This is a healthier remake of an old family favorite recipe for Cranberry Chutney. This slightly tart chutney is delightful with a combination of dried fruit, apples, warm spices and the addition of pineapple for sweetness. It comes together easily with fresh or frozen cranberries. The cranberries contain a natural pectin that thickens the chutney…
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Classic Marinara Sauce – No OIl
Making a classic marinara sauce is very easy and simple using pantry staple items. No need for oil either – this tomato based sauce is still going to be full flavored and make your taste buds dance! It goes together quickly and needs just a small amount of simmer time. Enjoy it over your favorite…
Guilt Free Chips & Salsa SOS Free
That’s right you can still enjoy Chips & Salsa on a whole food plant based SOS Free (salt, oil sugar free) lifestyle! We made a video to show you how easy it is to make your own fresh salsa with simple ingredients that everyone should have access to. Our daughter learned how to make this…
Vegan Alfredo Sauce with Zucchini Noodles
This Vegan Alfredo Sauce is smooth and creamy and reminds me so much of the non vegan one I used to make but it is so much healthier. It’s all about texture and flavor and trust me when I tell you this one has an amazing silky texture and is bursting with flavor. Tom and…
Creamy Balsamic Dressing – No Oil
Salads are a big part of my weekly menu and I’m not talking about little itty – bitty side salads. No I am talking about Big Beautiful Salads – BBS for short! Thankfully hubby Tom also likes these salads and we can make a meal out of them. Like most people we enjoy a creamy…
Easy Salsa Verde
Hi everyone! I know its been a long time since I posted – our lives have been very busy but I will fill you in on that later. Right now I am so excited to share an easy salsa recipe with you. Our daughter Katy is an excellent cook and she taught me how to…
Donna’s Vegan Cheeze Sauce
I am super excited to share this recipe with you all today! In the past two years since moving to a plant based diet I have tried many vegan/plant based cheese sauce recipes. Some of them were down right awful and others were just okay. That all changed when my friend Donna Weifert shared her…
Fill Me Up Not Out / Hiking Adventures
The Salad is the main dish!If you have read any of the books regarding plant based food plans such as Eat To Live, Eat For Health, Unprocessed, Forks Over Knives or Engine 2 My Beef With Meat – just to mention a few. One of the take-a-ways from all of them is to make nutritious foods, especially…