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July 24, 2014
A New Drink for National Drink Watermelon Day
When the Watermelon Board asked me to create a drink for National Drink Watermelon Day I actually squealed a little! I’m a huge watermelon fan and have been ever so slightly obsessed with it this summer.
July 24is consideredthe hottest day of the yearandNWPB(National Watermelon Promotion Board) is proclaiming it as “National DrinkWatermelonDay!” and a day to improve hydration habits across America.
Make sure to scroll down to the bottom of the post to get the recipe for my Watermelon Lemon-Balm...
July 22, 2014
Review: Vegan Ice Cream and a Recipe
Since I’ve been trying to keep up with Ice Cream Tuesdays, I was particularly excited about reviewing Vegan Ice Cream by Jeff Rogers. I was invited to be in a review group by the publisher and received this book for free. My opinions are my own and I was not paid or required to write this review.
Be sure to read to the end of this post and enter to win a copy of your own!
Spoiler: I loved the 2 ice creams I made and you can try the Chocolate Pecan for yourself since the publisher granted me per...
July 17, 2014
Chilled Summer Squash Soup
This year I was determined to grow some yellow squash and zucchini in my tiny garden. I have a ton of sun in my backyard but no good place to put an in-ground garden, soI havean Earthbox garden. It may be small but I have tomatoes, cucumbers, squash, pie pumpkins, eggplants and peppers planted this year plus a slew of herbs.
As long as I’ve had a garden I’ve had squash bugs. I always plant enough for the whole block and end up with barely enough for us. So far, this year, my yellow squash seem...
July 14, 2014
OATrageous Oatmeals Pre-order Promotion
Hopefully you’ve already taken a peek inside my new book, OATrageous Oatmeals. In fact you can do that right this minute on its Amazon page – just click the photo of the book once you get there.
The name is a tad misleading because there is so much more than my normal oatmeal recipes inside. There are the expected warm oatmeal, refrigerator oats and smoothies for breakfast all year round. But included are recipes for Steel-cut Oat Sausage Crumbles, Oat Yogurt, Oat Dosas, creamy soups, stir-fry...
July 8, 2014
Banana Avocado Mint Ice Cream – No Ice Cream Maker Needed!
It’s Ice Cream Tuesday and this Banana Avocado Mint Ice Cream with Tazo chocolate-covered cocoa nibs is the answer to all my needstoday. It’s cold, creamy and healthy compared to store-bought ice creams. Plus you don’t need an ice cream maker to make it!
I have to be honest with you and let you know that this is not whatI had planned to post today. So this recipe is the answer to my posting problem too.
Mybourbon vanilla oat creamdidn’t work out the way I planned it, so it’s not ready to share...
July 1, 2014
Refreshing Summer Watermelon Ricky Sweetened with Stevia
Watermelon is one of the bestparts of summer. If you’re at all like me you may get a little over zealous at times. If something is priced per piece, or perhaps per watermelon, I am going to find the biggest one in the store – even if I can barely lift it into my cart by myself. I’m just thrifty cheap that way.
Well, it’s only saving moneyif you use the whole thing. I may have over bought on watermelon in the past a time or two (or dozens). You know, those big ones that can’t possibly fit in th...
June 27, 2014
Review: Thrive Energy Cookbook
I received Thrive in the mail a few weeks ago and was pleasantly surprised at how beautiful the photos and design are. Be sure to scroll down and enter the giveaway to win your own copy of Thrive Energy Cookbookand to get the recipe for theChocolate Chip French Vanilla Smoothie from the book.
There are 150 recipes allcentered around fresh andhealthyfood. There are some recipes that call for specific brands of wraps and a few other things, but those can be easily substituted with what you have...
June 23, 2014
Eggplant Tapenade from Vegan Slow Cooking for Two
Photo by Kate Lewis
The hot, humid North Carolina summer weatherwears me out froma simple walk around my tiny garden or after a few hours working on the deck. The heat makes me feelless motivated and spend to much time thinking about taking naps.
This is the time of the year that slow cookers are made for.Make dinner while doing other, less heat producing, chores.
While I’m writing this I have 2 cooking away in the kitchen and it doesn’t heat the house up a bit.I’ll be posting more summer slow c...
June 19, 2014
Easy Vegan Avocado Lemon Basil Pesto
The good part about this time of the year is walking out in the garden to grab some herbs for dinner or to even plan a meal around what veggie is ready to pick. But with the good there is always the dark side of summer – the heat.
The rising temperatures make me want to eat salad, vegan yogurt and fruit, but doesn’t get me excited about turning on the stove or oven. We do have a grill with a burner that I requested just for times like these, but I guess I forgot I would be standing out in the...
June 16, 2014
Blackberry Mojito Overnight Refrigerator Oats
This post wasn’t supposed to go out yet. It’s a teaser post for a guest post I’m doing soon. But now that you want some Blackberry Mojito Overnight Refrigerator Oats from my new book OATrageous Oatmeals, you can get the recipe at Chic Vegan.
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