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Home Fries from Roast Taters
Roast Potatoes make the absolute best home fries, and they make it quick too. Whenever I make roast potatoes, I make extra. Actually there are many dishes I double or quadruple so as to keep my refrigerator full of quick meals.
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So Powerful
I’ve often wondered when an artist would craft the meme that not only captures our Vegan empathy, but gets meat eaters thinking without using blood and gore. @compassion_over_cruelty on Instagram has done just that with this series. Here is their ig caption and the full series They both are sentient animals who feel pain, fear, love, and empathy. Yet the dog will have a day of being cherished, while the pig will be brutally slaughtered for humans’ selfish desire to consume meat. Meat isn’t necessary for us to be healthy, it harms the environment, and hurts BIPoC communities. For the love of our earth and animal companions, go vegan. @compassion_over_cruelty #vegan #vegetarian #vegansofig…
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Waste Not
Just read and got enlightened by a Food Network article by Laura Denby. Things to do with veggie scraps that I didn’t think of. I’ve been composting for years, but admittedly not enough. These ideas from vegetable stock to pesto and succotash are just what I need to get more enjoyment from my kitchen while helping the environment. https://www.foodnetwork.com/fn-dish/recipes/4-clever-things-to-do-with-veggie-scraps I’m gonna make succotash for my visiting, vegan grandkids next week. Yummy
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My One Year Veganniversary
Yesterday, June 10, I celebrated one year of living vegan. So, this is my belated Happy Happy to me 🥰🌱🎉🍾👏👍🥃😷 It was so much easier, yet harder than I ever imagined. I was the ultimate carnivore, eating wings a minimum of 4 times a week. Steak, burgers and my fav, sausage and egg sandwiches for breakfast. I find it so weird that I don’t miss any of it. Not once have I craved. And vegan sausage and egg substitute sandwiches are awesome. So are Field Roast Italian sausage, peppers and onions oh my! I love Thai cooking and I’m slowly learning the art, since I could actually eat Thai every meal. Every meal that…
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Mixed Berry Rosé Sangria
OK, so officially we’re still a few weeks from summer but that’s not holding us back. This is our new – and totally incredible – sangria recipe. We’re huge fans of this classic Spanish and Portuguese cocktail. Traditionally made with red wine, we’ve switched things up with rosé and our very own mixed berry syrup. The end result is a lighter sangria which has a wonderfully-balanced sweetness. But be warned! It’s easy to forget this sangria still packs an alcoholic punch. In fact, if you want turn the alcohol down a touch – like we sometimes do – you can simply top up with sparkling water instead of Prosecco. Here are a few…
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Kung Pao Tofu
Kung Pao is a classic. It appears in a few different varieties throughout China, but the dish originated in the Sichuan Province. Therefore, you can’t really call it Kung Pao without using the incredible Sichuan peppercorns. These fiery little pepper bombs are totally unique and they give this stir-fry its distinctive spicy aroma. You’ll find them in some supermarkets nowadays. If not, head to your local Asian supermarket. It’ll totally be worth the effort. There’s also some debate on how they should be used. Some restaurants in China will simply crush them and throw ’em into the stir-fry. This means more flavour, but it also means you’ll be picking out ‘gritty’ bits of…
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Animal Toast (4 ways!)
I got all your toast needs covered. That is why I went crazy and made you these Animal Toast (4 ways!), using a different spread for each: cream cheese, Nutella, avocado, and peanut butter, now there is a toast for everyone! From: Mother’s Day Toasts, Woodland Animal Toast, even Groundhog Toast, I think it’s become apparent from the years of fun food making that I am a toast lover, particularly making animal toast. By the way, we had a vote over Instagram on which was the people’s favorite and it looks like the winner was: It was a close race but the runner ups are as follows: Make these for you kids and…
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Insanely Tasty Quarantine Panang Curry
Thai is my favorite food and beyond easy to make Vegan. For my year of being Vegan, I have been trying different recipes while also learning to actually follow the recipes. I finally got it right while still not following 100%. For this delish meal, I used Cookie and Kate’s recipe and rather than write out the recipe, I’ll invite you to visit their site for in-depth instructions. Cookie and Kate
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Cupcake Terrariums
For the longest time, making food art was my meditative practice. It was my medium for getting in the zone, expressing my creativity, and focus on my breathing. I mean, putting every chocolate sprinkle in place for the kiwi cacti in these Cupcake Terrariums takes time, precision, and care. You HAVE to focus and go slow. So for about 8 years, this was my mindfulness practice. Then I had Jaxon and everything changed. I couldn’t bring myself to make food art all that much anymore because I was struggling just to feed my kid “normal” food. I couldn’t think of turning anything into bunnies, robots, or skulls. Plus, it all just stopped feeding…
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Toilet Roll Binoculars
These were super fun to make with my kiddo! We talked about all the cool things we’d be able to see up close as we taped up our Toilet Roll Binoculars and prepared for our walk (it has been WEEKS since we’ve been out!). We of course printed out our Nature Walk Bingo sheets, and as you can see from the photos below, it was a BIG hit…for the both of us. I had just as much fun telling him to use his binoculars to get a better view with everything we heard and saw. They come together easily in a matter of minutes, just as long as you have the following on…
