Sure, I can probably make my own pesto and sun-dried tomatoes, but let’s be real here, sometimes I don’t have the time or the means. Besides, the stuff in the jar do just fine. Although pesto typically has animal products, this one’s vegan and from.…
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Crispy Roasted Chickpeas with Cinnamon
Listen, sometimes I just want a snack just using what I already have at my home. Besides, I am not about that go-to-the-grocery-store-just-to-make-a-dish life. I love all of my readers, but I also love being frugal. 😉 Anyway, I took a peek into my very sad and nearly empty pantry (I haven’t done propper shopping in a couple of weeks) and I spotted a beautiful can of chickpeas. …
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Quick Savory Garlic Oat Bran
What costs less than $1 dollar to whip up and takes less than 5 minutes of your attention? A warm bowl of quick savory garlic oat bran – that’s what. Although I can totally go for a warm bowl of oats topped with fruit paired and maple, savory is definitely my favorite way of having it.…
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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. So here is what happened: I was preparing tofu to be grilled. So, that meant I threw the tofu block into the freezer for a couple of days before that.…
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Quick Chocolate Chia Seed Pudding
What’s easier than dumping a handful of ingredients into a blender and making dessert? I guess just dumping them straight into your mouth, but that’s not as…satisfying. This quick chocolate chia seed pudding is whipped up in just a minute or two in a high speed blender. Most chocolate chia seed pudding recipes ask for the dish to be cooled overnight or long.…
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Pineapple Orange Smoothie
I wanted to feel like I was on an island, because to be honest, I am sitting in a very hot apartment with sticky clothes. This refreshing pineapple orange smoothie has helped bring back the vacation feels, sans sweat. This smoothie recipe is as simple as it gets and it’s totally plant-based, healthy, and vegan.…
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Toast With Hummus, Olives & Almonds
Is there anyone in the world who loves toast as much as I do? I am literally obsessed. It’s filling, versatile, and obviously…it’s toasted. And when the toast is loaded with natural fats like peanut butter or hummus – it’s game on!…
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Chocolate Peanut Butter Smoothie
Sometimes in the morning I just want to literally roll out of bed and shoot out my arm to grab a frosty glass of chocolate peanut butter smoothie. As you can imagine, I still have to make the effort of whipping up the smoothie together, but it’s much easier than chopping, cooking, steaming, and watching a pan of breakfast items trying to come together, while incoherently rambling on about how mornings suck (sometimes).…
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Simple Green Smoothie Recipe
I took a look into my fridge and I have enough stuff to make a smoothie: frozen ripe bananas, peaches, spinach. That’s it. And some water. And thus…the simple green smoothie was born. It’s starting to get hot again outside and I have a feeling that cooking in a hot kitchen is going to get miserable FAST.…
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Cinnamon Spiced Breakfast Rice Pudding
So. You have a pot of leftover rice from last night’s dinner just cooling off in the fridge. Well, aren’t you going to do something with it? I’m thinking cinnamon spiced breakfast rice pudding, also known as “arroz dulce.” I bet when you think of breakfast, you’re definitely not thinking about leftover rice.…
