Cooked Veggie Meat Mix When I was learning how to cook I found the Make-A-Mix cookbook by Karine Elisason. Using her many different mixes, from spices and seasonings, to meats, sauces, cakes and cookies, I learned to cook without using pre-packaged products. Chicken mix was one of my favorites, I always kept it in my … Continue reading Veggie Meat Mix (Plant Based Make-a-Mix)
Savory Lentil Meatloaf This meatloaf has become our family favorite out of all the vegan meatloaves we have tried. It is very simple to assemble. Some recipes have an inordinate amount of chopping and prep work, but not this one. The only real prep work required is cooking the lentils beforehand. I enjoy having cooked … Continue reading Vegan Meat Loaf
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
Savory Buddha Bowl Another fun mix up! I started off this buddha bowl by putting pearled barley in my rice cooker. I hadn't tried barley in the cooker before but seeing that it's similar to other grains I toss in there that aren't rice....lentils...quinoa....I was willing to give it a shot. I put 2 cups … Continue reading Buddha Bowl
This is an amazing vegan substitute for chicken salad. I usually serve it on buns, as a "chicken" salad sandwich, with some lettuce, sliced tomato, mustard, vegan mayo, whatever else your heart desires in a sandwich. It can be served as a dip or spread with whole grain crackers or chips. I have also served … Continue reading “Chicken” Salad
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