Happy New Year and welcome to 2015! I hope your brand new year is off to a great start. If you are anything like me, your body is craving some good, clean, healthy food after two weeks of eating plenty of junk. Lucky for you, I've got ya covered today with a recap of my favorite [...]
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The Best CEVG Vegetarian and Vegan Recipes of 2014
January 1, 2015 in Breakfast, Desserts, Entrees, Other, Recipes, Salads, Sandwiches, Snacks
A sweet and creamy Vanilla Fruit Salad that comes together in 10 minutes flat for any Holiday gathering. Since I am a big-time foodie and love to cook and blog about food, you may think that cooking for holiday gatherings is my idea of fun. Well guess what? That is not always the case! I [...]
Some foods notoriously sound fancy, stuffy, and complicated. These same foods normally intimidate me and, as a result, in the past I have shied away from making them. Baking my own bread has always been on that "intimidating list," as has making homemade pies and poaching pears. For some reason, the idea of "poaching" something [...]
How to Make a Baked Sweet Potato in the Microwave
October 15, 2014 in Desserts, Recipes, Sides, Snacks
A tutorial on how to "bake" a sweet potato in the microwave in under seven minutes. If you have not already figured it out, I am a big-time sweet potato lover. I love sweet potato fries. I love sweet potato in soups. I love baked stuffed sweet potatoes for dinner and baked sweet potatoes topped with [...]
This easy recipe for Chocolate Pretzels enables you to have a delicious and healthy snack in five minutes flat. Remember yesterday when I got all crazy and mentioned the upcoming Christmas holiday? I hope you don't hate me for that! And to take it even further, I am going to come out and admit that I am [...]
Today is a special day. Well, I'd like to think so at least. Today is my 26th birthday! Each year that my birthday rolls around, I become more and more surprised and amazed that I am as old as I am. I do not feel 26. Granted, I do not really think that I look [...]
Hi friends! Hannah asked me to guest post for her while she’s away resting from the blog world and I was flattered and happy to do so! Thank you Hannah for letting me share my passion for eating more, not less and nourishing our bodies well. Our minds can be our best friend or our [...]
I had absolutely no intention of posting today, but I literally have to share the link to the BEST chocolate pie that I have ever eaten. And...wait for it...it's vegan! Katie's Ultimate Chocolate Fudge Pie was recommended to me by Kelly, and I am so beyond happy that I decided to make it for Christmas this [...]
I hope everyone who celebrates had a wonderful Christmas holiday! And now that New Years is on the brain, it would not be right if I did not share a 2013 wrap-up post focused on one of my favorite topics and the main topic of this blog: FOOD! This was my first year following a [...]
I baked up my very first vegan pumpkin pie on Wednesday evening for this past Thursday's Thanksgiving Day feast. I liked the results so much that I managed to eat almost half of the pie. I shared a few slices with my dad (he commented on how much it tasted like the real deal!), but [...]
