When I was a kid, I hated everything – especially sauces. Today, I give ketchup a pass. Took me awhile to get there. According to WebMd, children may be picky eaters, or now known as “selective eaters,” due to smell, texture, or taste sensitivities. …
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3 Ways To Unpeel A Frozen Banana
Stuck between a rock and a hard place – that’s how I imagine a banana fruit feels when tossed into the back of a freezer and forgotten. The right way to freeze a banana without having to deal with the task of peeling its skins is to actually front the work before it even touches the freezer.…
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10 Popular Plant Based And Broke Recipes 2019
February of this year, I decided to launch my Plant Based and Broke blog. To sum it up: it’s been a wild, fun ride. This year was the year for learning, growth, and hustle. The end of the year is approaching and it’s moving FAST.…
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Holiday Frugal Gift Guide For Home Cooks 2019
The holiday season is here and that means it’s time to think about gifts for our loved ones (or ourselves), but we all could save a coin or two. As much as I love cooking, I just can’t bring myself to slap down a thousand bucks on shiny, new cooking equipment – no matter how many mushrooms bacon I am bringing home. …
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13 Cooking No-Nos To Avoid
Are you the type of home chef that uses a non-stick pan with a metal spatula and cannot understand for the life of you why that pan looks like it has been clawed by an angry cat? (Clue: there’s a reason for it and this is one cooking no-no to avoid).…
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Why I Shop At Asian Grocery Stores
When I moved to the San Francisco Bay Area from Miami, there were a few changes I definitely was not anticipating. One of those changes being the choices I had to shop for groceries. But lucky me…I discovered the magic of Asian Grocery Stores.…
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11 Rice and Beans Recipes That Aren’t Boring
Looking for rice and beans recipes that are fun and not boring? Here’s my roundup of some of the most delicious rice and beans recipes on the net, that’ll blow you away (on a budget, of course). Some pros to rice and beans: They are some of the cheapest food items you can find. …
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How To Make Tofu Taste Like Chicken
The best recipes are created through mistakes. And that’s exactly how I was able to get this tofu to taste almost like chicken. Juicy, tender, with every bite dripping with an umami flavor that keeps on giving. Tofu can taste good, with just the perfect mix of technique, ingredients, and love.…
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8 Doable Ways To Reduce Plastic Waste
Living a plastic-free life can be challenging for a lot of us, including for me. Especially when the world around us seems to be built on plastic. However, we can always strive for progress – don’t fret on the perfection part.…
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What Is Processed Food?
If you have just started reading up on what a plant-based diet is all about, you’ll find that processed foods are a big no-no in the whole-foods, plant-based universe. Additionally, if you’re digging your teeth into all these terms like “veganism,” “whole-foods,” “raw veganism,” or “enter whatever popular diet is at the moment here,” things will get crazy confusing really quickly.…
