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Break Up with Takeout: Quick and Easy Vegan Broccoli with Spicy Garlic Sauce Recipe

Photo by Ann Oliverio

Every day this hot spell slows me down a little more. Where I live where it’s usually too hot for 2 weeks, not 2 months. But today, I’m determined to be in a good mood no matter what! How? I’m planning a nice relaxing dinner at home is my starting point. In the heat, preparing as much as I can ahead of time reallymotivates me to cook instead of just thinking about it.

For this Quick and Easy Vegan Broccoli with Spicy Garlic Sauce Recipe you can make the garlic sauce in t...

Quick and Easy Vegan Summer Menu Plan That Gets Dinner on the Table Fast!

Mysummer vegan slow cooker menu plan posthas been so popular I’m going to keep doing them. Let me know if there’s aspecific menu plan that you’d like to see in future posts. I’m finishing up on the summer ones and will be starting on some fall ones soon.

This vegan summer menu plan is perfect for abusy week and budget friendly too. Try making theSuper Easy Avocado Chili Bean Veggie Burgersahead of time and just heat them up when you want them. You can either freeze some of the extras or pack...

An Easy Vegan Summer Menu Plan That Gets Dinner on the Table Fast!

Mysummer vegan slow cooker menu plan posthas been so popular I’m going to keep doing them. Let me know if there’s aspecific menu plan that you’d like to see in future posts. I’m finishing up on the summer ones and will be starting on some fall ones soon.

This vegan summer menu plan is perfect for abusy week and budget friendly too. Try making theSuper Easy Avocado Chili Bean Veggie Burgersahead of time and just heat them up when you want them. You can either freeze some of the extras or pack...

Middle Eastern Iced Coffee with Homemade Cardamom Vanilla Syrup and Rosewater

Disclaimer: This post was sponsored by the J.M. Smucker company. All opinions and the yummy recipe are my own.

I wake up, go upstairs to feed the cats and then make my first iced coffee of the day. I almost always add vanilla nondairy milk and sometimes I add a homemade syrupor two to create a drink you can’t even get outside of my own kitchen.

Today, I have a new and exciting coffee drink for you – a Middle Eastern Iced Coffee. It’s inspired by a coffee on the menu at Cocoa and Cinnamon in m...

Vegan Summer Make-Ahead Menu Plan – 7 Easy Recipes that You Eat Straight From Your Fridge!

I got great feedback on last week’s summer vegan slow cooker menu plan post, so I though another one was in order. This week I gathered 7 vegan recipes that you make ahead of time and eat cold, right out of the fridge! This vegan summer make-ahead menu plan is perfect for a crazy work week or one thatyou don’t want to cook every night.

You could make the first 3 recipes on Sunday, then cook the rest on Thursday for a cook-free weekend! You can even make some overnight oatmeal to take care of...

14 Vegan Recipes to Turn Fresh Corn into Amazing Summer Meals!

I’m ridiculously excited because the heat and humidity have taken a little break this morning. It puts me in such a good mood to do some of my work outside. I get to listen to the birds, feel the breezes, and if I’m very lucky my hummingbird friend will fly by. That’s what a good day looks like to me.

A day like this is perfect to go to the farmers market and pick out some sweet, fresh corn to play with. Or, if you’re like me, you have some in your fridge that needs to get used up. You are s...

BLEND Smoothies Ebook Review and a Vegan Maple Walnut Blended Coffee Recipe!

Please note that this post contains affiliatelinks, but all the opinions are my own.

I love smoothies and I tend to pack mine full of extra ice or frozen fruit to make it extra thick. In fact, I can go through all the ice my ice maker creates for me in a day during the summer.

My friend and fellowblogger, Faith Gorsky of An Edible Mosaic, and her friend, Alyssa Brantley of Everyday Maven, wrote an awesome ebook called Blend Smoothies.

All the recipes are easily made vegan or even adjusted to...

A Vegan Slow Cooker Menu Plan that Will Change Your Summer Cooking Forever!

It has been almost impossible for me to get motivated to cook last week. Even this morning I woke up to 85 degrees and 70% humidity and that was at 7 am! It will be in the 90s soon and I’m solving my problem for this week by coming up with a vegan slow cooker menu plan.

I’m sharing it with you today to make your scorching hot summer days easier too. And guess what? They are made right in yourslow cooker! Yes, your crockpot can change your summer cooking.

For years I’ve been an advocate of us...

Vegan Slow Cooker Fresh Corn Risotto Using My Favorite Corn Cobb Trick

Photo by Kate Lewis

My fridge is still stocked with sweet, fresh corn and I bet yours is too. This vegan slow cooker fresh corn risottouses my favorite corn cob trick that you can read about below. If you are reading this in the winter, don’t fret, you can make this with frozen corn kernels and use bouillon.

This recipe is from my book, Vegan Slow Cooking for Two and Fair Winds is letting me share itwith you today.

My secret ninja trick involves fresh corn. You may not think that the cob has...

Vegan Instant Pot Brazilian Potato Salad

I had some real research to do when theIdaho Potato Commissionasked me to create a recipe forBrazilian Potato Salad. I hadn’t ever had it, but the more I read, the more familiar it seemed. It’s a lot like American potato salad because it’s mayo based. It also includes olives, veggies, and eggs.

This recipegets that eggy flavor by adding some kala namack,an Indian salt that has a high sulfur content that makes food taste like eggs.

The potatoes and veggies are cooked in an Instant Potif you h...