Natalie Slater's Blog, page 10
August 13, 2017
15 Minute Vegan: Edamame Beans on Toast
From BakeandDestroy.net:
[image error][image error]Sunday night is meal prep night in my house. It’s a lot less daunting than it sounds. We take a few minutes after dinner and before Game of Thrones to wash the produce we’re going to use for the week, chop a few things, maybe whirl together a vegan cheese sauce or salad dressing, and then it’s off to see what Jon Snow is up to before bed. The rest of the week, thanks to those couple minutes of prep, we’re generally able to pack a healthy lunch and throw together a qui...
August 11, 2017
Friday Five: Healthy Snack Obsessions
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Hi. How are you? Welcome to Friday Five. I’ve been listening to a lot of Podcasts lately so I thought that would be a good way to intro this post. If it was really a podcast I’d talk for like, 20 minutes about some bullshit before I start actually talking about the thing you want to hear.
Anyway, this is Friday Five. It’s new. I wanted to have a place where I could shout-out random stuff I’ve been into lately so this is it. Sometimes it’ll be food, sometimes TV, somet...
August 7, 2017
Vegano Italiano: Spaghetti With Pureed Tomatoes Recipe
From BakeandDestroy.net:
[image error][image error]In Italian cooking, there is beauty in simplicity. Zucchini blossoms dusted with parsley, salt, flour, and fried until crispy. Fresh, crusty bread swirled in olive oil. Salty olives roasted with garlic and rosemary. A perfectly ripe cherry tomato dipped in salt.
My mom’s stories about my great-grandpa Teno’s onion sandwiches with black pepper and mayo set the stage for my life-long love of those simple pleasures. When you let fresh, seasonal ingredients do the talking...
July 30, 2017
Current Fave Vegan Hair Care Products
From BakeandDestroy.net:
I’ve written a few posts about my favorite vegan and natural skin care products, and I even wrote about my favorite natural remedies for stress. So I figured name-dropping some of my tried-and-true vegan hair care products only made sense to do. Please note that these are products I’ve used on my own hair, which is naturally very straight, color-treated, but generally healthy. If you have textured hair I can’t make any promises, but I can direct you to The Sistah Vega...
July 23, 2017
Frugal Vegan: Sweet Potato Breakfast Boats Recipe
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[image error][image error]I’ve had a lot of people tell me they’d love to go vegan but it seems expensive. I get it – if you were to load up on cashew cheese, fake meats from the frozen aisle, or just go to restaurants all the time it really would be. But shop the produce aisle, and keep a couple of staples on hand and all of the sudden you’re eating vegan for just a few bucks a meal.
In their new book, Frugal Vegan: Affordable, Easy & Delicious Vegan Cooking[image error], Katie Koteen and Kate Kasbee show...
July 16, 2017
Bold Flavored Vegan Cooking: Quick and Easy Pad Thai Recipe
From BakeandDestroy.net:
[image error][image error]Celine Steen is a vegan dynamo. Not only is she a prolific cookbook author and recipe developer, but she’s also styled and shot the photos for some of your favorite vegan cookbooks, including my own. I can’t believe it’s already been four years since we exchanged hundreds of emails about culinary triumphs such as Taco Lasagna, but somehow she’s gone on without me.
Also in this book: Smoky Kale and Chickpeas with Miso Peanut Drizzle
Her new book Bold Flavored Vegan Coo...
July 6, 2017
Interview: Vegan Pro-Wrestler & Author Austin Aries
From BakeandDestroy.net:
I’m gonna talk about Austin Aries in a sec. But first, let’s talk about me. When I was pitching the idea for my cookbook, the one question every publisher came back with was, “What do vegan food and pro-wrestling have to do with each other?”
When I finally found a publisher that got it, it was time to promote the book. Often times my intro on the afternoon cable news segments went something like, “Her name is Natalie Slater, and she’s here to show us what on earth veg...
June 26, 2017
My 5 Fave Natural Remedies for Stress
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Hi. I’m Natalie. I am the oldest child, I was raised Catholic, and I am Type A AF. So yeah, I’m familiar with anxiety.
Before we get too far into this post I want to be clear that none of my recommendations are meant to treat severe anxiety and/or depression, nor do I wish to make light of those issues. This post is for people who occasionally find themselves overwhelmed or stressed and need more than a cup of chamomile to calm their nerves.
Obviously before I start i...
June 19, 2017
Vegan Cheese: Spicy Quinoa Queso Recipe
From BakeandDestroy.net:
[image error][image error]Vegan cheese really freaks non-vegans out. It’s a phenomenon that has always cracked me up a little bit. “But, what is it made from?” they ask, faces shriveled with disgust. Uh, it’s not made from a cow’s lactation? It’s made from nuts and vegetables, you friggin’ weirdo. I have conquered some of the greatest cheese skeptics – including my own siblings – with a delicious vegan cheese sauce. My brother happily ate second helpings of my vegan mac n’ yeast, while my sist...
June 11, 2017
Guilt-Free Nice Cream: Mango, Berry and Lime Nice-Cream Slice Recipe
From BakeandDestroy.net:
[image error][image error]Dude, I’ve been pretty upfront about how I feel about bananas. (They are gross.) But, this negative opinion is solely based on the texture which I find to be slimy and mushy. I like how bananas taste, and I really like how versatile they are in vegan recipes. So, it kinda shocked my husband when I rode the Nice Cream wave, but I am a wild, mysterious woman and he should know that by now.
Margie Broadhead has stepped up the Nice Cream game in her new book Guilt-Free Ni...
