Showing posts with label vegan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vegan. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 26, 2024

Deliciously Easy Ramp Carbonara Recipe: A Seasonal Twist on a Classic Favorite

Deliciously Easy Ramp Carbonara Recipe: A Seasonal Twist on a Classic Favorite
Spring has spring here in West Virginia and that means one thing...RAMP SEASON!  You see, Appalachian cuisine is traditionally simple.  It's comprised mostly of what people grow, hunt, and forage.  I can remember countess hours spent in the woods with my grandpa foraging mushrooms, berries, an…

Monday, March 25, 2024

Simple Chickpea Salad Sandwich Recipe

Simple Chickpea Salad Sandwich Recipe
Whenever I tell people that I am mostly plant-based the first thing they say is "I could never do that.  I love (fill in the blank) too much."  The thing is there is nothing that I loved from a traditional American Standard Diet that I can't have in a plant-based version.  Sometimes y…

Friday, March 22, 2024

Easy One Pot Taco Pasta Recipe

Easy One Pot Taco Pasta Recipe
The response to last week's Frugal Friday/5 Ingredient Friday (we're still working on that name) was HUGE!  I can see that we are all looking for ways that we can save on groceries as well as create flavorful and filling meals for our families.  This is what I try to accomplish with dinner…

Wednesday, March 20, 2024

Easy One Pot Sausage and Rice Bake

Easy One Pot Sausage and Rice Bake
There was a time in my life, back when I was learning how to cook, when I spent hours researching and cultivating these beautiful meals.  I was all about building skill and technique.  It was quite pretentious.  Well, fast forward 12 years later and I am a working homeschool mom, who is crazy busy…

Sunday, March 17, 2024

Mongolian Tofu Recipe

Mongolian Tofu Recipe
When I started to eat more plant-based one of the things I was worried about it that I wouldn't be able to eat the foods that I love.  That it would too complicated to acquire the special ingredients needed to make things taste right, and so on, and so on.  The thing is that couldn't be fur…

Monday, March 11, 2024

Tempeh BLT Sandwich Recipe

Tempeh BLT Sandwich Recipe
In the last five years there has been a huge influx of people dabbling with more plant-based eating.  Whether it's health, the environment, saving the animals, or saving money, plant-based eating is on the rise.  In fact, it's become so common that its just as easy to make a plant-based swa…

Wednesday, March 6, 2024

Crispy 3 Ingredient Black Bean Tacos Recipe

Crispy 3 Ingredient Black Bean Tacos Recipe
Remember those amazing PERFECT BLACK BEANS we made the other day?  If not, I link them ( HERE ).  They're absolutely delicious on their own, I mean, I literally eat them by the bowlful.  However, I realize that's not everyone's jam, so I have come up with a few recipes to use them in sta…

Monday, March 4, 2024

Easy Tofu Parmesan Recipe

Easy Tofu Parmesan Recipe
Tofu is one of those things that I feel like has a certain stigmatism attached to it.  People hear the word tofu and they immediately have the 'EW' knee jerk reaction.  I am vegetarian and I had the same knee jerk reaction.  I had some really bad tofu , before one day I had some REALLY good…

Friday, March 1, 2024

How to Make the Perfect Mexican Style Black Beans

How to Make the Perfect Mexican Style Black Beans
You guys, I eat a lot of beans.  We are not vegans or vegetarians per-say, but the majority of our meals are plant-based. We have found this to not only be a healthier option for our family, but it helps keep our grocery expenses under control as well.  That being said, these aren't always the…

Friday, February 23, 2024

Fried Cabbage with Creamed Tomatoes Recipe

Fried Cabbage with Creamed Tomatoes Recipe
Part of the food culture in West Virginia is serving simple and inexpensive meals.  But don't be fooled.  Just because our food is cheap and inexpensive doesn't mean our flavor is.  In fact, my elders could take the cheapest, most simple ingredient like cabbage and turn it into something s…

Wednesday, February 21, 2024

TVP Ground 'Meat' Alternative Recipe

TVP Ground 'Meat' Alternative Recipe
Yes, I am vegan.  However, my husband is NOT and I would never expect him to eat the same way I have chosen to.  There are many times that I make two separate meals to accommodate us both (also, I'm a food blogger and I cook for you as well).  So when I can find a meat alternative that my husb…

Big Mac Wrap Recipe (with Plant-Based Alternatives)

Big Mac Wrap Recipe (with Plant-Based Alternatives)
Every once in a while I get a hard core craving for a Big Mac.  I just do.  However, have you seen the prices at McDonalds these days?  YIKES! I mean who can afford to eat out anymore.  Usually I would just make my Copy Cat Big Mac at home (I will link the recipe HERE ), but as fate would have it I…

Monday, February 19, 2024

How to Make the Perfect Tofu Scramble

How to Make the Perfect Tofu Scramble
This is not my first post for tofu scramble.  Back in 2017 I posted a recipe for tofu scramble that I will link ( HERE ). It was good, but it wasn't great.  Like, if I was a person who loved eggs, I wouldn't have eaten it and been like WOW, this is amazing!  However, time has passed, and my …

Thursday, February 15, 2024

Classic Chicken and Sausage Gumbo Recipe (with Plant-Based Alternatives)

 Classic Chicken and Sausage Gumbo Recipe (with Plant-Based Alternatives)
It's Mardi Gras season y'all and no Fat Tuesday would be complete without a delicious Classic Gumbo Recipe . Full disclosure.  I have never been to New Orleans, but I have a few friends from there, who taught me the ways of their ancestors and helped me to perfect my West Virginia version of …

Tuesday, February 13, 2024

Teriyaki Chicken Recipe (with plant based alternatives)

Teriyaki Chicken Recipe (with plant based alternatives)
I love Asian food.  When it's my turn to choose where we eat out, 9 times out of 10 it will be Asian.  I think it's the sweet, spicy, salty, savory blend of the flavors that draw me in. I literally crave it.  Asian meals are great for weeknight meals because they are so simple to make and …

Tuesday, February 6, 2024

How to Make the Perfect Tofu Tacos

How to Make the Perfect Tofu Tacos
Most of you would totally click out of this recipe as soon as you saw the word TOFU, but hear me out.  Yes, we are a mostly plant-based home, but listen, MEAT IS EXPENSIVE.  Yes ma'am it is.  You are looking at $7 dollars or more for one pound of ground beef where as tofu is a couple of dollars…

Thursday, January 25, 2024

Homemade Tzatziki Sauce (with plant based alternatives)

Homemade Tzatziki Sauce (with plant based alternatives)
This is a simple Homemade Tzatziki Sauce that is full of flavor and great for dips, sandwiches, pastas, you name it.   Best of all it uses simple ingredients that you probably have on hand and if you are a house divided such as ours, I included plant based alternatives as well.  Let me show you how…

Easy Crockpot Gyros with Homemade Tzatziki Sauce (plant based alternatives included)

Easy Crockpot Gyros with Homemade Tzatziki Sauce (plant based alternatives included)
When I travel I love trying foods that I can't get at home.  Like authentic food.  It really awakens your pallet to new flavor possibilities.  Take gyros for example.  Authentic Greek food is not something you readily come by in West Virginia, but I love the flavors.  I was really craving them…

Tuesday, January 23, 2024

Homemade Sloppy Joe French Bread Pizza (with plant based alternatives)

Homemade Sloppy Joe French Bread Pizza (with plant based alternatives)
I love fun food.  Let's face it, who doesn't.  I also when you can take classic recipes and turn them into something new.  This Sloppy Joe French Bread Pizza is just that.   You can take a few pantry staples and create a delicious homemade sauce that is WAY better than the canned stuff.  Yo…

Friday, January 19, 2024

Country Style Black Eyed Peas Recipe

Country Style Black Eyed Peas Recipe
Beans are a staple here in West Virginia.  They are warm, filling, nutritious, and affordable.  That's why they make frequent appearances on our table.  Honestly you give me a pot of beans, some cabbage, fried potatoes, and corn bread and I am in Heaven.  That's why I think everyone should …