Simple and delicious would describe this Zesty Quinoa Bean Salad. You will find yourself making this to take to all your potlucks and workplace shared meals as well as part of your weekly batch cooking. One of the things that makes this salad special is that it can be enjoyed either hot or cold. I…
Plant-Strong Recipes
Apple Cinnamon Dessert Hummus
A delicious new twist on hummus made with warm spices like cinnamon, nutmeg, cardamon and served as a dessert! Lightly sweetened with no sugar added apple juice and medjool dates. Kid friendly and parent approved. Apple Cinnamon Dessert Hummus 2 cups garbanzo beans, drained – canned or home cooked 1/2 cup oven roasted Japanese Sweet…
Red Lentil Chili
Red Lentil Chili Pressure Cooker or Slow Cooker One pound Red Lentils 8 cups water 2- 14.5 ounce fire roasted tomatoes no salt added 1 – 6 ounce can tomato paste 10 ounces chopped onion – about 3 cups 1 pound red bell pepper – approx 2 large 8 cloves garlic, minced 4 tablespoons apple…
Sweet Pea’s Mo-Mo Smoothie – Feeding Toddlers a Plant Based Diet
I am so excited to have a guest post today. My daughter Katy is sharing a fabulous nutrient rich smoothie recipe that she developed to serve the needs of our incredibly energetic granddaughter whom we shall call Sweet Pea. I have had many requests from mothers and grandmothers for ideas and recipes for feeding children…
Vegan BBQ Lentils In The Instant Pot
Have you noticed that pressure cooking is all the rage these days? Well that and Air Fryers! Today though we are talking pressure cooking. My Friend Joanna Burris Lackey from Chef AJ’s Ultimate Weight Loss Program is a dynamite cook. She has created so many wonderful recipes that she has generously shared with our group on the private…
Plant Based Batch Cooking To Start The Year Off Right!
Happy New Year! What better way to start the New Year then batch cooking and prepping for the week ahead. Since adopting a whole food plant based diet – WFPB – I have found that batch cooking makes my life so much easier. Once a week I spend 4-5 hours cooking and prepping food that…
Breville Smart Oven Air – No Oil Air Frying – Plant Based
This past May we purchased the Breville Smart Oven Air – it is an incredible kitchen appliance. It’s a toaster oven on steroids! Seriously this appliance bakes, broils, roasts, reheats, works as a slow cooker, toaster, has a pizza setting, is an air fryer and a dehydrator! It almost sounds too good to be true…
Crispy Spring Rolls – Vegan – Gluten Free – Oil Free – Air Fried
Let me just say that I was perfectly happy with my whole food plant based lifestyle prior to owning a Breville Smart Oven Air Fryer. Having said that I must admit that an air fryer really is a game changer because you can make so many amazing oil free foods in it. I didn’t realize…
Garlic Mashed Potato Stuffed Portobello Mushrooms / Air Fryer
We thought you might enjoy seeing a video of this recipe being made and cooked in the Breville Smart Oven Air Fryer. To make this recipe you will need the Instant Pot Garlic Mashed Potatoes recipe. Stuffed Baby Bellas Nutmeg Notebook Just for fun I tried stuffing Baby Bellas and they turned out amazing! This would…
Whole Food Plant Based SOS Free Brunch
Whole Food Plant Based Brunch Nutmeg Notebook Oat Waffles, chia berry jam, air fried potatoes, mandarins and oat breakfast sausages. For the Oat Waffles I like to use the gluten free, oil free All Oat Waffles recipe from The How To Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease cookbook as my template. I provided a link to the waffle recipe because…