star Breeze Cruise Ship in Alaska along with my dear friend Shayda Soleymani from Healthy Cooking with Shayda. Chef Rajeev taught us how to make his incredible Tandoor Cauliflower two ways. You don’t even have to like cauliflower to fall…
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…
The Secrets To Ultimate Weight Loss – Chef AJ
Chef AJ’s book “The Secrets To Ultimate Weight Loss” is now on Amazon! I am so excited about this because Chef AJ’s Ultimate Weight Loss Program has changed my life. I was a yo – yo dieter until I joined her program in 2015. I got to my goal weight easily following her program and…
Whole Food Plant Based Easter Recipes
There are so many awesome whole food plant based recipes that even your non plant loving family and friends will enjoy. The secret is to not tell them ahead of time that it’s plant based – some people have a bias if they know in advance. I love seeing how much they enjoy something that…
My First Live Cooking Demonstration Was A Success!
I have quite few cooking videos under my belt at this time and I feel fairly confident doing those. Last week I had my first live cooking demonstration in front of a group of people. I will tell you that I was so nervous the day of that I couldn’t eat! Almost nothing get’s in…
Al’s Story Just Keeps Getting Better… Part Two
Since I said this was my Christmas gift to all of you and I’m wrapping gifts this week I had better “wrap” this one up as well! Thank you to everyone who left comments for Al on part one. He is reading them and responding and he is bit surprised at everyone’s reaction. So many…
Meet Al who at age 81 Reversed His Heart Disease! (Part One)
In November of this year I met Al Schmidt at a vegan meet up group at a local vegan restaurant. As soon as we discovered that we both were following an SOS free whole food plant based diet (no salt, no oil, no sugar) we became instant friends! I am so inspired by Al’s story…
Oven Roasted Kabocha Squash
One of my favorite foods is winter squash. There are so many scrumptious varieties and I have enjoyed all that I have tried. My favorite winter squash is Kabocha squash. It’s that plump looking green one that reminds you a little bit of a pumpkin but it’s, well – green on the outside. Winter squash…