Eating From Scratch: Vegan Journey
"Reinventing Indulgence" One meal at a time!
It’s butternut squash season! I come upstate in the fall mostly for the “honeycrisp” apples and the beautiful fall foliage! The gorgeous wooden oversized crates of endless varieties of squash then lure me in. I buy them all and then figure out how to cook them later. For this particular version of a hearty butternut squash soup I used 2 butternut […]
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Just how many vegetables are there? When variations and breeds come into play, the numbers skyrocket I’m sure. Try googling that.. the answers are everywhere and nowhere lol! Cauliflower was my 2nd most hated veggie as a kid. Brussels sprouts being first. Who knew that I would learn to love it! I never conceived of all the dishes that could […]
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When I was a kid, it was all about shake and bake chicken. There is always a fad.. a shortcut.. and something processed. All the big supplier companies have to do is make it about convenience and competitive pricing… and it’s a wrap! It’s also fun! They made it fun- shake and bake was/ is fun and now this fake […]
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This is the type of smoothie that needs to be in a cute booklet featuring 101 of the best vegan smoothies. I love it when a simple yet exciting recipe crosses my path. As far as social media goes, I am still a major Facebook person. I get recipes and info from several fun Facebook pages. This RECIPE is from the Young […]
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INSTAGRAM: What dish does this look like? Just curious for a different perspective. After this Instagram post and a little dialogue, the results were chicken, pasta, fish, seafood paella, thai food and chow fun. One person actually said coconut meat and wheat berries.. that’s a yummy idea too! I was leaning towards it looking like fish. For me: it looks […]
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Birthdays: One of the best reasons to go out on the regular and celebrate love and friendships. To be honest, when I first committed to a lifestyle change, it was very difficult for me to be social. That’s not the greatest thing for someone who happens to be very social and works in the “SOCIAL” business! One has to do what […]
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It fascinates me to watch as I move some meals from raw vegan to vegan. It’s as if there is a whole new realm of opportunity– or maybe just perspective. It’s not that I don’t want to be raw because I almost feel guilty but it’s as if I have a newfound APPRECIATION for what I may have previously viewed as a limited […]
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Today I decide to stay away from all processed foods … however, I did cook! Coming off a raw diet is like entering the world again but with different eyes. I feel like I am cheating but really I am not. I believe this was the first real meal that I cooked full on. Sometimes I call portabella my “steak”. […]
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Flax power veggie protein wrap Raw? Mostly.. except the flax wrap itself. The funny thing here is that I didn’t even buy these flax wraps for myself yet I ended up eating them all over a weeks time span. It’s most certainly easier for a vegan to live with and dine with other vegans or vegetarians… or more so those […]
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There is truly nothing better than pulling the vegetables from your own garden. The next best thing though is a surprise visit from your neighbor who happens to be an organic farmer. My neighbor and friend Lisa had a huge bunch of swiss chard just pulled from the soil. Gestures like this for sure make my day- or I should […]
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