Vegan Cinnamon Rolls Homemade cinnamon rolls have long been a holiday and special gathering favorite. It is a long process, but the wait and the work is worth it. Over the years I have discovered that you can make them ahead and freeze them before they are frosted. Then you just need to pop them … Continue reading Vegan Cinnamon Rolls
Author: Renae Long
Vegan Summer Sausage
Vegan Summer Sausage This has been a labor of making and tweaking and making and tweaking. I have pages of crossed out notes and things that I added and tried. Finally this is it! The finished product! In our meat eating days, we enjoyed Hickory Farms turkey sticks. They were sold as a seasonal item … Continue reading Vegan Summer Sausage
Stir-Fry Sauce
Stir-fried veggies and seitan in my special stir-fry sauce I love to just toss some veggies in a skillet, sauté them, add some pre cooked chunks of seitan and when the veggies are cooked add in my special stir-fry sauce. I always start with garlic and onion, letting it cook until the onion is a … Continue reading Stir-Fry Sauce
Hemp Burgers
Hemp Burger on a 100% whole wheat bun, fresh baby spinach, tomato and red onion. These burgers have gotten easier and easier to make with each preparation. The first thing you need to do is cook the rice. You need a total of 3 cups of cooked rice. For some reason this small detail gives … Continue reading Hemp Burgers
Veggie Barley Soup
Veggie Barley Soup This is a soup I have come to love. Before heading down this heart healthy path, I could count on one hand the number of times I had used barley. I think both of those times it was for a soup and I only purchased what I needed for that particular day. … Continue reading Veggie Barley Soup
Vegan Carrot Cake
Hey Heart Healthy friends! I found this awesome recipe for carrot cake on the forks over knives website https://www.forksoverknives.com/recipes/vegan-carrot-cake/#gs.5r131r They have a fabulous video with the recipe, which I should have watched before I made it. I think the frosting would have been just a touch creamier with less water. It's easy to add more … Continue reading Vegan Carrot Cake
Buddha Bowl
I love Buddha Bowls and let me just say this is my own personal mash up. Sorry if this is so far from a Buddha bowl in your book that you are having to zoom in to see "what the heck did she put in there". This is basically a Heartie kitchen left over Bowl, … Continue reading Buddha Bowl
Collared Greens
Collared greens are rich in nutrients and come from the same family as their fellow cruciferous vegetables, cauliflower florets, turnip greens, mustard greens, broccoli florets, and kale. Among these collard greens are typically more affordable with the same nutrient power pack. Collared greens are a loose leaf species, they don't grow as a head but … Continue reading Collared Greens
Farmers Markets – Thai eggplant, or little purple Aubergines
Along with all the traditional American fruits and veggies found at the farmers market I recently found these little gems. The two women running the booth were Burmese. Burma as they referred to it, was renamed Myanmar in 1989. These women grow traditional fruits and vegetables from their home country. There are currently approximately 6,000 … Continue reading Farmers Markets – Thai eggplant, or little purple Aubergines