This is an adaptation of a recipe from our meat eating days, definately better than the original. This recipe uses two of the mixes I have previously posted. You will need the recipe for veggie meat mix and the recipe for cashew cream sauce. You are well on your way to making these Creamy Meaty … Continue reading Creamy Meaty Enchiladas (Plant Based Make a Mix)
I decided to make smoothies this morning to use up some almost finished fruits before my weekly trip to the grocery. It's so easy to make a great tasting healthy smoothie. I started with two almost brown bananas, too soft to be eaten by themselves. One apple that, to be honest had seen better days. … Continue reading Breakfast Smoothie
Garlic Barley Soup garnished with a couple of fresh garlic cloves. Flu Season Garlic Soup! I've been working on this for a couple of weeks and each week I become more concerned about boosting my immune system. I got the flavor right and then came the consistency. I wanted something thick and creamy (non-dairy creamy … Continue reading Garlic 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
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
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 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
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
Lentil Stuffed Peppers These beautiful lentil stuffed peppers were so easy to make, and the stuffing is so tasty that you can almost forget how healthy they are. Cooked peppers drying on a paper-towel First cut the tops from the peppers. I used yellow and red but any color will do. Discard the seeds and … Continue reading Plant Based Lentil Stuffed Peppers
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