A delicious new twist on hummus made with warm spices like cinnamon, nutmeg, cardamon and served as a dessert! Lightly sweetened with no sugar added apple juice and medjool dates. Kid friendly and parent approved. Thank you to everyone who follows our blog, Facebook page and our YouTube channel. Your support and comments are greatly appreciated! Be sure…
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Get Healthy Sacramento 2019 Recap
What an exciting weekend we had with our friend and mentor Chef AJ. She stayed with us this past weekend as she was a speaker at the Get Healthy Sacramento Speaker Series organized by our friend Linda Middlesworth. It was an amazing afternoon of plant based super stars! Several people commented on the incredible energy…
Reflections on 2018 – Out with the old and in with the new!
What words would you use to describe your life in 2018? Personally my words cross a whole host of mixed emotions. Exciting, hopeful, scary, worrisome, tiring, jubilation, blessed, grateful, prayerful, faith, anxiety, relief, joy and happiness. Not in any particular order – emotions around here were all over the place – quite often all in…
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…
Taco Salad Anyone?
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…
Make A Great Tasting Ketchup & BBQ Sauce – No Added Sugar!
If you are trying to eat a clean healthy whole food plant based diet you become a proficient label reader. That is when you notice that condiments are full of sugar and salt. Now you start looking for recipes to make your own condiments. So when your on line friend posts a ketchup recipe that…
Watch the Video of Tami & Al’s Radio Interview!
You might recall that a couple weeks ago Al Schmidt and I were guests of Peggy Bean on her SOS radio show on KVMR FM 89.5. Peggy allowed hubby Tom to video tape the interview and post it on our You Tube channel. Al is our 82 years young friend who reversed his heart disease…
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…