Sweet potatoes and pizza are two of my favorite foods...so what better way to cook than to combine the two?? This may sound like an odd combination, but it was a new dinner idea that I thoroughly enjoyed. I decided to make an individual sized pizza to see how I [...]
Recipes
I promised that I would be posting more recipes for roasted vegetables. Here is another great recipe for roasted brussel sprouts: Brussel sprouts contain cancer-fighting properties, are low in calories and fat, and are good sources of vitamins C & K and potassium. Ingredients brussel sprouts 1 tablespoon of extra virgin olive [...]
It is not that often that I really crave meat. But every once in a while there is a food item that contains meat that just sounds SO good. Case and point: sloppy joes. Obviously I cannot eat "real" sloppy joes as they contain meat. However, after some searching and browsing through recipes, I found a solution: [...]
Last night I created a recipe for vegetarian cavatelli using inspiration from a cavatelli recipe in a Hy-Vee Seasons magazine. I changed up the recipe in order to make a meat-free, healthier version. I have found that it is quite easy to take an ordinarily meat-focused recipe and adapt it to make it vegetarian friendly. Vegetarian [...]
It is never "too early" for a delicious bowl of chili! While it may only be the beginning of September and technically fall has not arrived, I am officially in the fall/winter cooking mood. On the cooking agenda for Monday night: a nice warm bowl of vegetarian chili! Yum! I used the same major staples [...]
A couple of weeks ago I posted a picture on Facebook of a delicious sandwich I made, and received many comments and questions full of curiosity about the vegan "eggless" salad sandwich that I was SO excited about. I have never been a fan of egg salad sandwiches, but this "eggless" salad sandwich is the bomb! [...]
....it is almost fall- my favorite season of the year! Not only is the weather nearly perfect (I love jeans and sweatshirt weather!), but fall means it is also time for apple picking (so excited for honeycrisps!), corn mazes, The Tri-State Rodeo, pumpkin carving, roasting pumpkin seeds, colorful leaves on the trees, tailgating?, long walks outside, and cooking warm [...]
One of the first questions that I am often asked when people find out that I am a vegetarian is: "How do you get enough protein?" A huge misconception in our society is that the majority of the protein an individual consumes must come from meat! This is far from being true. In actuality, protein is found [...]
Have you ever tried roasting vegetables? I just recently began roasting my own veggies to serve as sides and now I wonder why it took me so long to start cooking vegetables this way. It is so easy and so delicious, and you can pretty much roast just about any vegetable that sounds tasty to you! [...]
I promised that I would post the recipe for the dinner that I made last night...and here it is! This is a super easy Mexican casserole that can be prepped for and cooked all within 45 minutes. This recipe was adapted from a recipe at Vegan Awakening's blog (http://veganawakening.wordpress.com/2009/10/31/enchilada-rice-casserole/). To create this meal you will need: [...]
