This Whole Wheat Molasses Quick Bread is a recipe that's been in my family for years and is delicious and healthy. Do you have a recipe that immediately brings you back to your childhood? This is mine. It's Whole Wheat Molasses Quick Bread, but in my family it's known simply as "Grandma ...
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Cacao Coconut Energy Balls
These Cacao Coconut Energy Balls, filled with antioxidants and omega 3 fatty acids, will satisfy your sweet tooth and afternoon hunger! I just love when a snack can be filled with nourishing, health-promoting ingredients, yet still provide ultimate satisfaction. That's exactly what energy balls ...
Quick and Easy Vegan Mushroom Soup
So this is how my life is going lately: I made this Vegan Mushroom Soup about 6 weeks ago. I was immediately in love and knew I wanted to share it with you. I made it again and ate it all up before I took any photos. Aaaaand here we are into spring and I'm sharing a soup recipe. c'est la ...
Wild Rice Stuffed Acorn Squash (Vegan Recipe)
This Wild Rice Stuffed Acorn Squash Recipe makes an easy, but elegant vegan dinner! It's easy enough for a weeknight, yet would make a lovely addition to a Thanksgiving menu. It's my first recipe post of October and I'm so excited to bring you alllll the fall foods! First up is this Wild Rice ...
The BEST Vegan Chocolate Cake
Looking for the BEST Vegan Chocolate Cake in all of the land? Look no further because you have found it! Well, kids, today I'm bringing you something amazing you can bake for the one you love on Valentine's Day. Or Saint Patrick's Day. Or Mother's Day. Whatever the day, when you need a Vegan ...
10-Minute Vegan Nacho Cheese Sauce
If you need a recipe for a quick and easy dairy-free (vegan) nacho cheese sauce, this is it! Dairy and I have a love-hate relationship. I love how it can make almost anything I'm creating in the kitchen taste better. Sorry, that's a fact. But I hate it's inflammatory, mucus-producing, ...
2-Minute Dark Chocolate Brown Rice Porridge
This delicious Brown Rice Porridge recipe is brought to you on behalf of Minute® Ready to Serve Rice. Thank you for inspiring me to create this unique breakfast idea!September is National Rice Month. I thought I'd let you know in case you needed an excuse to eat more rice. Brown rice is a wholesome ...
Salted Double Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies
There are only two things you need to know about these cookies. Just these two things: they are incredibly easy to make and they are insanely good. That's it. Don't worry about anything else. Okay, okay, there's a few more things I should tell you. You would never guess it, but ...
Barley risotto with asparagus
One of my favorite recipes from the cookbook Vegan Yum Yum is the creamy tomato barley risotto. That recipe opened a whole new world for me of risotto-like dishes cooked with barely. The beauty of the recipe is in not just its delciousness, although it is amply delicious, but in its simplicity. ...
Vegan Chili Lime Lentil Tacos
When I track all the food that I consumed for a day (check out the post What this pregnant mama eats), I realized two nutrients I need to make sure I'm getting enough of each day: protein and iron. This is important for anyone eating a plant-based diet, but especially important for a pregnant ...
Eat Yo’ Greens Soup
There was a time when I wouldn't have been excited about a soup full of greens. Cheddar and bacon? Maybe. Greens? Nah. So if you read my title and cringed a little, but are reading just to be nice, I feel ya. I do. But you have to believe me when I say this is a soup to get excited about. ...
Chipotle Quinoa with Corn and Black Beans {and how to adapt for your toddler}
I have a few confessions to make. I don't normally plan our dinners around Meghan's likes. I think more about what Tim and I will like than her. I also rarely prepare her something different than what we are having. There are a couple reasons I do our dinners this way. First, as a toddler, ...