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Meatless Meals That Start with a Box of Pasta

Meatless Meals That Start with a Box of Pasta

Tara, I’ve got a box of pasta, what should I make? You ask, I answer! You have come to the right place. This Tuesday is Ingredient Tuesday + we are using one of my favorite ingredients! I know you all have a box of pasta [continue reading]

What to Do If You Hate Salad

What to Do If You Hate Salad

Are you a salad hater? I am here to tell you, it is ok to hate salads + you don’t have to eat them if you don’t want to. Making a hearty, irresistible salad isn’t an easy task to accomplish. Planning for a salad and [continue reading]

Quinoa Black Bean Salad with Lime Dressing

Quinoa Black Bean Salad with Lime Dressing

The easiest bowl you will ever make! This Quinoa Black Bean Salad with Lime Dressing is so simple + so healthy! The zesty lime dressing is made oil-free and everything is ready in under 10 minutes! Perfect recipe for meal prepping or to throw together [continue reading]

Best Things I Did to Improve My Health

Best Things I Did to Improve My Health

I don’t have a recipe for you today or my favorite way to use a new plant-based ingredient. I have a list. The best things I ever did to improve my health. But what exactly does it mean to be healthy? If I were to [continue reading]

How To Toast Quinoa

How To Toast Quinoa

Move over croutons, your salad just got a new crunchy topping! Once you learn how to toast quinoa you will see how easy + versatile it is.  Best of all, you don’t need any oil to make crispy quinoa in minutes!

The Vegetarian’s Guide to Mindful Eating

The Vegetarian’s Guide to Mindful Eating

Mindful eating is not just another diet. It isn’t complicated or cumbersome with calculators, rules, measurements, and restriction. Eating mindfully is a practice of being aware of cues that influence your food choices. There are SO MANY benefits to learning how to eat mindfully. This [continue reading]

How To Make Quinoa Cookies

How To Make Quinoa Cookies

Sometimes you just need a cookie.  A cookie that you can eat and actually feel good about it.  This is that cookie.  These healthier cookies are the perfect way to use up leftover cooked quinoa.  If you prefer, they can be made extra sweet with [continue reading]

Vegetarian Super Bowl Recipes that Actually Taste Good

Vegetarian Super Bowl Recipes that Actually Taste Good

It’s almost Super Bowl time! Just because you are vegetarian, doesn’t mean your game day food doesn’t have to taste good. No more plates of celery for us! This year, let’s make your meat-free Super Bowl eats as memorable as the commercials. Less time stressing, [continue reading]

Easy Black Bean Hummus Recipe

Easy Black Bean Hummus Recipe

5 minutes + a blender. Yep, that is all you need to make this fabulous + easy Black Bean Hummus Recipe! Perfect for a protein-packed snack, appetizer, lunch, or dip at a party!

Vegetarian Mediterranean Diet Foods to Eat

Vegetarian Mediterranean Diet Foods to Eat

The Mediterranean Diet continues to grow in popularity + for very good reason! I am not a ‘diet’ kind of girl but that is what makes The Mediterranean Diet so awesome! It is a style of eating rooted in history, culture, and enjoyment of unprocessed, [continue reading]

Mediterranean Quinoa Salad Bowl

Mediterranean Quinoa Salad Bowl

I am in LOVE with this salad! If you know me, you know I am a salad fanatic.  Not to mention, I am obsessed with trying to sneak quinoa into just about anything.  Meet my latest creation, The Mediterranean Quinoa Salad Bowl.  Full of vibrant [continue reading]

Easy Vegetarian Protein Hacks

Easy Vegetarian Protein Hacks

Getting enough protein as a vegetarian is not as difficult as people think! Are you looking for ways to easily increase your protein intake without turning to animal products? You have come to the right place! My tips this week are 5 Insanely Easy Vegetarian [continue reading]

Cake Batter Dessert Hummus

Cake Batter Dessert Hummus

YUMMY + Easy! This Cake Batter Hummus is dairy free + egg free + healthy(ish)! Made with chickpeas + peanut butter + sweetened with dates! You seriously won’t be able to stop eating this!!! No Joke.  This stuff is like a dream come true … [continue reading]

The Beginner’s Guide to Being a Healthy Vegetarian

The Beginner’s Guide to Being a Healthy Vegetarian

Is your New Year’s Resolution to eat less meat? More plants? Get healthy? You have come to the right place! My tips this week are a quick-start guide to a painless transition from wherever you are with your eating to easily eating more plants in [continue reading]

Superfood Salad

Superfood Salad

How about a salad that is not just an ordinary salad? How about a salad packed with lots and lots of healthy foods with crunch and flavor!?!?!? This superfood salad is just that. A salad constructed of super foods. Colorful foods high in vitamins, antioxidants, [continue reading]

Vegetables with the Most Protein

Vegetables with the Most Protein

I’ve got shocking news for some of you. Ready? You do not need to eat meat to get enough protein. Here is more shocking news: vegetarians, vegans, plant-forward eaters all get plenty of protein. How? So glad you asked. My usual answer is tofu, beans, [continue reading]

10 Tips for the Beginner Vegetarian Baker

10 Tips for the Beginner Vegetarian Baker

As a vegetarian, sometimes you need to think outside the box when it comes to baking. Some vegetarians don’t eat eggs, some don’t eat dairy, some try to eat as plant-based as possible even when it comes to baked goods. No matter where you fall [continue reading]

Easy Peanut Butter Granola

Easy Peanut Butter Granola

Super Easy Peanut Butter Granola! The EASIEST granola you will ever make! Ready in 30 minutes + crunchy + vegan + gluten free + packed with plant-based protein + fiber. Peanut butter + oats perfection!  

The Vegetarian’s Guide to Stop Dieting

The Vegetarian’s Guide to Stop Dieting

Diets are addicting. A quick fix promising fast results. It is very easy to get caught up in a cycle of diets. Somehow, it is satisfying to know that being on a “diet” puts parameters on your life leaving no room for uncertainty of what [continue reading]

Easy Vegan Chicken Pot Pie

Easy Vegan Chicken Pot Pie

Get ready for a hearty + flavorful recipe packed with vegetables + meatless protein! This vegan chicken pot pie is made with a few simple ingredients, ready in under 30 minutes + topped with phyllo dough!

The Vegetarian’s Guide to Boosting Your Immunity

The Vegetarian’s Guide to Boosting Your Immunity

Can something as simple as what we eat help prevent us from getting sick? YES! Your immune system is the most complex organ system in your body constantly patrolling your every cell + rapidly responding. Our organs, blood vessels, molecules + cells are constantly being [continue reading]

Rice Flour Cinnamon Sugar Cookies

Rice Flour Cinnamon Sugar Cookies

These Rice Flour Cinnamon Sugar Cookies are free of nuts, gluten, dairy + eggs.  You will not miss any of that when you bite into one of these super fluffy + moist  cookies. Perfect for anyone with any food allergies or if you are looking [continue reading]

Secrets For a Healthy Holiday

Secrets For a Healthy Holiday

Today I am sharing my secrets for staying healthy over a holiday weekend. You asked, Tara, “What easy things can I do to stay on a healthy path during Thanksgiving weekend?” So glad you asked! I am sharing my secrets that I use on holidays [continue reading]

JUST Egg Vegan Zucchini Quiche

JUST Egg Vegan Zucchini Quiche

Vegan quiche, yes please! This Just EGG Vegan Zucchini Quiche is dairy-free, ready in one hour, and so delicious! Zucchini, onions, dairy-free cheddar shreds, Just EGG, a few dry spices, and a frozen pie crust. You will be so happy to have this on your [continue reading]

Welcoming a Vegetarian to Thanksgiving Dinner

Welcoming a Vegetarian to Thanksgiving Dinner

It is tricky to be a vegetarian this time of year. A food holiday is upon us that literally has a table centerpiece of a stuffed bird as its mascot. Let’s put some plant-foods on that table! If you are welcoming a vegetarian to your [continue reading]

Thanksgiving Seitan Roast

Thanksgiving Seitan Roast

What to make for the vegetarians on Thanksgiving? Let me think …. how about a seitan roast? This vegan seitan roast will feed 6 people, can be served along with your favorite holiday side dishes, bakes in your oven, and is oh so delicious!  

What Can I Eat Instead of Eggs?

What Can I Eat Instead of Eggs?

As vegetarians, we opt not to eat animals. Our reasons for not eating animals can be anything from health or religion to ethical reasons or for the environment. Whatever your reason is, next you decide if your life of vegetarianism includes eggs, dairy, gelatin, honey, [continue reading]

Instant Pot Vegan Pumpkin Mac and Cheese

Instant Pot Vegan Pumpkin Mac and Cheese

Ready for the ultimate fall dinner idea? YES! Ready in 10 minutes in one pot, dairy free + gluten free! Kid-friendly or when you need quick comfort food that turns out perfectly creamy every single time. Pin, print, or bookmark this recipe for Instant Pot [continue reading]

The Vegetarian’s Guide to Halloween Candy

The Vegetarian’s Guide to Halloween Candy

It’s that time of year again. How lucky am I that I write an article every week on a Tuesday + this year Halloween is on a Tuesday? Two of my favorite things on the same day. 🧡  For this special occasion (yes, I am [continue reading]

Healthy Pumpkin Cookies (GF + Vegan + Refined Sugar Free)

Healthy Pumpkin Cookies (GF + Vegan + Refined Sugar Free)

When the list of what is not in the cookies is longer than the title, does that make you worry?  Most likely your answer is yes 😊 BUT  the answer is NO!!!!! 🙌  Not these healthy pumpkin cookies! They are simply wonderful, fluffy, moist and [continue reading]

Do Vegetarians Need to Worry About Saturated Fat?

Do Vegetarians Need to Worry About Saturated Fat?

Dietary fats have been on a popularity roller coaster over the last few decades. Eat fat, don’t eat fat, fat is good, fat is bad. Where fats land today in the public eye is still up for debate. One thing we do know, is that [continue reading]

Dairy Free Creamy Pumpkin Pasta

Dairy Free Creamy Pumpkin Pasta

  You are going to LOVE this one! This sauce comes together in 20 minutes with just a few everyday ingredients. Vegan + gluten-free + easy! Perfect for Thanksgiving or any fall dinner or lunch! Pin or print this one because this recipe for perfect [continue reading]

Things to Know About Tempeh

Things to Know About Tempeh

Don’t be afraid of tempeh! Some people tell me they don’t like the taste of tempeh, that it is bitter or has a soapy, sandy taste. If this is you, you aren’t cooking it correctly. Let me help you! Today, my tempeh Q&A will help [continue reading]

Pumpkin Black Bean Tacos

Pumpkin Black Bean Tacos

I have a little secret for you. Pumpkin recipes do not have be sweet and tacos do not have to be full of meat + cheese to be awesome. Yep, you heard me correctly.  These Pumpkin Black Bean Tacos are by far the best tacos [continue reading]

9 Hacks to Make Being a Vegetarian Easier

9 Hacks to Make Being a Vegetarian Easier

Do you want to eat a more plant-forward diet but feel overwhelmed? I’m here for you! This Tuesday, I am sharing my 9 favorite hacks to make being a vegetarian easier. These hacks will have you prepping + cooking vegetarian foods like a pro!

Air Fryer Pumpkin

Air Fryer Pumpkin

This Air Fryer Pumpkin Recipe is super easy + packed with flavor + turns out perfect every time! This is the quickest + absolute best way to make roasted pumpkin! So fabulously versatile it can be added into your favorite recipe or eaten as is!

Pumpkin Recipes That Are Not Dessert

Pumpkin Recipes That Are Not Dessert

Happy October! Oh how I love October. Fall races, cooler weather, football season, and lucky for me October is my birthday month! Does it get any better?!?! Yes, it does. In the month of October I can cook with pumpkin almost every day 🧡 and [continue reading]

Thai Coconut Curry

Thai Coconut Curry

Oh my yum! I am completely in love with this Thai Coconut Curry 💛 Meet my newest go-to meal. So super easy and so super delish. You guys are going to love this one. 

9 Practical Tips to Enjoy Cooking at Home

9 Practical Tips to Enjoy Cooking at Home

Do you hate cooking at home? You know you should be doing it, but do you hate it? It is a task we can’t escape from so if you hate it, let’s explore a few practical tips that can help you go from uber eats [continue reading]

Roasted Vegetable Pizza

Roasted Vegetable Pizza

I have been on a mission to make the perfect pizza at home. Pizza that doesn’t come out of a box or left on the porch from a delivery. Today I bring you my latest creation. Roasted Vegetable Pizza with homemade whole wheat pizza crust. [continue reading]

Are Spicy Foods Healthy or Dangerous?

Are Spicy Foods Healthy or Dangerous?

What do you think? Are spicy foods healthy or dangerous? Such a mixed camp on this hot topic! This Tuesday, let’s put the fire out on some of the myths surrounding spicy foods and you can decide for yourself.

Easy Vegan Pumpkin Chili

Easy Vegan Pumpkin Chili

This Easy Vegan Pumpkin Chili Recipe is packed with the absolute perfect fall menu item!  Tomatoes, onions, garlic, jalapeños, cumin, and a hint of creamy pumpkin.  This chili is a great protein source, ready in under 30 minutes, and is perfect for fall or any [continue reading]

The Vegetarian’s Guide to Volume Eating

The Vegetarian’s Guide to Volume Eating

Are you curious about volume eating? Not sure if it is right for you? Can you use volume eating for better health? Longevity? Improved blood sugars and gut health? How is it different for vegetarians? SO MANY questions!

Easy Meatless Tofu Meatballs

Easy Meatless Tofu Meatballs

These easy meatless tofu meatballs are vegan + gluten free + oil-free + nut-free + packed with authentic Italian flavors! Craving a hearty meatball but don’t eat meat? You have come to the right place. These are perfect for vegans, vegetarians, and even the meat-eaters [continue reading]

How to Get Omega-3s if You Don’t Eat Fish

How to Get Omega-3s if You Don’t Eat Fish

Don’t eat fish? Me either! But the first thing most of us think of when we think of Omega-3 fatty acids is fish. Does that mean if we want to get enough omega-3 in our diets we need to eat fish? Nope! Today, my tips [continue reading]

The Vegetarian’s Guide to Magnesium

The Vegetarian’s Guide to Magnesium

Lately I feel as though everywhere I turn I see an advertisement for a magnesium supplement. To be honest, I think we are seeing lots of supplements, but magnesium is certainly having its moment in the spotlight. So today, I decided to devote a little [continue reading]

Ghost Pepper Hot Sauce Recipe

Ghost Pepper Hot Sauce Recipe

This Ghost Pepper Hot Sauce Recipe is spicy! Just a few simple ingredients and 25 minutes is all you need to transform the beautiful, red, spicy ghost pepper into a magnificent hot sauce! I love making my own hot sauce.  It is the perfect way [continue reading]

Things I Wish My Non-Vegetarian Friends Knew

Things I Wish My Non-Vegetarian Friends Knew

Another addition in my collection of letters. I like to sprinkle in a letter from a food blogger now + then to spice up the Tuesday Tips. If you know me, you know I usually have a lot to say. When I write you a [continue reading]

Fermented Jalapeño Hot Sauce Recipe

Fermented Jalapeño Hot Sauce Recipe

This Fermented Jalapeño Hot Sauce is a magnificent way to spice up your tacos, veggie burgers, sandwiches, or just about anything. Be sure to make a big batch, you are going to love it! Super easy to layer a few ingredients into a fermenting jar, [continue reading]

Should I Be Eating Only Organic?

Should I Be Eating Only Organic?

You asked, “Should I be eating only organic foods?” This week, I give you my answer … with a little explanation … so you can decide for yourself. This is an extremely polarized debate, but perhaps we can get a little perspective on it together.

Fermented Mango Habanero Hot Sauce

Fermented Mango Habanero Hot Sauce

Another addition into my hot sauce collection! This one is sweet and spicy and oh so delicious. You are going to love the combination of the sweet mangos with the fiery habaneros fermented to perfection with onions + garlic. Time to put hot sauce on [continue reading]

Is Pink Salt Better Than White Salt?

Is Pink Salt Better Than White Salt?

It is no secret that pink salts have become a trendy food item over the last few years. There is no arguing that they are much prettier + more interesting looking than the average table salt. The lovely pink hue + textured rock-like appearance gives [continue reading]

Healthy Eggless Almond Butter Cookies

Healthy Eggless Almond Butter Cookies

Where are the almond butter fans? Welcome! I have the cookie for you! Whole wheat flour combined with almond flour + a few simple ingredients and you have yourself a perfect eggless almond butter cookie.  Edible cookie dough anyone? Yes, please! You can eat the [continue reading]

Easy Ways to Eat More Fiber

Easy Ways to Eat More Fiber

Eat more fiber. How many times have you heard that? You know you are supposed to eat lots of fiber, but do you? About 95% of Americans do not eat nearly enough fiber. If you are one of them, then you are missing out on [continue reading]

4-ingredient Spicy Marinara Sauce

4-ingredient Spicy Marinara Sauce

The easiest marinara sauce you will ever make now with a spicy twist! A few years ago I shared a 3-ingredient tomato sauce recipe. One of the most delicious things I have on this blog. I mean seriously delicious. I took that recipe and spiced [continue reading]

How To Build a Salad That is Filling

How To Build a Salad That is Filling

Can you believe it is the middle of July? Summer is in full swing! Here in sunny Florida, that means it is about as hot as it gets.  Hot and humid! Most of you reading this are experiencing the exact same thing. Some days, we [continue reading]

Daily Healthy Habits That Are Easy

Daily Healthy Habits That Are Easy

I am all for big goals. Big financial goals, health goals, and fitness goals alike. We should never stop setting + striving for these types of goals. However, the path to ultimate health is an accumulation of the tiny decisions we make every single day. [continue reading]

Vegetarian Fourth of July Menu Ideas

Vegetarian Fourth of July Menu Ideas

Just in time! Independence Day here in the USA is quickly approaching! Do you know anyone interested in trading out their burger for a meatless Independence Day celebration? Then you have come to the right place! I know I will be hosting a few vegetarians [continue reading]

Vegetarian Ghost Pepper Chili Recipe

Vegetarian Ghost Pepper Chili Recipe

Some like it hot! If you like spicy chili, you have come to the right place! This Vegetarian Ghost Pepper Chili Recipe is perfectly spicy and ready in under 30 minutes! Made with kidney beans, tomatoes, onions, garlic, cumin, and meatless ground crumbles. The absolute [continue reading]

The Difference Between Plant-Based Diets

The Difference Between Plant-Based Diets

Vegan, vegetarian, plant-based, plant-forward. It can be tough to keep these terms straight without making your head spin. The word vegan can be quite polarizing to some, making them afraid to label themselves as such. Or, have you ever heard someone refer to themselves as [continue reading]

Vegan Ghost Pepper Ranch Dressing

Vegan Ghost Pepper Ranch Dressing

This Vegan Ghost Pepper Ranch Dressing is the perfect spicy, creamy, dairy-free, oil-free, nut-free dressing to drizzle over your salad, dip your chick’n nuggets into, layer into a wrap or sandwich. The blended silken tofu gives you that rich, creamy, salad dressing texture paired with [continue reading]

Nutrition Tips for a Healthy Summer

Nutrition Tips for a Healthy Summer

The season of summer is comin’ in hot! If only every day could be a summer day! I think I was made just for sunny summer days. Warm sunshine, swimming, sandy feet, and summer foods!!! Even if you aren’t a fan of the sun or [continue reading]

Buffalo Chickpea Veggie Burgers

Buffalo Chickpea Veggie Burgers

5 simple ingredients are all you need for these perfect grain-free, dairy-free, vegan burgers. My latest veggie burger creation is my most favorite of all! These Buffalo Chickpea Veggie Burgers are perfect for a meal prep, summer BBQ or game day! Grab a bun + [continue reading]

The Vegetarian’s Guide to the 80/20 Diet

The Vegetarian’s Guide to the 80/20 Diet

The Vegetarian’s Guide to the 80/20 Diet is just in time! As summer approaches, we are being bombarded with summer diets, quick fixes, and the latest diet train to jump on. A diet is a diet and, in my world, diet culture stinks. Let’s face [continue reading]

5-Minute Cucumber Salsa Recipe

5-Minute Cucumber Salsa Recipe

This 5-minute cucumber salsa recipe is my latest salsa creation! This salsa is an easy way to up your veggies in your salsa, swap out the tomatoes for cucumbers for a fresh twist on traditional salsa. Perfect to pair with any of your favorite Mexican [continue reading]

Why I Drink a Smoothie Every Day

Why I Drink a Smoothie Every Day

Convenient, portable, quick, packed with nutrients, all in one single cup + ready to set the foundation for a healthy day of eating. With endless possibilities of flavor combinations, my daily smoothie is a beloved part of my routine. Why do I drink a smoothie [continue reading]

Ghost Pepper Blender Salsa

Ghost Pepper Blender Salsa

My latest addition into my salsa collection + if you love spice, you are going to LOVE this one! This Ghost Pepper Blender Salsa Recipe is super EASY + can be eaten with chips or layered into your taco or burrito or nachos. + so [continue reading]

Avocado Tomato Cucumber Pasta Salad

Avocado Tomato Cucumber Pasta Salad

Ready or not, summer is coming! To me, that means wonderful + yummy summer side dishes made of colorful, fresh ingredients. This is the perfect plant-based summer pasta salad! Bring this one to a picnic, serve as a side dish for a barbecue, or simply [continue reading]

How To Become Healthier In 7 Easy Steps

How To Become Healthier In 7 Easy Steps

This Tuesday my tips are 7 small + easy steps you can take to be healthier. Steps that I take every day for a healthy life. So many of you have told me that you just don’t know where to start. Getting back on track [continue reading]

Vegan Dill Pickle Ranch

Vegan Dill Pickle Ranch

This Vegan Dill Pickle Ranch is the perfect creamy blend of  silken tofu + a few simple ingredients giving you a healthy + dairy-free + nut-free + oil-free dill pickle flavored ranch dressing in minutes! When I went plant-based I thought I would never eat [continue reading]

Go-To Lazy Vegetarian Meals

Go-To Lazy Vegetarian Meals

This list will come in handy if you are lazy, yes. But it will also prove useful if you are short on time, energy, or ingredients.  When I don’t feel like cooking, these go-to lazy vegetarian meals come to the rescue. I know takeout can [continue reading]

Vegan Tempeh BLT Salad Bowl

Vegan Tempeh BLT Salad Bowl

Another addition into my collection of vegan bacon recipes! This time I bring you a salad! Two of my favorite things in one bowl of awesome. The bacon is crispy + flavorful + smoky + meatless! These Vegan Tempeh BLT Salad Bowls are super easy [continue reading]

The Vegetarian’s Guide to Prebiotics

The Vegetarian’s Guide to Prebiotics

We have all heard of PRObiotics.  This Tuesday, let’s talk about PREbiotics. What are they? How are probiotics + prebiotics different? Can I drink them? Why do I even need them? The Vegetarian’s Guide to Prebiotics answers all the prebiotic questions + your gut is [continue reading]

10 Minute Vegan Hot and Sour Soup

10 Minute Vegan Hot and Sour Soup

  This 10 minute vegan Hot and Sour Soup is so wonderful in so many ways. 10 minutes, tofu, mushrooms, green onions, and spices, that’s it! Quicker than you can call for takeout + perfectly plant-based, healthy, warm + yummy. Add noodles, rice, more veggies, [continue reading]

Should I Be Eating Soy as a Vegetarian?

Should I Be Eating Soy as a Vegetarian?

There are far too many scary things floating around the internet about soy consumption.  Everything from man boobs to excessive hair growth, cancer + infertility. For every piece of information you find against soy consumption, there are those that sing the praises of eating soy. [continue reading]

Teriyaki Tofu with Vegetables

Teriyaki Tofu with Vegetables

Tofu, a few veggies + a bottle of teriyaki sauce! It doesn’t get any easier than that! This recipe for Teriyaki Tofu with Vegetables is on regular rotation here in the MVF kitchen + I have a feeling it will be a regular in your [continue reading]

Cooking Tips for New Vegetarians

Cooking Tips for New Vegetarians

Are you trying to cook more vegetarian meals? It is easy to be skeptical of meatless cooking.  Will it taste good? Is it difficult to do? Can it still be healthy? How time consuming will it be? I get it! Today I am sharing my [continue reading]

How To Air Fry Frozen Broccoli

How To Air Fry Frozen Broccoli

Learning how to air fry frozen broccoli is a kitchen skill you MUST have! Super easy + healthy + makes the perfect side dish or snack! I always have a bag of frozen broccoli in my freezer for those nights when I simply need a [continue reading]

The Truth Behind Clean Eating

The Truth Behind Clean Eating

If a food isn’t good, is it bad? If a food isn’t clean, is it dirty? Can food truly be categorized into these black or white categories that we place them in? Is this simply a marketing term to convince us to buy one food [continue reading]

Healthy Eggless Peanut Butter Cookies

Healthy Eggless Peanut Butter Cookies

I am always searching for a really good cookie. This is a really good cookie.  The best part? I made them with whole wheat flour + no eggs! Edible cookie dough anyone? Yes, please! You can eat the batter or the cookie! You NEED these [continue reading]

Everything You Need to Know About Broccoli

Everything You Need to Know About Broccoli

Eat your broccoli.  You don’t have to ask me twice! Perhaps I am of a rare breed, but I am of the belief that broccoli is one of the coolest vegetables ever created. I love broccoli of all kinds … broccoli rabe, broccolini, broccoli sprouts, [continue reading]

Oil-Free Thai Cucumber Salad

Oil-Free Thai Cucumber Salad

5 minutes + 5 ingredients! That is all you need to make this Oil-Free Thai Cucumber Salad! Perfectly flavored + crisp + no fuss. Made with no fish sauce + no oil. This salad is great for a snack, lunch, or an Asian-inspired side dish.

Foods You Should Eat Every Day as a Vegetarian

Foods You Should Eat Every Day as a Vegetarian

Life is busy enough worrying about all of the things we need to get done in a day. Worrying about getting enough nutrients in your food should be something you strive to get on sort of an autopilot mode.  If you know you need to [continue reading]

Vegan Tempeh Bacon Bits

Vegan Tempeh Bacon Bits

Welcome to the latest addition into my collection of vegan bacon recipes! Crispy + flavorful + smoky + meatless! This recipe for Vegan Tempeh Bacon Bits is super easy to make + you can toss them into a salad, soup, sprinkle onto a baked potato [continue reading]

The Story of My Vegetarian Family.com

The Story of My Vegetarian Family.com

Just like a regular Tuesday for me, I sat down to publish my tips knowing my fans are eagerly awaiting what I have to say every Tuesday 😉. I went to hit the publish button + noticed that today I am publishing post number 500 [continue reading]

Dairy-Free One Pot Creamy Mushroom Pasta

Dairy-Free One Pot Creamy Mushroom Pasta

20 minutes + few simple ingredients is all you need to make this one pot wonder! This Dairy-free One Pot Creamy Mushroom Pasta is simply a perfect dinner for the nights you don’t want to cook dinner. Packed with flavor, creamy without cream, completely vegan, [continue reading]

Make the Most of Leftovers

Make the Most of Leftovers

Leftovers have such a bad reputation. Personally, I love opening my refrigerator and finding that wonderful something that was already carefully cooked + portioned into a container ready for me to heat + eat.  I have learned that many of you don’t share in my [continue reading]

Vegan Buckwheat Flour Blondies

Vegan Buckwheat Flour Blondies

These Vegan Buckwheat Flour Blondies are super addicting! Why? They are vegan, dairy-free, egg-free, gluten free, and oh so delicious! Buckwheat flour is so healthy + tasty + gluten free! If you have never baked with buckwheat flour, you are in for a real treat!

How to Have a Healthier Valentine’s Day

How to Have a Healthier Valentine’s Day

A healthier Valentine’s Day is possible! Not only is it possible, it might even be better! If you know me, you know I love a good celebration.  The kind of celebrating with lots of good food, good company, and great dessert. I am the last [continue reading]

Dairy-Free Jalapeño Cilantro Dressing

Dairy-Free Jalapeño Cilantro Dressing

5 minutes + 5 ingredients is all you need for this healthy, vegan, gluten-free, oil-free, dairy-free dressing! Perfectly packed with flavor for your salad or bowl! Silken tofu + jalapeño + cilantro + lime juice + your blender! That’s it! Meet your new favorite dressing, [continue reading]

Is Oil-Free Right For You?

Is Oil-Free Right For You?

I love snacks.  I don’t love oil.  When Mr. MVF + I first embarked on our oil-free journey we were hard core oil-free.  We spent hours in the grocery stores and searching the internet for what to use to replace the beloved oil in everything [continue reading]

How To Make The Best Homemade Oil-free Hummus

How To Make The Best Homemade Oil-free Hummus

 Let’s Make Hummus! There are a few things that always make it into the grocery cart when Mr. MVF + I go shopping together. One of those things undoubtedly used to be a tub of hummus. Not. Any. More. Not because we don’t like hummus, [continue reading]

Sweet Potato Black Bean Bowls

Sweet Potato Black Bean Bowls

A few simple ingredients layered in a bowl, drizzled with some yummy dressing, and you have yourself an awesome + easy + healthy + plant-powered bowl of awesome! Roasted sweet potatoes + black beans + kale + oh so delicious creamy jalapeño cilantro dressing come [continue reading]

The Vegetarian’s Guide to Anti-Inflammatory Foods

The Vegetarian’s Guide to Anti-Inflammatory Foods

Plant-based foods are naturally full of antioxidants + vitamins that fight inflammation.  But, you might not know where to begin when it comes to choosing anti-inflammatory foods. Does everyone need to worry about eating these foods? What is inflammation anyway? For me + my family, [continue reading]

Teriyaki Tempeh With Vegetables

Teriyaki Tempeh With Vegetables

Have I got a good one for you today! This is a meal I make when I don’t feel like cooking! I don’t have to worry about different spices or ingredients to have ready.  Just some tempeh, a few veggies + a bottle of teriyaki [continue reading]

How Do You Eat Salad In Winter?

How Do You Eat Salad In Winter?

Winter vegetables often get overlooked as we reach for cozy soups and comfort foods in the cooler months of the year.  A great big winter salad is the perfect way to remind us that we can eat vibrant, colorful, healthful vegetables even when it is [continue reading]

Oil-Free Avocado Hummus Recipe

Oil-Free Avocado Hummus Recipe

5 minutes + 7 ingredients is all you need for the best ever Oil-Free Avocado Hummus Recipe. Avocado, chickpeas, lime juice, tahini, garlic, cilantro, jalapeños, and your blender! Perfect for a party appetizer, snack, as a salad dressing, or in a sandwich. So pretty + [continue reading]

How To Go Plant-Based In 7 Easy Steps

How To Go Plant-Based In 7 Easy Steps

It doesn’t have to be all or nothing! Are you interested in eating less meat or no meat at all? That means you will be eating more plants! You don’t need to go full on vegan to incorporate more plant-based foods into your meal, your [continue reading]

Pomegranate Quinoa Salad with Pomegranate Dressing

Pomegranate Quinoa Salad with Pomegranate Dressing

The easiest + prettiest salad dressing you will ever make! So colorful, packed with nutrients, full of flavor + oh so delicious! This Pomegranate Quinoa Salad with Pomegranate Dressing is dairy-free, vegan, and gluten-free.  This salad is full of so many wonderful veggies + yummy [continue reading]

Oil-Free Pomegranate Salad Dressing

Oil-Free Pomegranate Salad Dressing

The easiest + prettiest salad dressing you will ever make! So colorful, packed with nutrients, full of flavor + oh so delicious! This Oil-Free Pomegranate Salad Dressing is dairy-free, vegan, and gluten-free.  The best part is that it is ready in 5 minutes with only [continue reading]


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