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Neat Breakfast Mix Review Plus Not-So-Fried Curried Bananas

Neat foods plant-based sausage crumble and patty mixes are promoted as a soy-free/gluten-free/GMO-free/guilt-free alternative to meat. Their mixes are a base of pecans, garbanzo bean flour, gf oats, and sometimes cornmeal. I received a package of their breakfast sausage mix in my September Vegan Cuts‘ subscription and was beyond excited to try them out. What …

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Smoked Cheese Stuffed Dates [vegan]

Where to begin? This is a medjool date recipe. A baked medjool date recipe. What?! I know. I hadn’t baked them before either. In the omnivore world medjool dates are commonly consumed wrapped in bacon. Never tried that as I only liked crispy burnt bacon and those were always soft and raw looking. In the …

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Instant Pot Vegan Mashed Potatoes

I also call these mashed potatoes for days! Who doesn’t want mashed potatoes for days? Mmmmmm. This is an instant pot vegan recipe. BTW an Instant Pot is an electric pressure cooker. I haven’t talked a lot about it, but I do use it to cook my freezer beans, meal prep potatoes for days, and I’m …

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Bean Obsession 3-Bean Dip

I can’t stop thinking about beans! Beans on the brain I tell you. Those warm earthy morsels fresh out of the pressure cooker. Full of flavor, nutrition, and a carefree spirit that says, “Make anything out of me!” Quick and easy Mediterranean rice bowl. Rice, tomatoes, chickpeas, olives, lettuce, and tahini garlic sauce. What’s got …

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How to Steam Whole Potatoes in 13 Minutes!

Magic trick Monday? It sure seems like magic when you can steam whole potatoes (9+) in only 13 minutes! I’ve been using this trick for so many months now that I just have to share it. This trick for steaming MANY whole potatoes comes in handy if you are: Meal planning Making a big batch …

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The Salsa Recipe

Meet my absolute favorite salsa recipe. I’ve been making this since my high school days and it’s so good you should just plan on having it for dinner. If you include some veggies there’s nothing to feel bad about. Print The Salsa Recipe Ingredients

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Bar-B-Q Lentils

A few weeks ago now I was headed outside to take a walk for my break and noticed—across the hall from my office—a book in the CAHNRS’ extension office. The Pea & Lentil Cookbook – From Everyday to Gourmet by the USA Dry Pea & Lentil Council. I immediately wandered in and started looking through …

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Double the Green, Vegan Green Bean Casserole

I don’t know if you caught yesterday’s post for French Onion Kale Chips but they make this vegan green bean casserole! I’ve wanted to recreate my favorite holiday casserole for some time and when I was planning out November I wrote it down. It was time to replace some of the less than desirable ingredients. First …

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Vinegar and Kale Mashed Potatoes

When you think of a quintessential side dish during the holidays, I bet you think of mashed potatoes. We might eat so many mashed potatoes between November and December that we fain disgust at the mention of their name after Christmas. We still eat them though, because we love them. As much as our moms …

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Witch Chips with Garlic and Curry Dipping Sauces

Hi friends! I’ll be back next week with a new ‘go make this’ post. Instead you get a recipe from me today and it is delicious! So delicious that Jeremy did a jig while swearing and exclaiming that we should eat these every night. I would like to introduce you to Witch Chips with Garlic …

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