First thing’s first: what’s the difference between “plant-based” and vegan? Good question! A lot of people ask why I don’t just talk about my diet as vegan, but I have a lot of good reasons for using the phrase “plant-based” instead. The main reason is that philosophy on living fire-driven is all about health. With veganism, the focus is put on avoiding animal products in all forms. This isn’t a bad thing! Veganism is great, but there are a lot of very unhealthy things that are vegan. Did you … [Read more...]
A Simple Vegan Meal Plan
Have you ever thought, I could easily eat a plant based diet if someone made the food for me? Or maybe, you thought to yourself, "If only I could lose weight with better food choices". Well, I am here to tell you that it is possible. I have an exciting new company to share with you that offers great vegan meal plan options. Veestro is amazing! Every food item they've sent me has tasted amazing. My only problem was keeping my husband away from the meals. He loved them too. I took the five-day … [Read more...]
Chickpea Chicken Salad Recipe
My family loves vegetarian chicken salad but we had the privilege of trying a vegan chicken salad made with chickpeas not long ago and my husband fell in love. So I decided to recreate the recipe and build a healthier sandwich than before. Does your family love sandwiches? How about making easy sandwich spreads? This chickpea chicken salad recipe is so easy. You only need five ingredients: 1 can of rinsed chickpeas, mashed 2 stalks of celery 1/4 to 1/2 white onion 1 T … [Read more...]
125 Best Vegan Recipes
Before my first child I was vegan for six years. It was difficult at first but then I was quite used to it. I enjoyed the vegan lifestyle and loved being creative with recipes that normally called for dairy products. My family is now mainly vegetarian. We only eat fish (usually Salmon because of our Pacific Northwest location) occasionally. But I still cook many vegan dishes. I love finding new great vegan recipes. When I had the opportunity to review 125 Best Vegan Recipes by Beth Gurney and … [Read more...]
Vegan Crock Pot Recipes That You Need To Add To Your Meal List
My vegetarian crock pot recipes post is always in my top ten for most traffic. People seem to love that post. So I thought I should create a vegan crock post recipes post as well. Crock pot recipes are nice to have in your collection because they are generally healthy and simple to make in one pot. {That's my kind of coking!} Here are 20 Vegan Crock Pot Recipes: Vegan Lasagna Quinoa Black Bean Chili Tofu CurryMinestrone Soup (omit cheese sprinkled at the end) Korean Chickpeas, … [Read more...]
Vegan Pie Recipes
I have two friends who write vegan recipe blogs. They inspire me and make me want to create amazing vegan recipes in my own kitchen. I wanted to share with you two of their vegan pie recipes: Vegan Coconut Creme Pie Ingredients: 2 cups original soy milk 1 can unsweetened coconut milk 1/3 cup sugar Pinch or two of salt 1 tsp vanilla scant 1/3 cup cornstarch 1 1/2 cups shredded coconut (I used sweetened), plus a little more for toasting 1 container non-dairy whipped … [Read more...]
Tex Mex Brown Rice Salad
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Success® Rice. This week we enjoyed sunshine in Western Washington. I mean real, summertime, warm sunshine! It was great. So when you hit 75 degrees at my home, no one wants a heavy meal or hot food. A Tex-Mex Brown Rice Salad is a perfect summer evening meal. In fact, my 5 year old even loved it and my husband wants it again next week. Since I am on Weight Watchers, I am always on the look out for low points plus recipes ideas that … [Read more...]
