This recipe includes a light pesto recipe with a gluten-free whole grain brown rice quinoa pasta. I’ve included chicken sausage so that it is lighter and healthier. I was first inspired to make pesto because the basil in my garden was out of control! Why This Brown Rice Quinoa Pasta is Awesome I made a […]
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Oil-free Pizza Sauce – 100% Whole Food Plant-based
This delicious oil-free pizza sauce can go on any kind of pizza or even with breadsticks. It is awesome with my Pineapple Pepper Plant-based Pizza and my Crispy Thin Chickpea Flour Pizza Crust!
Thai Tempeh Lettuce Wraps
Thai Tempeh Lettuce Wraps – A Delicious Accident This Thai tempeh lettuce wraps recipe was a totally delicious accident! I had a bunch of leftover chicken and tempeh that had to get used and an overabundance of lettuce, so I figured I would make some Asian peanut chicken and tempeh wraps. This recipe is inspired […]
Homemade Spicy Nacho Doritos® Seasoning for Healthy Snacks
Trying to avoid butter and oil can be hard when you are trying to follow a whole food plant-based diet. Especially when avoiding it compromises having your favorite snacks, like tortilla chips and popcorn. Try this Spicy Nacho Doritos® seasoning recipe and you won’t miss the junk food! Spicy Nacho Doritos® Can Be a Healthy […]
Jackfruit Korean BBQ Tacos
These jackfruit tacos add unique and exotic flavors to your plant-based diet with the Korean BBQ sauce that nicely complements the jackfruit filling. The juicy jackfruit flesh with this sauce makes irresistible sweet and savory tacos. In this jackfruit tacos recipe, we will add some coleslaw as well to give them a creamy and crunchy […]
Kombucha Smoothie – Boosting ‘Bucha Berry Banana and Beet
This mood-boosting smoothie is a lovely marriage between two of my favorite things – kombucha and smoothies! I am addicted to kombucha. Kombucha contains probiotics since it is fermented and consuming it improves the health of your microbiome 3. Since the gut and the mind are connected, a healthy gut means a good mood. Well, […]
Fluffy Whole Wheat Vegan Pancakes
I’ve been experimenting with a lot of different kinds of pancake recipes and most of them have been awesome, until I came up with these fluffy whole wheat vegan pancakes! I was worried that baking powder wasn’t good for you, so I was avoiding it altogether. I did a little research on the science behind […]
Tasty Guacamole with Tomatoes
On Cinco de Mayo this year, I did a live chat with my Instagram and Facebook followers making tamales for the first time and having a couple margaritas. I made this tasty guacamole with tomatoes before making vegan tamales with chili lime jackfruit carnitas with my kitchen sidekick (boyfriend) and I to eat as we […]
3 Easy and Healthy Summer Salads for Mother’s Day Outdoor BBQ Picnic
It’s often difficult to get a reservation on Mother’s Day at a restaurant, let alone trying to get one during this virus pandemic. Restaurants are slowly starting to open again here in Orlando, but I imagine available Mother’s Day reservations are few and far between. As an often overly optimistic person, I’ve seen a very […]