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Bring this to a pot luck for a culinary mic drop. Thug Kitchen is an awesome cookbook. A friend turned me on to in in 2014 and I blew it off. I wasn't ready to eat Vegan and give up meat. I'm still not really ready to commit to that. However, I am ready to feel better. We recently completed a 3 week cleanse and the last 2 weeks you are basically vegan. I love the way my body feels when I have less sugar and less meat. I committed to eating fewer meals with meat. Last night we made our first recipe Continue Reading >

Hippie Loaf

August 25th 2014
I found this recipe from the Forks Over Knives app. I'm always looking for ways to feed my family meatless meals that are healthy. I'm not a meat hater or anything but I feel that shifting to have meatless meals several times a week is good for the body. Serves 4 Prep time 15 minutes Cook time 1 hour Weight Watchers Points 4 points per serving. INGREDIENTS: 1 15 ounce can black beans or kidney beans, drained and rinsed 1 onion, finely diced 2 garlic cloves, minced 1 large carrot, Continue Reading >

Does the Veggetti Work?

May 14th 2014
Here is the answer! YES I just washed the zucchini and started to twist it into the Veggetti. As it went further down I used the safety guard. Found it at Walgreens for $14.99 and it did what It said it would do. Pretty cool. Now I'm going to actually cook it and put sauce on it and see how awesome it is. Continue Reading >

Beets & Soba Noodles with Pea Pesto

September 6th 2013
You can see the recipe for Mediterranean beets on a previous post Soba Noodles with Pea Pesto from Karma Chow (slight modifications) 1 8.8 ounce package of soba noodles (gluten free buckwheat is best) usually find them in the Asian isle of Central Market 1 10 ounce bag of frozen peas, thawed 2 garlic cloves 1/2 cup toasted pine nuts, plus a few for garnish 1/4 cup of basil (Karma Chow calls for fresh mint I replaced mint with basil) Himalayan salt to taste 1 Tablespoon of lemon Continue Reading >