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5-Minute Homemade Cashew Milk Recipe

Simple and quick to make, this rich and creamy 5-minute homemade non-dairy cashew milk requires no straining and is super easy to customize to your personal tastes.

Walnut Pesto Burgers

These amazing vegan Walnut Pesto Burgers are gluten-free, oil-free, and made from whole-food ingredients! These are sure to soon be a summertime favorite.

Sugar-Free Raspberry Jam

Two ingredients, made with whole foods, and easy to make. This small batch, sugar-free raspberry jam is sure to become a favorite!

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Is Nutritional Yeast Healthy?

Nutritional yeast is a seasoning that is popular among vegans and vegetarians. One of it’s most common uses is in vegan “cheese”. But is nutritional yeast healthy?

Are Fermented Foods Good for You?

Are fermented foods good for you? Fermented foods have become increasingly popular in the last few years. And they have been heavily promoted to improve gut health, reduce inflammation, boost immunity, and even help with weight loss. But are these…

Cooking Tips

Healthy Vegan Egg Substitutes

Are you looking for a substitute for eggs in a recipe? Whether for baking or other types of recipes, here are some handy, healthy, vegan egg substitutes with tips on how and when to use them. There are…

16 Ways to Save Time Cooking (and Still Eat Healthy)

Raise your hand if you don’t like spending a lot of time preparing meals…. Yeah, I thought so. And after spending the last 30 years developing and testing 1000’s of recipes, if I don’t want to morph into a permanent…

Which Type of Potato to Use

Choosing the right potato for your dish can mean the difference between fluffy mashed potatoes or gluey mashed potatoes. It can mean the difference between crispy fries or mushy fries.

Delicious Dressings

Pumpkin Seed Salad Dressing

Made with healthy, whole-food ingredients this creamy, nut-free, vegan Pumpkin Seed Salad Dressing will add luscious flavor to your salad and more!

Creamy Cashew Salad Dressing (Vegan)

This oil-free, vinegar-free vegan salad dressing is deliciously creamy, remarkably healthy, and incredibly slimming. It is also free from oil. Dear Reader, I would like you to meet Mr. Cashew E. Dressing. He’s a super great guy and I know…

6 Healthy Salad Dressings for Easy Weight Loss

Salads can be a great help for your weight loss plan; but what do you do if you don’t like salad? Well, my solution is to drown that salad in a delicious salad dressing. But, doesn’t that kind of negate all the healthy benefits of eating a salad? Not with the right kind of dressing!

No-Cook Recipes

No-Mayo Chickpea Salad Sandwich (Vegan and Oil-Free)

This easy-to-make, no-mayo chickpea salad is the perfect alternative to chicken salad sandwich. It’s healthy and delicious! Plus it’s oil-free, vegan, and gluten-free. And it’s made without mayo! Tired of pb&j? Need an easy and good-tasting alternative to…

Sugar-Free, Oil-Free, Non-Dairy Carob Frosting

This easy, chocolatey, sugar-free frosting recipe contains no artificial sweeteners, no agave, no powdered sugar, no oil, no shortening, and no butter. It’s made with all plant-based ingredients (vegan!) and it’s gluten free! A few weeks ago, someone…

Carob Avocado Sauce or Spread

An incredibly healthy alternative to chocolate sauce, this creamy and luscious Carob Avocado Spread is chock full of beneficial nutrients, like calcium and fiber, and it is sugar-free! Carob Avocado Sauce makes a delicious topping for waffles, pancakes,…

Bountiful Breakfasts

Oil-Free, Sugar-Free Pear Crisp

This vegan, gluten-free, sugar-free Pear Crisp is a naturally sweetened fruit crisp made without sugar, honey, or maple syrup. Plus, it contains no oil or butter.

Sugar-Free, Oil-Free, Apple Buckwheat Granola

You’ll enjoy lots of big, chunky, crispy (and naturally-sweet) clusters in this luscious, oil-free granola. Most granola -> Full of sugar and spice and nothing nice (for health). Contrary to popular belief, granola is not a health food as it…

Warm Breakfast Grain Salad

Whole grains are good for the gut! One of the greatest benefits of eating whole grains is that they feed the good bacteria in our gut and increase their abundance. Feeding these good gut microbes contributes to a strong

Vegan Dinner Ideas

Cheesy Potato Casserole

This absolutely luscious Vegan Cheesy Potato Casserole is oil-free, gluten-free, cholesterol-free, and dairy-free. And it can even help with weight loss.

Quinoa Lentil No-Meatloaf

Gluten-free Quinoa Lentil No-Meatloaf – Loads of flavor. Made with no mushrooms, no Braggs, no coconut aminos, no Worcestershire, and no oil. This scrumptious veggie meatloaf is not only vegan, but also gluten-free and oil-free. It does not…

How to Cook Lentils

Lentils are nutritious and inexpensive. Here’s an easy guide for how to cook lentils. My method for cooking lentils is ever-so-slightly different than other recipes you may find, but this method results in lentils that are healthier and…

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