Beans and Rice are central to a whole food plant based lifestyle. There are many ways to combine them for healthy delicious meals. This recipe came about when I needed to make beans as a side dish for a Mexican themed pot luck. Over the months it has morphed into this declicious beans and rice….
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How To Get Started On a Whole Food Plant Based Lifestyle
Many of you have reached out asking how to get started on a Whole Food Plant Based Lifestyle. So I am putting this information here for you to use. It should help you get started. Please share this post with anyone who is interested in adopting this lifestyle. Bookmark the page so you can come…
Chocolate Pumpkin Oatmeal
Pumpkin and chocolate go well together! Do you ever have a 1/2 cup of canned pumpkin leftover from a recipe and you don’t know what to do with it? You can freeze it and use it in another recipe later or you can go ahead and give this scrumptious oatmeal a try. Not being a…
Tandoori Cauliflower with Chef Rajeev Basak
What an honor it was to interview Sr Executive Chef Rajeev Basak on the Windstar, Star Breeze Cruise Ship in Alaska along with my dear friend Shayda Soleymani from Healthy Cooking with Shayda. Chef Rajeev taught us how to make his incredible Tandoor Cauliflower two ways. You don’t even have to like cauliflower to fall…
Vitamix Food Processor Review
The new Vitamix 12 cup food processor attachment has made it’s way into my kitchen and I couldn’t be happier. It was made to fit on the Vitamix Ascent or Venturist series blender bases. There are so many things about this attachment that I like. We made a short video to show you how it…
Nurish Box Delights!
I love sharing the best whole food plant based products that make this lifestyle even more fun and pleasurable. My friend Christopher from Nurish Box loves to do the same. So much so that he created a monthly subscription service called Nurish Box so he can share his amazing product finds with us each and…
Souper Cubes Review & How To Use
The only way to freeze food in perfect portions is by using Souper Cubes. I use Souper Cubes to freeze everything we batch prep for the freezer. As you know I love to batch cook not only for the week ahead but for meals down the road as well. That is where the freezer comes…
Mango Lime Pudding with Raspberry Sauce
Want a special way to end a delicious meal? I have you covered with this light but lucious Mango Lime Pudding with a beautiful Raspberry Sauce. Dessert doesn’t have to be complicated or high calorie for that matter, as you will discover when you make this recipe. This dessert is made with fruit and nothing…
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. Thank you to everyone who follows our blog, Facebook page and our YouTube channel. Your support and comments are greatly appreciated! Be sure…
Get Healthy Sacramento 2019 Recap
What an exciting weekend we had with our friend and mentor Chef AJ. She stayed with us this past weekend as she was a speaker at the Get Healthy Sacramento Speaker Series organized by our friend Linda Middlesworth. It was an amazing afternoon of plant based super stars! Several people commented on the incredible energy…