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So far I have made potato and carrot cheez sauce, winter squash cheez sauce, one with beans in it  and just got around to making cashew cheez sauce. I feel like my favorite version is the cashew so far. I have heard that using a raw cashew butter can replace raw cashews and having to blend them. I don't know the ratio and I haven't tried this version. The cashew butters near me are pricey and buying a pound of raw cashews is cheaper and I have had success with using them. I have seen several versions on YouTube and recently found this one from a few yeas back on Ingrid's channel! I tweaked it a little bit. I also don't have a fancy high speed blender. This is part of the reason why I have been hesitant to test it out. Many recipes will tell you to soak them for 30 minutes to a few hours or even overnight. If you have a high speed blender, blend away. But I was advised to boil the cashews for about 10 to 15 minutes, drain and rinse them. I ended up bo...

I couldn't decide on a Caesar dressing recipe. So I combined a lot of ingredients from several versions and made up my own. I didn't measure. I just eye-ball and taste to my liking. What I ended up putting in it, I can roughly estimate measurements, but adjust them to your taste.. 1/2 cup Vegan mayo (I use Hampton Creek) probably 1/2 cup of nooch (nutritional yeast) 1 tablespoon minced garlic 1 tablespoon dijon 1 1/2 teaspoon miso (I only had red) 1 teaspoon capers 1/4 cup white beans (I used cannellini, or you can use hummus) 1 teaspoon garlic powder salt and pepper to taste teaspoon of veg oil (could omit or just use tahini) juice of half a lemon 2 tablespoons of hemp hearts (I added in more after I blended it) 1 teaspoon of vegan worcestershire sauce (Kroger Brand is vegan!!)* Cut up some romaine, added in some spinach, chopped half an english cucumber and thinly sliced a quarter of a red onion. Added more hemp hearts to the mix and my todd...

We L❤VE TVP! 🌾🌽🌿🍃🍂🍁🍄🍅🍆🌰🌱🍇🍈🍉🍊🍌🍍🍎🍑🍒🍓 Sorry it's been a while! Have I put it out there that I suck at this blogging thing? I apologize if I haven't. But I'm here with a brief post about TVP. I know, TVP sounds weird. It is textured/texturized vegetable protein. Or textured soy protein.  There's so much you can do with it - but I'll get to those ideas when I test them out.  But you can find some awesome recipes on YouTube! What we have used it for so far is in a spaghetti sauce and in chili. I made chili the other day and FOOLED my significant other! WOO! I was making a list of meal ideas and he suggested using it in one of them! I will give you a sneak peak of our ideas on what to use it in and hopefully have a recipe for you soon! I plan on putting it into a lentil loaf (meat-less meat loaf) and in a dish called Egg Roll in a bowl - more or less egg roll filling...without the egg roll. I can link the tw...

I haven't been at this long, but I have been wanting to be more plant-based this entire year and some odd months.  When my daughter was about 2.5 years old I hopped on Pinterest to find some recipes for picky toddlers. Many of the recipes were vegan or vegetarian. A lightbulb 💡 went off and things started to click for me. No one gets more creative with veggies than vegans. My main concern with my daughter was getting her to eat more veggies. She is almost 4 and she is still a bit picky. BUT I have found a few recipes that she likes. And some of the time she will eat them or even ask me to make them 😲.  So after diving into the abyss that is Pinterest, I ventured off into YouTube-land and subscribed to some amazing Vegan YouTubers.  I have since tried many different recipes and I have made several changes already. We only buy plant milks and we switched our mayo to a vegan one ( Just Mayo  being my favorite). I haven't documented every mea...

I've been meaning to try this recipe out for a while now. Finally made it tonight! The homemade Sloppy Joe sauce brought me back to my childhood so I label this recipe a success! I'm not the most organized when it comes to writing recipe posts. I apologize if this isn't the best layout. I ended up doubling the original recipe and made loads of left overs. The only thing I didn't double was the green pepper and onion - you can if you want though! I imagine there will still be some left overs, depending on how many you are feeding. Left over sloppy joe mix should freeze well. Sloppy Joe Sauce: 2-3 cloves of garlic, minced 1 small onion, diced 1 green bell pepper, diced tablespoon of oil (optional, can use water to cook veg.) 1 can of tomato sauce, 13-15 oz (regular sized can) 4 tablespoons of white vinegar 1 tablespoon of ketchup 3-4 tablespoons of brown sugar 1 tablespoon of soy sauce (could use low sodium, tamari, liquid aminos or coconut aminos) 1...

Green beans were on sale the other day. I decided to buy them, but had no idea what I was going to do with them. Then an idea 💡popped into my head. Well, several - I was rather hungry. I wanted either sushi, stir-fry or potato wedges for dinner. I decided on homemade sushi. 🍣 It was a big hit! ❤ I steamed the green beans until they were tender. I let them boil for a few minutes until they had a slight bite to them. Then I turned off the heat and covered the pot with a lid and just let them cool that way (decided to give my daughter a bath to pass the time). I made the sushi rice according to the package. I made 2 cups of rice. I made roughly 7 rolls I believe. I put the green beans in a bowl and added a splash of soy sauce, sprinkle of ground ginger powder and garlic powder. Was a nice quick marinade. In the Rolls: Green beans, steamed Cucumber, sliced thin Carrots, shredded Avocado, sliced In the Rice: drizzle of sesame oil (2 tsp) maple syrup (2 tsp) ...

I tried to veganize this soup - can be done many ways - but you go with what you want. Wonton filling: • half a block of firm tofu, crumbled • half cup mushrooms, diced • 1 tsp garlic powder • 1 tsp onion powder • 1 tbsp veggie broth • half tsp fresh ginger, diced • one clove garlic, diced • 1 tsp sesame oil • salt and pepper to taste Cook the filling until tender. Can add green onions too, but I save that for the soup. I use a large pan and added 9(ish) cups of water. I suggest at least 6-8, depending. For the broth: • 2 stock cubes. You could do half water and half broth if you want • 1/2 cup of low sodium soy sauce (or to taste) • ends of 5 green onions (cleaned), sliver of fresh ginger, one whole clove of garlic • salt and pepper to taste • one tsp red miso paste dissolved in warm water (1/2 cup water) • 1 tsp powdered ginger • 1 tsp garlic powder • 1 tsp onion powder Let simmer and adjust the flavors until it is the way you like. Spoon out the garlic, ...

I think I was falling asleep one night and I envisioned what I wanted a future dinner to look like. I feel that this was a pretty accurate representation of that vision. I wanted grilled pineapple. Mango salsa. Chipotle style rice. A veggie burger and some baked sweet potatoes. Now, I didn't find the right veggie burgers. So, everything was vegan except for that. At best this entire meal was vegetarian. The patties had milk and egg in them I think. I bought them at Aldi - they were the ones with over 10 veggies in them. And to be honest, they tasted like toasted sesame oil bread crumbs with some whole veggies. I rather enjoyed the flavor and would love to figure out how to mimic that flavor with some homemade patties. But that's another blog post. Also that pineapple was on point. 🍍👌 For the rice: 2 cups brown rice 5 cups water 1 tsp veg. bouillon 1 bay leaf Frozen corn, thawed/warmed through 1 can black beans, drained and rinsed 1 bunch...

My daughter has always been a pretty picky eater. Lately, though, she has gotten a bit better. I remember almost a year ago I was searching on Pinterest something along the lines of "meals for picky toddlers". There were a lot of "hidden veggie" meals. Mainly sauce recipes loaded with different vegetables or tot recipes.  Some of the recipes were labeled "Vegan" and that sparked my next search. I started to look at vegan recipes. I mean, why not? Who's better at being creative with vegetables than a vegan?  My mind was blown after that. I can almost always count on Pinterest.  From there I was watching (and subscribing to) MANY vegan channels on YouTube. My world kind of changed at that point. In a previous blog - somewhere out there - I began writing about my health issues ( PCOS ).  I wrote basically this exact post about why "veggie" and what PCOS is, plus what symptoms I have. I started posting recipes over there...

I was making more Egg Rolls from the left-over filling and decided to make a spicy peanut sauce to dip it in.  I ended up using the sauce on a package of Ramen. I used both creamy peanut butter and a peanut butter powder in the sauce/dip, but you can easily use one or the other (or even chunky PB). I'm sure you could also use another type of nut/seed butter of your choice. Ingredients:  Ramen (I used instant, one package) 2-3 TBSP Powdered Peanut Butter 1 TBSP Creamy Peanut Butter 1/2 TSP Sesame Oil 1/2 TSP Onion Powder 1/2 TSP Garlic Powder 1/2 TSP Sriracha sauce (optional, could omit or use chili flakes) 1.2 TSP ground ginger 1/4 cup hot water 1 TBSP Soy Sauce Sprinkle of sesame seeds (optional or for garnish) Green onion (optional or for garnish) Peanuts for garnish (optional)  Once the sauce is put together and the Ramen is cooked I add it all to a pan (or the pot) and cook on Medium until the sauce has thickened.  I added canned ...

I'm not the best at blogging.. Or tutorials.. Or keeping track of ingredients and measurements when throwing a recipe together. And I am definitely not good at capturing delicious food porn. But with that disclaimer aside. Here's the basic run down of what I made the other night, including an awful picture of my soup (leftovers..already gone). Maybe if I get time I'll take more pictures demonstrating how I folded the wontons and egg rolls. But I'm sure there are videos on YouTube to tide you over.😉 I tried to veganize the soup - can be done many ways - but you go with what you want. Wonton filling: • half a block of firm tofu, crumbled • half cup mushrooms, diced • 1 tsp garlic powder • 1 tsp onion powder • 1 tbsp veggie broth • half tsp fresh ginger, diced • one clove garlic, diced • 1 tsp sesame oil • salt and pepper to taste Cook the filling until tender. Can add green onions too, but I save that for the soup. I use a large pan and added 9(ish) c...

I've only made a couple of 'cheez' sauces so far - this one is probably one of my favorites! It is an ALL veggie sauce - the last one I made had white potatoes and carrots only (plus some of the cooking liquid). This time I didn't have any potatoes, but I did have some frozen winter squash. I'll insert a picture of the package. For the sauce: 1 cup to 1&1/2 cups Water (divided) 1 teaspoon of veggie boullion (I have the better than boullion jar)                    OR - 1 cup to 1&1/2 cups veggie broth/stock (divided) 1 package of frozen cooked winter squash 1/2 teaspoon of turmeric (optional) 1 teaspoon garlic powder 1 teaspoon onion powder 2-3 carrots, roughly chopped a few onion slices (I cut a whole onion and reserved the rest for the saute pan) Salt and pepper to taste about 1/4 cup of nutritional yeast Other ingredients: half a cup of frozen peas half a cup of frozen corn sliced onion salt...

I haven't been taking a lot of food pictures, but yesterday I made sure to snap a pic of the pasta salad I made twice this week already! The recipe couldn't be easier and the flavor combinations are endless. The veggie options are very customizable - add as little or as much as you like of which ever veg you prefer! The first batch of this was not Vegan - it might have been vegetarian, but I'm not entirely sure. I used a flavor packet for a box of Chipotle Ranch Pasta Salad (by Betty Crocker) and mixed the seasonings with about a cup of Vegan Mayo (Just Mayo by Hampton Creek is my FAVE at the moment!) But I wanted to make my own "dressing" the next time around and I might even give this a go one or two more times with a few changes - but either way, this is still a GREAT and easy recipe. You could probably easily use your favorite Ranch dressing or mix Ranch with a little taco spices. Or even just mayo and the spices for the dressing + some sort of vinega...