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Instant Pot Vegan Black-Eyed Pea Jambalaya

Last week I gave you a list of recipes you can make when life seems too hard.  Today, I’m posting my latest healthy recipe that you’re going to love. It’s made in your Instant Pot and is made of mostly black-eyed peas and long grain brown rice. Best of all it’s extremely easy to make.

There are some spices involved, but you can use your favorite Cajun spice blend in place of those to make it easier. I do use fresh onions which you can saute with or without oil. But if that’s more work than...

20 of the Best Vegan Frozen Desserts

I’m one of the people who can’t wait to see the leaves starting to turn, have the weather cool off, and make pumpkin everything! But it’s still August, way too hot for me, and I’m using so much ice in my drinks to cool down that my fridge is struggling to keep up.

I know that many of you are in the same situation, and I wanted to give you plenty of choices. Below are some of my favorite blogger’s recipes and mine. Enjoy!

First up is my good-for-you Vegan Coconut Avocado Fudgsicles that add...

Sweet and Sour Red Cabbage Made Fast in Your Instant Pot

Are any of you getting beautiful heads of cabbage in your CSA yet? I’ve been getting some for the past month or two. Honestly, I’ve made enough raw cabbage salad for the summer and I was ready for something cooked.

I really like cooked cabbage, but Cheryl doesn’t. Well, until she had this Sweet and Sour red Cabbage. It’s so easy to make in the Instant Pot and she even asked for seconds!

Originally, this was going into my new book, The Ultimate Vegan Cookbook for Your Instant Pot. But the boo...

15-minute rustic pasta from The Homemade Vegan Pantry

Photo © 2015 by Eva Kolenko

I gave you a sneak peek into Miyoko Schinner’s new book, The Homemade Vegan Pantry, and shared a recipe for her amazing vegan ribs.  THen I noticed that her 15-minute rustic pasta recipe hadn’t made it to the blog tour yet and I knew I had to let you in on it!

(Disclaimer: I organized the blog tour for The Homemade Vegan Pantry and received a complimentary copy of the book. However, I was not paid to write this post and all the opinions are truly my own.)

It’s alwa...

Recipes to Make When Life Seems Too Hard

I didn’t want to get out of bed this morning. In fact, I felt the same way yesterday too. While some days we all feel lower than others, the past few days my heart has been heavy because of what took place in Charlottesville, VA on Saturday.

As a rule I don’t talk about politics on this blog. However, I feel like the racism and hatred that raised its ugly head this weekend goes far beyond simple politics. It threatens people in all our communities, friends, and family. Honestly, it scares me...

Instant Pot Vegan Menu Plan: Quick Back to School Meals that Wow!

Even if you aren’t going off to school or don’t have kids, back to school time is great to start some new habits. It always feels a little bit like New Years, in that you get a clean start. It can be a busy time if you do have kids or classes, but this week’s menu plan should have you in and out of the kitchen in a flash!

This stress-free Instant Pot Vegan Menu Plan is my back to school present for you. The meals come together fast because they are all made in your Instant Pot!

I’ve also swi...

Enchanted Vanilla Pancakes with Chai-spiced Peach Compote

I seem to have made Fridays my “what’s for brunch” posting day. Honesty, I start thinking about weekend brunch on the deck from about Wednesday. Tomorrow I’m ready to make my Enchanted Vanilla Pancakes with Chai-spiced Peach Compote. I got fresh peaches in my CSA and they are ready to go!

These pancakes are enchanted with the nutrition of beans – which should make you rest easy feeding them to your family.  They also have whole wheat, oats, and ground flax-seed.

Why call them enchanted? It’s...

Make Your Own Fresh Blackberry Syrup

I used to love a blackberry green tea frappuccino from Starbuck’s. Of course, it’s long since discontinued. I’ve never been able to find a blackberry syrup at a store that came close, so I decided to make my own fresh blackberry syrup!

Unlike the store-bought ones that I thought tasted like weird chemicals, this recipes makes a syrup that tastes like real blackberries – imagine that!

You can make this in the dead of winter with frozen blackberries and even give a few bottles for holiday pre...

Cooling Vegan Meals You Make Ahead and Eat From the Fridge!

It’s the last few weeks of searing summer heat and I have some easy to make food that you can even make ahead and eat straight from your fridge to cool you down!

What’s your favorite savory cooling recipe?

photo by theviewfromgreatisland.com

This Heirloom Tomato Gazpacho from The View From Great Island is as tasty as it is beautiful and is perfect to liven up and lunch or weekend brunch.

photo by kitchentreaty.com

Kitchen Treaty’s Creamy Chickpea Gazpacho brings regular gazpacho to a new lev...

4 Vegan Biscuits You Need to Make

It’s true! I’m from the south, and I love biscuits of all kinds! They can be plain, full of fruit, stuffed with veggies or even used as a base for the best breakfast pizza you’ll ever have!

Why so much biscuit love? They are easy to throw together and take less than an hour to complete (from start to finish). You can use leftover bits of fruit or veggies and you can even use leftover grains to bump up nutrition – all the while cleaning out the fridge at the same time.

The very best part is y...