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Plant Power Review and Giveaway

I’m a huge fan of Nava Atlas and her site Veg Kitchen. Her publisher sent me a copy of her latest book, Plant Power, to take a look at. Spoiler: It’s full of easy to make delicious vegan recipes. Be sure to scroll to the bottom of this post and enter to wi a copy of your own.

The book is broken down into 2 parts. The first part is Plan Powered Living and Nava goes over the benefits and myths of a plant based diet. She also gives you the info to set up your pantry and how to store produce.

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5 Vegan Sweet Pumpkin Recipes

Last weekend I did a roundup of savory pumpkin recipes and today I’m balancing it out with some sweet treats. What pumpkin recipes have you been cooking up lately?

Whole Wheat Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookiesare full of pumpkin and whole grains. Feel free to use coconut sugar in place of the brown sugar.

Autumn Coffee Cake with Pumpkin and Pecansis full of pumpkin, pecan and oats with just enough sweetness from stevia to pull it all together.

Hazelnut Ale Pumpkin BrowniesusesRogue’s Hazelnut Brown...

Slow Cooker Fall Harvest Butter

It seems like summer is hanging on with a vengeance. In spite of that I’m cooking soups, stews and pumpkin everything. I keep hoping if it smells like fall in my kitchen that it will bring the temperatures down and make the leaves change a little faster.

This butter is from The Vegan Slow Cooker and is a combo of pear, apple and pumpkin butter all cooked down in the slow cooker with spices to make a thick autumn spread. I use brown sugar and agave to sweeten mine, but you can use your favorite...

Savory Vegan Pumpkin Recipe Roundup

Slow Cooker Pumpkin White Bean Lasagnais one of my earliest recipes and it’s still one of my favorites. I’ve actually updated it for a short cooking time because all of my new 4 quart slow cookers run hotter than the ones I had years ago.

It’s great for a weekend dinner and you can even take a nap while it’s cooking!

This Slow Cooker Vegan Chowderhas pumpkin puree hidden in the broth to thicken it up a bit and add some extra nutrition. Beyond Meat’s faux chicken strips would work well in this.

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Harry Potter’s Curried Pumpkin Burger

Hagrid takes Harry to get a burger at Diagon Alley in the first Harry Potter book, The Sorcerer’s Stone. In mind this is the veggie burger they would serve there.

I know Harry isn’t vegan, but I bet he’d come over to our side for one of these autumn patties!

My burger screams fall with pumpkin, rolled oats and white beans making up the body of the burger. Indian spices elevate it to something you want to eat on a bun, on top of sautéed veggies or even with a delicious dal.

In the meantime here a...

Autumn Phyllo Pie with Butternut Squash

I’m taking a tiny detour from pumpkin. Today’s recipe features butternut squash which some of you may argue is close enough. I promise that I’m looking forward to the root veggies ahead and will be giving you recipes for them before the year is out!

Cutco Cutlery sent me an awesome fall harvest basket that included the knife above. This was given to mefor free to use and review. Be sure to keep an eye out for#CutcoFallHarvest on Twitter and Facebook to see what other bloggers thought of Cutco’...

Diagon Alley and Homemade Pumpkin Juice

In case you didn’t know,Cheryl and I are huge Harry Potter geeks. I’m even re-reading the whole series again right now to get in the mood for Halloween. After all, I have a fancy Gothic dinner party to plan for the end of October!

Wewaitedto hear when they were opening up the new Diagon Alley at Universal Studios. They took their time announcing the hard opening, but we finally found out intime to plan our summer vacation. We knew it would be hot and crowded, but that we couldn’t miss the oppo...

6 Vegan Apple Recipes for Fall

The weather has been cold and dreary here in Durham and I have loved every minute of it! It finally feels like fall. I’m looking forward to seeing the leaves changeandwearing sweaters again. Not too mentioneating recipes that are full of apples, pumpkin and butternut squash.

I have a roundup of apple recipes for you to enjoy over the weekend and beyond. Apples in biscuits, kugel, cake bars, creamer, muffins and, of course, an oatmeal.

These are the biscuits I’ve been craving since the weather h...

Sonoran Tacos from Vegan Tacos and a Giveaway!

Sonoran Tacos from Vegan Tacos

When I was asked to review Vegan Tacos by Jason Wyrick I didn’t imagine that a book on tacos could be this extensive. It gives the history of tacos, teaches you to make your own tortillas, a variety of fillings, toppings, sides and drinks too.

Please note that the publisher did give me a copy of the book but all opinions are my own. There are affiliate links in this post which means if you buy through my link I will receive a small commission.

This book is like goi...

Whole Wheat Bourbon Banana Bread

I’m on a fall kick and it won’t be too long before pumpkin gets me under its spell. But we all need to remember it’s not the only fall ingredient to get excited about.

Today I want to give pecans inthe spotlight. Don’t worry though, I’ll talk about apples, pears, sweet potatoes and all kinds of winter squash before fall is over.

Manyof you got your copy of OATrageous Oatmeals this week. If you’re in that number, it would be awesome if you would take a minute to leave a reviewon Amazon. I would...