Fabulous Vegan Recipes

This creamy Alfredo sauce is not made with cheese or cashews; it's made entirely with veggies. Allow me to explain my inspiration for this recipe. Lately, I've enjoyed Misfits Market deliveries so my fridge is stocked with lots of fruit and veggies. You get lots of in season organic veggies that aren't "pretty". They have lumps and bumps or they are a little misshapen and are not sold. So Misfits Market sells them for 40% off the regular price and I get a lovely box of delicious veggies. *Keep reading for a discount code* I've already noticed that my diet is more whole foods, plant-based and it's only been two weeks. Why? I buy all my food from Misfits Market and I don't go to other stores and buy alot of other items. So the majority of what I eat are the veggies. After your first box, you can add other pantry items to your box (oats, snacks, berries, chocolate and so many other cool goodies). I really just don't need to buy more food anywhere else

This vegan lasagna is made with a cheesy root vegetable sauce. It is nut-free and not made with packaged vegan cheese. A meal made with whole foods, it's is delicious and nutritious.

It's been a minute since I've blogged. It boggles my mind to look back and realize I used to blog three times a week! I miss those days when I had that vigor and enthusiasm for food and cooking and photographing said food. My goal for the rest of 2018 is to get back to blogging and find my love for developing recipes again! Are we really halfway through the year??

So, this came about when I saw something similar on Instagram and I had just purchased a sweet potato at the farmers market. Sweet potato soup is amazing because you don't need a ton of spices; the sweetness speaks for itself and doesn't require alot of dressing up. The longest part of this recipe is steaming the sweet potatoes so you can steam it ahead of time and store it in your fridge. This is so awesome for the whole family and a great soup to make for kids because it's sweet.

I haven't said wow and wanted to jump on the phone with someone about a smoothie in a while. This is that time. I just made and taste tested this epic sweet potato smoothie and it was so satisfying and nutritious and delicious that I can't wait to pass this on. You know who this smoothie is great for? Kids who don't like to eat their veggies. You can get an entire sweet potato and some healing spices into them before they even leave for school. This is also the perfect smoothie for YOU who craves sugar but wants to eat healthy. Yum yum, my tummy is full.

I'm so sorry I have not updated this blog in a minute, I have been so busy getting back into the swing of life since coming back to the city after New Years. I'm pretty much kicking alot of butt-I have my mailing list up and running, I sent out my second newsletter this week and I added a mailing list popup link to my website. I ran my first New York Road Runner race on Saturday (a 10K) in the snow and freezing cold and I got through my first week of eating clean and I'm down two pounds. Want to join me? Sign up for my Intro to Plant-Based Eating Fb group! We begin Monday January 16th but the grocery list goes out this Friday!

There is nothing more delish than the perfect potato cut into bite sized pieces, topped with amazing spices and baked. I have been craving pots lately and I made some today, I posted the pic on fb and it got some cool likes. I think that I'm obsessed with potatoes because July 4th is coming up, one of my fav holidays, and I plan on making a ton of potatoes at my mom's lake house for my family. I'm going to make them exactly like I'm going to describe here and I'm going to serve with tahini sauce.

I love colorful food. Colorful food makes you feel colorful, happy, light and healthy. Go to a farmers market and you will see a rainbow of goodness. Once you train your tastebuds to LOVE veggies, steamed kale can taste like a milkshake....no really, seriously, I have the biggest sweet tooth and I get the same sugar high from bright green steamed kale as I do from a milkshake. 

I have super sensitive skin. It gets red, itchy and dry very easily and it's been the source of much angst as I was growing up. I usually get flair-ups when the weather changes and extreme temperatures do nothing to help it! When I go home to PA, I get a facial when I can, which includes a hydrating peel, exfoliation and deep moisture (as well as an upper body massage!) One thing I've noticed over the past few months is if I drink my green smoothie or load up on the leafy greens, my skin will clear up. I used to rely on topical steroids but I prefer food as a natural medicine (plus steroids have major side effects!)

Potato salad is the ultimate summer food. You can whip it up and take it to BBQ’s or just relax on your porch and enjoy the delicious flavors and aromas of this dish. I love tahini sauce and I wanted to make a dish using it as one of the main ingredients. I made this savory potato salad using organic potatoes and mixed greens as the base. It turned out completely scrumptious and I can’t wait to share it with you!

I know, it's such a long winded title for a post but this meal is epic and I can't wait to share, This is a wonderful dish filled with whole, clean food. You need your oven and some tinfoil, which makes the cleanup so much easier and some super simple ingredients and there you have it! I just came back from a nice long 7 mile run and I made this for lunch. I saw the maple syrup in my fridge and I got this idea of using it as the sauce for potatoes. And then even better, baking the potatoes in the maple syrup. The end result did not disappoint because this is a super delish meal.

Weekends always call for a big breakfast or big brunch and sometime I just gotta have scrambled tofu and potatoes with toast and some fruit. I made these awesome hash browns this past weekend and I knew immediately they had to go on the bloggy! The best part of these are the spices I put in; so much so that you don't need to drown these potatoes in ketchup. So, you've got the tofu scramble recipe here and just add this hash brown recipe for a full traditional american breakfast.

I bought sweet potatoes at Trader Joe's the other day since I've been dreaming of baked potato fries. I made these without oil or salt and they still turned out awesome. Doing well with raw til 4, I especially love dinners. Aside from baking these potatoes, you can steam them and dress them up with spices. Cut up a large sweet potato into bite sized pieces. Arrange the pieces on a no stick baking sheet, keeping the potato pieces close to one another. Sprinkle paprika, a tiny bit of red pepper and garlic on top and bake at 375 degrees for 45 minutes. Transfer the potato pieces to a plate and eat like you would fries. These are so delicious and tasty, the spices make you forget that they are oil and salt free. I ate these as a side to a pasta dish I made with a persimmons sauce, recipe is in one of my previous posts from this week. Have a fabulous weekend! Yesterday it's only 2 weeks until Christmas which means we only have two more weeks until our meditation challen

I bought a big bag of white potatoes at Trader Joe's because they didn't have any sweet potatoes (that happens alot at the Union Square store?).  They are organic and super delish; I've been steaming them for potato salad.  I made a pumpkin potato salad (recipe coming soon, I want to tweak it) and I made a Dijon potato salad with fermented garlic and spices that I'm going to post for you here.  I plan on using the potato salad as a filler for my spring rolls and sushi rolls that I'm getting back to making today.

It's meatfree Monday, what are you having today??  Here is a wonderful potato recipe to have with a salad and the banana parfait is great for dessert or breakfast.

This was just an amazing dish of loveliness!  Summer is just around the corner-we had pretty hot weather the last two days.  Summer makes me think of lots of fruit, grilling, potato salad, cold pasta salad, popsicles, fresh lemon juice etc etc....so many awesome refreshing foods and drinks.  This potato salad is one of my favorites and one of the best I've ever tasted may I add :)  You will never think of adding mayo again!  This one has mustard and dill, two very savory ingredients that make this potato salad pop.  I'm making more so I can have leftovers.

I was inspired to make this bean dish after I saw a recipe in Alicia Silverstone's book The Kind Diet. She talks about the benefits of aduki beans for kidney health and other good stuff. I did some substituting and a different cooking technique and the finished product was a delicious and filling bean dish. It was both salty and sweet with lots of nutrients and minerals.

I thought all day about dinner and settled on sweet potato soup. I made a pumpkin version and it's in my ebook

Eating a variety of colors is essential to a healthy diet. Buy as many veggies as you can and combine different flavors and colors. Tonight I made what I thought was a weird combination of veggies but the taste was insane. I love my sweet veggies and I love combining veggies. Tonight was sweet potato, sweet pepper and an avocado spread. I tossed in some garbanzo beans for protein. Steam your sweet potato. Cut it up in chunks and steam it until you can put a fork through all the pieces.

I changed my potato salad recipe slightly so I thought I would post it especially since I have a stellar picture too (thanks Instagram!). I peeled the potatoes this time and then tossed in a few different ingredients. Boil and peel 8-10 white or red bliss potatoes Cut up in small pieces and put in a medium sized bowl. Put the following in your food processor: two cloves of garlic, juice from a lemon, 2tbsp of olive oil, 1 tbsp of water, fresh spinach, seas salt, process until smooth. Taste and then pour over your potatoes. Mix until all the potatoes are covered. Take to your next BBQ! It's delicious :)