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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...