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 ...
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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, ...
Whole Wheat Molasses Quick Bread & TODAY Food Club
This post is in partnership with TODAY and was made possible by the Blogger Babes. I received compensation for my participation in this campaign. Thoughts are 100% my own. My name is Maryea and I adore food. You, too? Then I have some excited news to share wtih you. The TODAY Show has a Food ...
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, ...
Lemony Lentil Salad
It was one of those days. You plan to get home at a certain time, but life with a toddler sometimes makes tasks that should take 10 minutes take 20 or 30 minutes. Those few extra minutes wasted taking off shoes and putting them back on because "I DO IT! MEGHAN'S TURN TO PUT ON THE SHOE!" and ...
Vegan Chickpea Tomato Wrap
This Vegan Chickpea Tomato Wrap makes a super quick and easy lunch that is full of flavor!Often times, I eat whatever Meghan is having for lunch. If she's having a mashed banana and tahini sandwich, I go ahead and have one, too. Some days, however, I just want something that I know Meghan most ...
Three Bean Vegetarian Chili in the Slow Cooker
My kitchen had a very good Christmas. She was a little selfish, but got everything she wanted. She received a fabulous all-purpose cooker that is a rice cooker, slow cooker, and steamer in one. It's hard to believe we've gone this long without a slow cooker. I've had fun experimenting with it, ...