I am feeling all peachy in the kitchen! It’s peach season and I couldn’t be happier. They are naturally sweet and can be enjoyed fresh or cooked. In this post I am sharing some of my favorite recipes that include peaches. Perfect peachy goodness for your next picnic, BBQ or potluck. Why are peaches so…
whole food plant based
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….
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…
Chocolate Pumpkin Oatmeal
Pumpkin and chocolate go well together! Do you ever have a 1/2 cup of canned pumpkin leftover from a recipe and you don’t know what to do with it? You can freeze it and use it in another recipe later or you can go ahead and give this scrumptious oatmeal a try. Not being a…
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…
Vitamix Food Processor Review
The new Vitamix 12 cup food processor attachment has made it’s way into my kitchen and I couldn’t be happier. It was made to fit on the Vitamix Ascent or Venturist series blender bases. There are so many things about this attachment that I like. We made a short video to show you how it…
Nurish Box Delights!
I love sharing the best whole food plant based products that make this lifestyle even more fun and pleasurable. My friend Christopher from Nurish Box loves to do the same. So much so that he created a monthly subscription service called Nurish Box so he can share his amazing product finds with us each and…
Souper Cubes Review & How To Use
My Favorite way to freeze food in perfect portions is by using Souper Cubes. I use Souper Cubes to freeze everything we batch prep for the freezer. As you know I love to batch cook not only for the week ahead but for meals down the road as well. That is where the freezer comes…
Mango Lime Pudding with Raspberry Sauce
Want a special way to end a delicious meal? I have you covered with this light but lucious Mango Lime Pudding with a beautiful Raspberry Sauce. Dessert doesn’t have to be complicated or high calorie for that matter, as you will discover when you make this recipe. This dessert is made with fruit and nothing…
Zesty Quinoa Black Bean Salad
Bright, fresh, and bursting with flavor, this Zesty Quinoa Bean Salad is a vibrant celebration of wholesome ingredients. With fluffy quinoa, hearty black beans, sweet bell peppers, crisp red onion, juicy corn, and a tangy lime dressing, it’s the perfect dish to bring to potlucks, workplace gatherings, or to prep ahead for your weekly meals….