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Good Morning Smoothie, Our Every-Morning Breakfast
Like I mentioned in the title, this is the smoothie that we drink every morning for breakfast. Most mornings, this is the only thing that I eat for breakfast, but I occasionally have a bowl of oatmeal along with my smoothie. My daughter has a bowl of oatmeal (or two!) every morning after she drinks
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Freezing Bananas: What To Do With Browning Bananas
Ever wondered what to do with those browning bananas you bought? Well, besides the obvious of make banana bread, you should freeze them! We have to do this quite often with our bananas. We only go shopping once every two weeks so the bananas I buy usually start to brown and are ready for freezing.
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Baking with a Toddler
I love baking with my daughter. Look at that happy face! Who wouldn’t?! It’s so fun to watch her grow and learn new things through baking. Although there are plenty of times when I just want to pull my hair out or throw in the towel and say ENOUGH to the mess, I really do
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A 30-Day Vegan Challenge!
Happy birthday to me! Actually, today is my wonderful husband’s birthday! Happy Birthday, Ron! It’s a perfect day to issue a challenge. May 12th is my birthday, and in a couple of days it will be 30 days from my birthday. So here’s the challenge: starting April 12th, eat a 100% plant based diet for
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Black Bean Soup, a Family Staple
I love black bean soup. The first time I had this was when I was visiting my daughter Stephanie in Idaho. I volunteered to babysit the grandkids while she ran some errands, and she left a black bean soup recipe for me to fix for lunch. I’ve since veganized (is that a word?) the recipe and
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Plant-based Banana Bread Muffins
I love banana bread! I love it when I realize that we weren’t able to use up all our bananas in our smoothies. Although most of the left-over bananas are chopped up and thrown into our freezer, I still sometimes take advantage of the opportunity and make a batch of banana bread. These muffins are
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How to: Make Vegan Burgers Using Last Night’s Soup
As previously promised, here is the recipe for making burgers using last night’s soup! I love the idea of this because sometimes I really want burgers, but I really don’t feel like putting in all that extra work that comes with home-made vegan burgers. Another thing that I love is that it uses your left-overs
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Loaded Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookie Popsicles
It is finally starting to get warm enough here in Texas for popsicles and we are excited! Of course I say that and then watch, there will be a cold front tomorrow. I love a good popsicle on a hot summer day. My daughter especially likes them too. In fact, today we went to Ikea
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