Stuffed Shells (Vegan / Plant-based)

Stuffed Shells (Vegan / Plant-based)

Sometimes I find it fun to go back and look at my old recipes from before we were vegan/plant based and see just how unhealthy we ate. I know that everyone has their own reasons for why they have chosen a plant-based or vegan diet, but my personal reasons are for the health benefits. The
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Crowd-pleasing Vegan Lasagna

Crowd-pleasing Vegan Lasagna

We’ve had lots of company lately and this is my all-time favorite lasagna to feed to a crowd.  And it doesn’t matter if it is a plant-loving or meat-loving crowd, everyone loves this lasagna with spinach and zucchini.  My teenage son even says it is his favorite lasagna ever and he isn’t converted to vegan
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Chipotle Black Bean Burgers

Chipotle Black Bean Burgers

  We had the missionaries from our church over last night for dinner. We love having the missionaries over because it’s always fun to see their reactions to the food that we make. Last night was especially fun though because one of them was surprisingly interested in the way we eat. Not only that but
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Fiesta Summer Salad

Fiesta Summer Salad

The summer hot weather is officially here. We’re all looking for cool offerings for lunch and dinner. This Summer Fiesta Salad is right on target and it comes together very quickly.  Totally healthy, totally vegan. We’ve had very busy days at our house the last couple of months.  Last month our son James graduated from
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Veggie Spaghetti

Veggie Spaghetti

My mother was visiting over the weekend and when I have company I want to provide good meals but I don’t want to spend all day in the kitchen.  That’s no fun for me or my company, so I’m always on the lookout for plant-based (vegan) dishes that are company friendly.  Not only do they
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Plant-based Shepherd’s Pie

Plant-based Shepherd’s Pie

Shepherd’s Pie. One of the ultimate comfort foods in my book. We used to eat it with a bunch of meat in it, so when I came to the realization that one of my favorite dinner-time meals could be made into a plant-based meal, and easily, I was ecstatic! How do you plant-base-erize (new word
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Anatomy of a Plant-based Meal

Anatomy of a Plant-based Meal

If you are like me sometimes you are throwing meals together at the last minute with not a lot of planning.  Honestly, many (too many!) of my meals are like that.  We pick up a box of produce every Thursday from the local health food store.  The produce is from a local farmers coop and it is a
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Green Chile Mac and Cheese (Vegan)

Green Chile Mac and Cheese (Vegan)

Can you believe it’s almost July? I sure can’t! I will say though that I’m extremely excited that we will be going to visit my parents for this 4th of July! It’ll be so fun to share some of our favorite veganized barbeque meals with them. We will be doing our favorite bean burgers, carrot
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