Broccoli with Olive Fig Tapenade - A savory dish with spicy notes and subtle sweet hints. Broccoli meets gastronomy! With only 10 minutes of prep it can be yours in the blink of an eye! Olive Fig Tapenade This tapenade would add gastronomical flair to many dishes. Count broccoli in! Gently coating steamed broccoli with the generous flavors and colors of this olive tapenade makes what may usually be mundane a pleasure to eat (and view!) on your dining table! Make Extra I highly ...
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Roasted Leek Potato Slaw (Gluten-free, Plant-based/Vegan, Sugar-free)
Roasted Leek Potato Slaw. Add a sprightly splash of color, flavor and texture to your lunch or dinner! Color Galore Don't you wish you could bring the exuberant colors of your fresh spring flowers to your dinner plate? Consider it done! This dish will hit your table with all of the glory of a fresh picked bundle of wildflowers. A delicious plant-based, gluten-free, sugar-free fusion of potato salad and coleslaw. A salad that makes a statement! Nutrients Galore Thanks to the ...
Lemon Garlic Oven Fries (Gluten-free, Plant-based, Oil-free)
Lemon Garlic Oven Fries take the guilt out of a guilty pleasure! These crisp yet fat-free fries go where no potato has gone before. Who would have thought that four ingredients could taste so good?! Easy-Peasy Just four ingredients (not including salt and pepper) and most of them are probably already in your kitchen. Juice your lemon, mince your garlic, chop your potatoes--in the oven they go! Lemon Garlic Oven Fries have the home-style love french fries always bring to a meal with a ...
Chickpea “Chicken” Salad (Gluten-free, Plant-based / Vegan, Sugar-free)
Chickpea "Chicken" Salad is guaranteed to satisfy your sandwich craving. You know what I'm talking about -- we all get it! The desire to cradle two fresh slices of bread in your hands with something delicious and mouth-watering tucked in between peeking out at you. Something you can sink your teeth into and experience an abundance of diverse tastes and textures all in one bite! Chickpea "Chicken" Salad Sandwich Chickpea "Chicken" Salad is the answer if sandwich is the ...
Vegan Brazilian Cheese Bread (Gluten-free, Plant-based, Sugar-free)
Vegan Brazilian Cheese Bread, better known as Pão de Queijo! These light and fluffy gluten-free balls of "cheesy" bread goodness will be at your fingertips in 20 minutes with only 5 minutes of prep. Pão de Queijo Pão de Queijo literally translated means bread of cheese. A traditional recipe in Brazil, these rolls are known for their light and airy texture. If you are unfamiliar with traditional Brazilian Cheese Bread, you can expect a delicate crisp outside enveloping a chewy, soft ...
Simple Skillet Chili (Gluten-free, Plant-based / Vegan)
Simple Skillet Chili! Scrumptious, salubrious, effortless! A great weeknight meal anytime of year, but a lifesaver when that winter illness is refusing to let go. That was the cold I had recently. It should have relented after just a few days but the beast continually reared it's ugly head, demanding my attention and killing my energy. I have become a little spoiled. Since transitioning to a plant-based diet and eliminating gluten and refined sugar, I don't get sick nearly as often as I ...
Pomegranate Vegan Cream Cheese (Gluten-free, Plant-based, Soy-free, RSF)
Pomegranate Vegan Cream Cheese bursts with naturally sweetened tart goodness, just like the dairy-based original! Cream Cheese Love With this recipe I am definitely another step closer to feeling like I haven't given up any of my old faves in order to eat a plant-based diet. Cream cheese had many positive associations for me in my pre-plant-based diet days. I would meet a good friend at the local bagel shop where we'd order toasted bagels slathered with the creamy flavor of the day. There ...
Vegan Zucchini Cakes (Gluten-free, Plant-based, Oil-free)
Baked Vegan Zucchini Cakes crisp to a golden brown with a fresh herbal taste. Dollop them with vegan lemon cream for the ultimate complement of flavors! Ever since creating my Chickpea Marinara Over Zoodles I have been looking for other ways to incorporate zucchini into my diet. A wonderfully buttery yet neutral flavor, a great low carb alternative and loaded with nutrients-- it's hard to go wrong with zucchini. This green guy boasts vitamins C and B6, magnesium, iron and fiber, just to ...
Gluten Free Cranberry Banana Bread (Plant-based, Refined Sugar-free, Oil-free, Nut-free)
Gluten-free Cranberry Banana Bread combines a trio of cranberry, orange and banana flavors into a full-bodied yet airy loaf of bread. A texture with a moist delicate chew maintains its form never letting on that it's gluten-free, vegan and oil-free. Gluten Free Cranberry Banana Bread Some fruit breads are more cake-like in flavor and form, serving more of a dessert function than anything else. Not that there is anything wrong with that! I am a big fan of cake breads. But with the ...