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Slow cooker trick

The giveaway winner is at the end so you can skip ahead to that part if you want.  Otherwise read on for a random little flavorful-meal-in-a-jiffy-short-cut. I made this slow cooker dish a few weeks ago and I wasn’t going to post about it because it’s not really a recipe, but I figured maybe others would like to know how much of a time saver a slow cooker can be.  Combined with the seasoning trick up my sleeve – well, you may never spend over 5 minutes in the kitchen again. This took me 3… Read more >

Real men eat plants

You know that phrase “real men eat meat”?   Well, real men eat plants, too.  Satiating meals with adequate micro and macronutrients can be made without animals.  And Kyle can attest to that. Lentil & barley stew.   Not only do real men eat plants, but they follow directions too! Black eyed pea succotash and white rice.   As you can see, I only have a leftover portion photographed.  You see, this dish was thrown together last week, but didn’t make it on the blog because Kyle ate most of it.  I never felt compelled… Read more >

Tofu technique

I will never make tofu any other way. I promise this technique will make everyone who previously thought they didn’t like tofu change their mind. And yes, there’s a recipe at the end of this post, too. But first, the technique. 1) Press extra firm tofu until it’s bone dry.  Ok, that’s an exaggeration, it doesn’t have to be completely dry, but the longer you press it, the better your tofu will turn out. 2) Slice your tofu into slabs ~1 cm thick. 3) Coat tofu slices in all purpose flour.  [I poured 1/2 cup… Read more >

Whole Foods vegan tempeh salad

I’ve been obsessed with Whole Foods’ vegan tempeh salad forever.  If it’s at the salad bar, I have a very hard time passing it up.  Sometimes I use the soup containers and just buy a 1/2 pint of it for a few days worth of meals…I add it to grains, greens, toast…anything and everything (click here for proof!). A google search combined with some of my own sleuthing (aka writing down the ingredient list off the WF container) produced this recipe… Whole Foods vegan tempeh salad (vegan, gluten free) 16 ounces tempeh (I like Lightlife’s… Read more >

Quinoa Quiche

Not much to say here people.  I think the photo speaks for itself. “Cheesy” Veggie Quinoa Quiche Dairy-free, gluten-free, vegetarian, low FODMAPS Yield: two 6 inch ramekin quiches Ingredients: 1 cup (pre) cooked quinoa 1/4 cup butternut squash puree 1 tomato, diced 1 large chard leaf, chiffonaded 2 eggs 2 tbsp nutritional yeast 1/2 tsp garlic salt (more/less to taste) Prep and combine veggies (chard, tomato, squash), then add nooch & garlic salt and mix. [The garlic powder in garlic salt is usually okay for those on a no/low FODMAPS diet, but if you are… Read more >