Memorial Day weekend means picnics! This salad features spinach, roasted garlic, walnuts, pine nuts, and fresh herbs, and adds healthy deliciousness to picnics and potlucks — or just to your summertime lunch box.
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In these tough times, every grocery dollar matters. Oat milk works like soy, almond, or cow’s milk in recipes or on cereal, at a fraction of the cost. Best of all, the ‘by-products’ of this milk production can be rinsed right from your blender: no veal crates are ever involved!
Want to make your own vanilla extract? It’s super simple. All it takes is two ingredients and a little bit of patience.
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Falafel wins my nomination for ‘Most Delicious Mediterranean Food’ — well anyway, it’s tied with hummus, which means it scores pretty darn high on the deliciousness scale. Traditionally, Greek chefs fry chickpea patties to make this yummy vegetarian treat. But you can make scrumptious baked falafel with much less oil, and much less trouble, twithout that high-fat attention-hogging frying pan!
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This is a simple vegan soup that’s perfect for a chilly spring supper. It works great as a side but is also hearty enough to stand alone as the main dish. Vegan Coconut Milk Soup Ingredients 3 cups vegetable broth 1 fresh piece of ginger (approximately 1 inch), thinly sliced 1 cup coconut milk 2
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Fennel is one of those tasty spring root veggies that confounds a lot of people. It’s got a mild licorice-like flavor and is great chopped into slaws and salads or cooked up in recipes like this creamy peanut fennel soup!
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It’s super simple to make your own kombucha tea, which is awesome because the store bought sort can be super expensive. When you make kombucha, you’re basically hopping up a colony of healthy bacteria with sugar and caffeine. All you need to whip up a batch of your own kombucha tea is sugar, black or green tea bags, and a SCOBY (more on the SCOBY below!).
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This gluten free hummus makes a great appetizer or snack. Sure, beans are good for you and a great vegan source of protein, but it’s important to get more fresh veggies in your diet, too. This cauliflower hummus gives you a healthy dose of cruciferous veggies in every bite!
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Looking to get all the flavor and satisfaction from your favorite pasta but with the health benefits of raw food? Eat all the pasta you want with this raw zucchini pasta! It’s easy, colorful, full of flavor and best of all, mega healthy! Leave the guilt behind and indulge in this yummalicious new way to make an Italian fave!
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It’s the new year and you’re looking for ways to eat your favorite foods in a healthier, lighter way. Well, if mashed potatoes are a weakness, you’ll love this veggie-packed alternative to your favorite comfort food! Even if you scoff at cauliflower, you’ll never know that this mashed cauliflower isn’t made from a spud!
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Who says vegan food can’t be decadent? These vegan chocolate covered pretzels are a kid-friendly snack that are simple to make!
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When the folks at Roland Foods kindly offered to send me some samples of their flavored quinoa to review, I jumped at the chance. Quinoa is healthy, delicious, and easy enough to prepare already, and these seasoned packs looked like they might make it even simpler to whip up a quickie meal.
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This recipe from the new cookbook, Farmstead Chef, was inspired by a big plastic bag filled with various candy canes and peppermint candies left over from holiday festivities.
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