A couple of years back, we had the privilege to travel to Marrakech in Morocco, where we had some of the most amazing food. One of the dishes we really loved before we went plant-based was a chicken tagine with preserved lemon. I’ve loved the lemony-salty flavor of…
Posts tagged as “whole foods plant based”
The Impossible Burger debate was a test for vegans, and we failed. Lurking on some vegan Facebook groups I can totally see this play out. People are mean. I actually have wondered if some of the people aren’t a part of the animal exploitation industry trying to sow…
Um, so this is good. And I threw it together in a snap. Make the soba according to package directions. I boiled enough water for 1 in my Windsor pan, because it boils water the fastest. Why does it do this? Because it has wide rim where a…
I’m looking around the interwebs to see if there are any good whole foods plant based recipes for zucchini bread that don’t have any oil or refined sugar. I thought I’d found one, but the author starts with “Grease a loaf pan ….” She lost me there. I…
I didn’t do too much today, but since hubby cleaned out the slaw, I decided I should make another batch, because I am really loving having the cabbage around. I freakin’ love cabbage these days. It ends up being so crisp, and so sweet. And it’s so cheap!…
One of the bigger challenges of a whole foods plant based way of eating is how to introduce some sweetness into recipes without refined sugar. Now some of the experts will say that a small amount of refined sugar is not the end of the world and others…
Threw a quick salad together for dinner tonight. It’s really good. I’m eating it as I’m writing this and, hold on, mmm. Okay. So to make this … We cleaned a bunch of curly kale and chopped it up. We threw a dressing together of the following 1/4…
This was a great article with a lot of information I wasn’t actually familiar with. The idea that we need to eat “complete” proteins needs to be debunked. As well as the idea that people on a plant-based diet don’t get enough protein. Vegetarian Protein Is Just As…
Woke up to rain in Chicagoland, which we were needing as it was rather hot the last couple of days and I was having to water my container vegetables that were looking a bit droopy. Months ago I’d marked on my calendar to think about heading to Michigan…
I’ve been reading recipes for making chia seed puddings and while I could totally see how it would work, hadn’t actually gone about doing it. Until now. That was easy, peasy and probably super nutritious. I woke up this morning and wasn’t hungry like usual. Take 1/3 cup…