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Garlic Broccoli Stir-Fry

Garlic Broccoli Stir-Fry

This garlic broccoli stir-fry is a healthy, easy, vegan version of your favorite takeout recipe! Ready in minutes + oil-free! 10 minutes and 7 simple ingredients is all you need for this delicious + flavorful vegetable side dish.

Reasons to Eat Tempeh

Reasons to Eat Tempeh

If you are new to plant-based eating, there is a good chance you have never even heard of tempeh! My tips this week will introduce you to this versatile + plant-based food.  Get ready to get hooked on tempeh. Protein-packed, easy to prepare, super high [continue reading]

Tempeh Sloppy Joes

Tempeh Sloppy Joes

This recipe for Tempeh Sloppy Joes is quick + easy + perfect for a meatless lunch or dinner. High in protein + SO yummy! Made with real, simple ingredients making a nutritious + filling vegan sandwich! No meat, no problem! Tempeh makes the perfect substitute [continue reading]

Silken Tofu Vegan Ranch (nut-free!)

Silken Tofu Vegan Ranch (nut-free!)

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

Why You Should Be Eating Green

Why You Should Be Eating Green

We all know we should eat vegetables.  “Eat your greens”, “eat the rainbow”, “finish your vegetables” have been around forever.  But what makes green foods so spectacular? With St. Patrick’s Day upon us, let’s start thinking (and eating) green! With my help, you will quickly [continue reading]

How To Air Fry Tempeh

How To Air Fry Tempeh

Once you learn how to air fry tempeh you will be hooked! This easy air fryer tempeh turns out crispy + perfect every time + could not be any easier to make! Add your favorite sauce, layer into a sandwich, sprinkle over a salad, or [continue reading]

What’s In My Pantry

What’s In My Pantry

You asked for it, you got it! What’s In My Pantry? I’m going to tell you! Stocking a plant-based pantry is easier than you think it is.  Whether you are struggling with setting up your pantry for healthy eating success or you are a total [continue reading]

Air Fryer Buffalo Tempeh

Air Fryer Buffalo Tempeh

This recipe for Air Fryer Buffalo Tempeh is SO EASY. No breading, no frying, no fuss! Healthy + quick + plant-based! These buffalo tempeh bites are perfect as a snack on their own, layered into a wrap, a taco, a sandwich, or on top of [continue reading]

Spinach Florentine Bagel Copycat Einstein Bros

Spinach Florentine Bagel Copycat Einstein Bros

No Yeast, no boiling, no fuss! This Spinach Florentine Bagel Copycat Einstein Bros is spot on! EXACTLY like the original! These bagels are made with 2 simple ingredients: yogurt + self-rising flour. Air fry for 10 minutes + top with a spinach + garlic + [continue reading]

Oil-Free Air Fryer Broccolini

Oil-Free Air Fryer Broccolini

This recipe for Oil-Free Air Fryer Broccolini is easy + healthy + ready in under 10 minutes! Eat as a snack on its own with a yummy dip, or as a quick side dish on a busy weeknight!

How To Choose To Be Healthy

How To Choose To Be Healthy

Tara’s Tuesday Tips: First Tuesday Quick Tips What you are not changing, you are choosing. Sometimes, sticking with the status quo is ok.  Other times, this complacency can have negative consequences. Do you need a little help figuring out how to choose to be healthy [continue reading]

Easy Vegetarian Tempeh Chili

Easy Vegetarian Tempeh Chili

This Easy Vegetarian Tempeh Chili is packed with plant-based protein, tomatoes, onions, garlic, jalapenos, and cumin.  Ready in under 30 minutes, perfect for meal prep, yummy on its own or loaded with your favorite toppings!

Silken Tofu Vegan Spicy Ranch

Silken Tofu Vegan Spicy Ranch

This Silken Tofu Vegan Spicy Ranch is perfect drizzled over a salad, layered into a sandwich, dolloped onto a veggie burger, or used as a dip.  The blended silken tofu gives you that rich, creamy, salad dressing texture paired with just enough spice.  No soaking [continue reading]

Sticky Sesame Tempeh Recipe

Sticky Sesame Tempeh Recipe

This Sticky Sesame Tempeh Recipe is better than takeout! Slightly sweet + perfectly sticky with a hint of ginger + garlic! The best part? This meal can come together in 20 minutes, faster than takeout!

Cauliflower Gnocchi Waffles

Cauliflower Gnocchi Waffles

The beloved Trader Joe’s Cauliflower Gnocchi transformed into a savory waffle! These Trader Joe’s Cauliflower Gnocchi Waffles can be topped with your favorite toppings to create the perfect snack or meal! I know I am not alone when I say I love everything about cauliflower [continue reading]

Easy Ways To Eat More Plants

Easy Ways To Eat More Plants

Are you looking for easy ways to eat more plants? Maybe you want to eat a little healthier, try out vegetarian, pescatarian, flexitarian, or plant-based diet? Trying to eat a more plant-centric diet to improve your heart health, decrease risk of disease, lose weight, or [continue reading]

Eggless Almond Butter Blondies

Eggless Almond Butter Blondies

Gooey, thick, perfectly sweet with a hint of cinnamon, and so easy to make! These Eggless Almond Butter Blondies come together in under 30 minutes, are eggless + dairy-free!

Crazy For Cauliflower? Me Too!

Crazy For Cauliflower? Me Too!

Are you crazy for cauliflower? I am AND I know I’m not the only one. Cauliflower has been rising to popularity over the last few years. With good reason! This nutrient-rich vegetable is so versatile + full of potential. Don’t pass this one up as [continue reading]

Oil-Free Balsamic Roasted Brussels Sprouts

Oil-Free Balsamic Roasted Brussels Sprouts

These Oil-Free Balsamic Roasted Brussels Sprouts are a quick + healthy vegetable side dish.  Ready in under 30 minutes, full of flavor, and perfect every single time!

Healthy Eggless Zucchini Brownies

Healthy Eggless Zucchini Brownies

These Healthy Eggless Zucchini Brownies sneak in veggies, are gluten free, ready in 30 minutes + turn out perfectly moist every time! I am forever on a quest to enjoy baked items without completely taking my healthy eating habits off the rails.  These healthy brownies [continue reading]

2 Ingredient Air Fryer Bagels

2 Ingredient Air Fryer Bagels

No Yeast, no boiling, no fuss! These 2 Ingredient Air Fryer Bagels are made with yogurt + self-rising flour. Air fry for 10 minutes + you have yourself a homemade bagel in no time at all! Customize with your favorite seasonings.  I made these with [continue reading]

Learn To Love Tofu

Learn To Love Tofu

Have you ever met someone who HATES tofu? I have. What comes to mind when I say the word tofu? hippie? tree hugger? bland? tasteless? vegan? tof-ewwww? Tofu is seriously misunderstood. As a vegetarian, plant-based eater, it was easy for me to learn to love [continue reading]

Silken Tofu Creamy Italian Dressing (oil-free + nut-free!)

Silken Tofu Creamy Italian Dressing (oil-free + nut-free!)

Nut-free + Oil-free + Dairy-Free + sooooo creamy and delicious.  Finally …. a salad dressing you can feel good about eating. Did you hear that? NO NUTS! No soaking cashews for this vegan dressing! This Silken Tofu Creamy Italian Dressing is SUPER EASY and oh [continue reading]

Quinoa Tabbouleh Salad Recipe

Quinoa Tabbouleh Salad Recipe

This might possibly be the best quinoa recipe you have ever tried.  Practically perfect in every way.  The blend of wholesome + fresh ingredients brings this salad together in the most delightful way. This Quinoa Tabbouleh Salad Recipe is easy + healthy + packed with [continue reading]

Air Fryer Zucchini and Onions

Air Fryer Zucchini and Onions

This recipe for Air Fryer Zucchini and Onions is easy + quick + makes the perfect vegetable side dish or snack! No breading needed making this one not only plant-based but gluten free.  If you are looking for a flavorful, vegan, Whole-30 recipe you have [continue reading]

Meat-Free Super Bowl Recipes

Meat-Free Super Bowl Recipes

Planning your game day menu? For the football fans that prefer a meatless menu, I’ve got you covered! 🧐 Are there really any of those? You bet there are! And they need to eat! Party or no party, food is an integral part of any [continue reading]

Taco Bell Nacho Fries Copycat

Taco Bell Nacho Fries Copycat

Who doesn’t love a good copycat recipe??? This Taco Bell Nacho Fries Copycat Recipe will not disappoint even the biggest Taco Bell fans.  Trust me, I know a few.  With every bite you take, you will feel like you are eating the real deal. Surprisingly [continue reading]

Easy Vegan Taco Pasta

Easy Vegan Taco Pasta

This Easy Vegan Taco Pasta is everything you love about tacos but with pasta instead of tortillas! Black beans, corn, tomatoes and a creamy dairy-free cauliflower cheese sauce make this recipe a keeper! No soaking cashews for this creamy cheesy taco sauce.  This pasta meal [continue reading]

Oat Milk Green Curry

Oat Milk Green Curry

All of the flavor, none of the fat! Yipee! My lightened up version of traditional green curry has all of the robust flavors of that curry dish that keeps you going back to your favorite Thai restaurant. I simply made it skinny + guilt-free.  Once [continue reading]

Crispy Oven-Baked Zucchini Chips

Crispy Oven-Baked Zucchini Chips

Move over potato chips, zucchini chips have arrived!  These Crispy Oven-Baked Zucchini Chips are thin, crunchy, healthy, and irresistible! With just a little olive oil spray and a sprinkle of salt you have yourself a plant-based, gluten-free, guilt-free snack ready in minutes! No breading!

The Vegetarian’s Guide To Mood Boosting Foods

The Vegetarian’s Guide To Mood Boosting Foods

More and more research is showing us that food is directly linked to our moods and our mental health.  Some significant mental health issues including depression, anxiety, and even post-partum depression can be related to diet.  Indeed there are other factors involved in the development [continue reading]

Easy Vegan Cuban Sandwich

Easy Vegan Cuban Sandwich

Sometimes you just need a sandwich.  Grilled bread, sliced tomato, mustard spread on both sides of the bread, and maybe even a pickle.  Even plant-based eaters need a sandwich now and then.  That is what happened here in the MVF kitchen.  One afternoon, Mr. MVF [continue reading]

Sun-Dried Tomato Brussels Sprouts

Sun-Dried Tomato Brussels Sprouts

These creamy + dreamy Sun-Dried Tomato Brussels Sprouts are a quick dairy-free side dish that is packed with flavor + is so healthy! Tired of roasting brussels sprouts? Me too! No roasting involved here, just a simple sauce that is very similar to a creamy [continue reading]

Peanut Butter Blondies (Vegan!)

Peanut Butter Blondies (Vegan!)

Sometimes you just need a blondie.  No other dessert will do.  A thick, gooey, chewy bar that isn’t a cookie but isn’t a brownie.  These Peanut Butter Blondies can be whipped up in under 30 minutes with a few ingredients that I am sure you [continue reading]

Healthy Air Fryer Mushrooms (Oil-Free!)

Healthy Air Fryer Mushrooms (Oil-Free!)

These Healthy Air Fryer Mushrooms make the perfect side dish or snack! Ready in 10 minutes, oil-free, and requires only 4 simple ingredients.  Another easy + healthy + oil-free air fryer recipe for the win!

Oil-Free Balsamic Vinaigrette

Oil-Free Balsamic Vinaigrette

This Oil-Free Balsamic Vinaigrette is just perfect! Quick + easy + healthy! Use it as a marinade, pour it on veggies, salads, or pasta. For vegans, vegetarians, and meat-eaters alike, salads can either be super healthy or super unhealthy! The dressing you choose can be [continue reading]

Oil-Free Vegan Pasta Salad

Oil-Free Vegan Pasta Salad

Making a healthy + oil-free vegan pasta salad is so easy! You will be amazed how quickly this recipe comes together.  You can change up the dressing, the veggies, and even the pasta.  Perfect as a side dish, lunch, as a meal on its own [continue reading]

How To Reset Your Healthy Eating Habits

How To Reset Your Healthy Eating Habits

With interrupted routines, constant access to refrigerators, and using unhealthy comfort foods to deal with emotions, it is no wonder the Corona-19 is becoming just as familiar as the Freshman-15.  That being said, as 2021 rang in, so did New Year’s Resolutions.  Many people resolved [continue reading]

Air Fryer Buffalo Cauliflower Tacos

Air Fryer Buffalo Cauliflower Tacos

Did you know that you do not need to bread & deep-fry your cauliflower to have perfectly crispy cauliflower bites for tacos? I am here to tell you, it is true.  These Air Fryer Buffalo Cauliflower Tacos are super easy + perfectly spicy + SO [continue reading]

Air Fryer Tofu with Peanut Sauce

Air Fryer Tofu with Peanut Sauce

This Air Fryer Tofu with Peanut Sauce is EPIC! I am totally obsessed with this tofu. Ready in under 20 minutes + vegan + only 6 ingredients! It is super easy to run out of ways to prepare tofu.  Peanut Sauce Tofu to the rescue! [continue reading]

Kalamata Olive Hummus Recipe (Oil Free!)

Kalamata Olive Hummus Recipe (Oil Free!)

This Kalamata Olive Hummus Recipe is ready in minutes and is absolute snack perfection! Protein-packed chickpeas, creamy tahini, fragrant garlic, and olives … what a wonderful combination! Made completely oil-free, in one blender, and ready in 5 minutes!

Guide To Vegetarian Mexican Cooking

Guide To Vegetarian Mexican Cooking

Mexican cuisine is the ideal cuisine for vegans, vegetarians, and plant-based eaters.  With the dishes being centered around robust spices, grains, beans, and fresh vegetables, this is an obvious choice for meatless eaters.  Vegetarian Mexican Cooking allows for endless ways to put your own twist [continue reading]

Air Fryer Refried Bean Taquitos

Air Fryer Refried Bean Taquitos

These Air Fryer Refried Bean Taquitos come together super quick for a busy weeknight dinner with just a few simple ingredients.  Ready in 10 minutes, they make the perfect meatless Mexican dinner, lunch, snack, or party food!.  Customize these with your favorite toppings for an [continue reading]

Mexican Mashed Potatoes

Mexican Mashed Potatoes

These Mexican mashed potatoes are packed with flavor and dairy-free! Makes the perfect side to any Mexican dish or as a filling for tacos, burritos, taquitos and more! I fell in love with these potatoes at one of our favorite Mexican restaurants.  They stuffed these [continue reading]

Oil Free Air Fryer Potato Wedges

Oil Free Air Fryer Potato Wedges

This recipe for Oil Free Air Fryer Potato Wedges turns out perfect every time! Flavorful + crispy, done in a fraction of time compared to oven roasted.  These are also way heathier than deep fried potatoes. Most importantly, you CAN get crispy potato wedges without [continue reading]

Instant Pot Vegetarian Refried Beans

Instant Pot Vegetarian Refried Beans

Mexican food is an absolute favorite for my family.  Guacamole, salsa, tortillas, and everything in between.  For vegetarians, Mexican food is a definite go-to for a quick + easy homemade dinner or take-out.  Refried beans can be tricky because they are not always vegetarian.  Learning [continue reading]

Chuy’s Salsa Copycat Recipe

Chuy’s Salsa Copycat Recipe

You have come to the right place if you love salsa! I am with you.  I seek out Mexican restaurants based solely on how good their salsa fresca is! Let me tell you something, this one is a keeper! This Chuy’s Salsa Copycat Recipe is [continue reading]

Survival Guide to Vegetarian Intermittent Fasting

Survival Guide to Vegetarian Intermittent Fasting

Tara’s Tuesday Tips this week is something very different for us here at MVF.  As you know, we are vegetarian 💚.  What you may not know is that this week marks the one year anniversary of our journey with Intermittent Fasting.  So, I thought it [continue reading]

Dairy Free Green Goddess Dressing

Dairy Free Green Goddess Dressing

This Dairy Free Green Goddess Dressing is vegan + gluten-free + oil-free + made without nuts! Only 6 ingredients + 5 minutes! The secret ingredient? Silken tofu! Perfect as a dip or poured over your favorite salad greens! This is one of my all time [continue reading]

Oil Free Vegan Gravy

Oil Free Vegan Gravy

Savory + flavorful, this Oil Free Vegan Gravy is absolutely perfect for Thanksgiving or any time of the year! Vegan + Gluten Free with a rich and creamy texture, you will never miss the oil.  Above all, this gravy is so easy to make with [continue reading]

Oil Free Air Fryer Asparagus

Oil Free Air Fryer Asparagus

This recipe for Oil Free Air Fryer Asparagus is easy + healthy + will quickly become your favorite way to eat asparagus! Perfectly crispy + ready in 8 minutes! Serve as a side dish for a holiday meal, as a snack with a yummy dip, [continue reading]

Oil-Free Pumpkin Vinaigrette

Oil-Free Pumpkin Vinaigrette

Looking for that perfect, easy salad to make on Thanksgiving? You have come to the right place! Pumpkin puree + tasty herbs make this Oil-Free Pumpkin Vinaigrette a healthy, no-fuss addition to your Thanksgiving meal. Just 6 simple, plant-based ingredients shaken up in a jar [continue reading]

Vegan Chai Sugar Cookies

Vegan Chai Sugar Cookies

These Vegan Chai Sugar Cookies are chewy, flavorful, and infused with the authentic flavors of cinnamon + cardamon! These cookies are incredibly delicious, ready in under 30 minutes, and are made gluten-free, egg-free, and nut-free!

Vegan Thanksgiving Salad With Pumpkin Vinaigrette

Vegan Thanksgiving Salad With Pumpkin Vinaigrette

This Vegan Thanksgiving Salad with Pumpkin Vinaigrette is the perfect side dish! So many fall flavors plus healthy pumpkin, plant-based + easy! Roasted pumpkin with veggies, toasted quinoa, topped a with fabulous oil-free healthy dressing!

Instant Pot Fried Brown Rice (Oil-Free!)

Instant Pot Fried Brown Rice (Oil-Free!)

Fried rice that is actually healthy? YES! I should have called this Instant Pot Fried Brown Rice the best “unfried” rice EVER! Oil-free + super easy + plant-based + made all in one pot + turns out just right every single time.

Calorie Density 101: How to Lose Weight Eating More Food

Calorie Density 101: How to Lose Weight Eating More Food

Have you ever thrown in the towel on your weight loss efforts because you are tired of feeling deprived + hungry? You are not alone. The vicious cycle of eating less, cutting calories, banishing your favorite foods, letting yourself get so hungry that you overeat [continue reading]

Oat Milk Red Curry

Oat Milk Red Curry

Can you actually enjoy a skinny version of red curry??? YES! My lightened up version of traditional red curry gives you all the Thai curry flavor without all of the fat + calories. Once you try this Oat Milk Red Curry, you will not be [continue reading]

Chickpea Chocolate Chip Cookies (Vegan + Grain-Free)

Chickpea Chocolate Chip Cookies (Vegan + Grain-Free)

Healthy cookies?!?! Yes, please! These Chickpea Chocolate Chip Cookies are made with just 5 wholesome ingredients, are grain-free, eggless + refined sugar free! Super easy to make, and turn out so fluffy + delicious 🍪!

Sweet and Spicy Tofu (Oil-Free!)

Sweet and Spicy Tofu (Oil-Free!)

This Sweet and Spicy Tofu is perfect in so many ways! Sticky + spicy with a hint of sweetness.  You can adjust the spice level to your liking! This recipe comes together quickly + easily.  Oil-free + dairy-free + vegan + gluten free! Perfect for [continue reading]

Instant Pot Sweet Potato Corn Chowder (Vegan!)

Instant Pot Sweet Potato Corn Chowder (Vegan!)

Corn chowder with sweet potatoes?!?!?! Yes, please! Made in the Instant Pot?!?! Even better! This Instant Pot Sweet Potato Corn Chowder is made in one pot in under 30 minutes.  Dairy-free, oil-free, gluten-free, and packed with wholesome veggies. Best of all, it can be made [continue reading]

What Happens To Your Body When You Eat Pumpkin

What Happens To Your Body When You Eat Pumpkin

We all go pumpkin crazy sometime during the month of September.  Every.  Single.  Year.  I will be the first to admit, I get the pumpkin fever very early in the season.  Every. Single. Year. The list of nutritional benefits of pumpkin goes on + on.  [continue reading]

Savory Pumpkin Hummus (Oil-Free!)

Savory Pumpkin Hummus (Oil-Free!)

Classic hummus gets a fall twist!  This Savory Pumpkin Hummus comes together in just a few minutes, is packed with fiber + healthy vitamins.  This hummus is made without oil + will quickly become your favorite snack during pumpkin season!  So good that you will [continue reading]

Carrot Cake Oatmeal Cookies

Carrot Cake Oatmeal Cookies

Soft + chewy + moist + awesome! These Carrot Cake Oatmeal Cookies are vegan + gluten-free! Another yummy recipe for your eggless baking!  Freshly grated carrots combined with healthy oats + cinnamon give this recipe that carrot cake taste transformed into a healthy-ish dessert for [continue reading]

Cauliflower Fried Rice With Tofu

Cauliflower Fried Rice With Tofu

This Cauliflower Fried Rice with Tofu is the perfect alternative to traditional fried rice. Easy + healthy + vegan.  Packed with flavor and loaded with veggies!

Pumpkin Spice Dessert Hummus

Pumpkin Spice Dessert Hummus

Most people think of hummus as a savory food, but hummus makes an unbelievable healthy dessert! Both sweet + savory hummus are super easy to make! Simply toss everything in your food processor or blender and there you have it!  Perfect Pumpkin Spice Dessert Hummus [continue reading]

Vegan Potato Cheese Sauce (nut-free + oil-free!)

Vegan Potato Cheese Sauce (nut-free + oil-free!)

A simple + creamy ‘cheese’ made without any nuts or tofu or dairy or oil! This Vegan Potato Cheese Sauce is a total life changer!  Most vegan cheeses are made with cashews or tofu.  I have not been able to achieve the ‘cheesy’ texture and [continue reading]

What I Eat In A Day WFPB

What I Eat In A Day WFPB

I love that My Vegetarian Family members + readers + followers + fans are curious about what I eat in a day! I am living proof that a whole food, plant-based (WFPB) life is possible.  Above all, it is possible with great tasting food that [continue reading]

Air Fryer Baked Potato Recipe

Air Fryer Baked Potato Recipe

  This air fryer baked potato recipe makes the best baked potatoes with a crispy skin on the outside and a tender + fluffy inside! SO EASY! The best part? The inside of the potato is cooked evenly throughout + they turn out absolutely perfect [continue reading]

Baked Vegan Pumpkin Donuts

Baked Vegan Pumpkin Donuts

These Baked Vegan Pumpkin Donuts are SUPER EASY to make in one bowl + done in under 30 minutes. Use all-purpose flour or make them gluten-free by using oat flour! No eggs! No oil! Perfect pumpkin treat for Halloween or Thanksgiving or any day of [continue reading]

Pumpkin Veggie Burgers

Pumpkin Veggie Burgers

This quick + easy recipe for Pumpkin Veggie Burgers is YUMMY + vegan + gluten-free + oil-free + packed with fiber + protein + vitamins! Pumpkin in a veggie burger?!?! YES!!!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

Pumpkin Spice Nice Cream

Pumpkin Spice Nice Cream

This Pumpkin Spice Nice Cream is the perfect dairy-free treat flavored with all the fall flavors without the calories + the guilt! EASY + VEGAN! All you need is a few ripe bananas + pumpkin puree + pumpkin spice + cinnamon + a blender!

Vegan Italian Stuffed Peppers

Vegan Italian Stuffed Peppers

Vegan Italian Stuffed Peppers full of authentic Italian flavors + protein rich tempeh! A meatless twist on an Italian classic! This easy recipe requires only a few simple ingredients + is perfect for lunch or dinner or meal prep! Vegan + gluten-free + SO delicious!

Food Swaps For Weight Loss

Food Swaps For Weight Loss

There is no magic formula for weight loss.  Not the first time you have heard that, I know. However, it does take a little knowledge + effort.  In a world full of weight loss gimmicks, magic diet pills, intense diet + exercise regimens, it becomes [continue reading]

Instant Pot Pumpkin Steel Cut Oatmeal

Instant Pot Pumpkin Steel Cut Oatmeal

This Instant Pot Pumpkin Steel Cut Oatmeal is the perfect way to get all of the fall flavors in a hearty + healthy breakfast! Just a few simple ingredients tossed in your Instant Pot.  This vegan + gluten free oatmeal recipe can quickly be made [continue reading]

Tempeh BLT

Tempeh BLT

The classic sandwich is reinvented with delicious baked smoky tempeh bacon, lettuce + tomato. This vegan tempeh BLT is SO easy + oil-free! Ready in 35 minutes with just a few simple ingredients.  This is my new favorite sandwich!!!!!!!

How To Eat To Prevent Diabetes

How To Eat To Prevent Diabetes

Tara’s Super Quick Lesson On Diabetes Simply put, diabetes is chronically elevated blood glucose.  In Type 1 diabetics, there is a chronic glucose elevation as a result of the pancreas not making insulin.  With Type 2 diabetes, the pancreas makes insulin but the insulin has [continue reading]

Plant-Based Summer Rolls

Plant-Based Summer Rolls

This is one of my FAVORITE things to eat! These Plant-Based Summer Rolls are stuffed with fresh vegetables and tofu.  They can be made as a meal of their own, as an appetizer, or a side dish for your favorite soup, curry, noodle, or rice [continue reading]

How To Enjoy Cooking At Home

How To Enjoy Cooking At Home

I love cooking.  I am the kind of girl that gets super excited when I am gifted a new kitchen gadget, I LOVE experimenting with new recipes at home, new flavors, and ingredients.  The entire process I am obsessed with.  From growing my own food [continue reading]

Spinach Mushroom Quinoa

Spinach Mushroom Quinoa

This Spinach Mushroom Quinoa is a quick, healthy, plant-based side dish ready in minutes with only 5 Ingredients! SO delicious! This is one of our favorite go-to side dishes on busy nights or for meal prep. You are going to LOVE this one!

Tempeh Taco Meat

Tempeh Taco Meat

This Tempeh Taco “Meat” is super easy to make + perfect for meal prep or busy weeknights! Ready in under 20 minutes + packed with protein + flavor + versatility. Layered in tacos, rolled into burritos, sprinkled on a  taco salad.  Whatever your favorite Mexican [continue reading]

Dill Pickle Hummus

Dill Pickle Hummus

This recipe for Dill Pickle Hummus is smooth, creamy, tangy, perfectly full of garlic, and just savory enough to make it the perfect dip or spread.   If you know me, you know I love a good copycat recipe.  I especially love, after multiple taste-tests, when [continue reading]

Vermicelli Upma

Vermicelli Upma

This Vermicelli Upma can be eaten for breakfast or any meal! Also known as sevia or semiya upma. Upma is a traditional Indian meal, but I made it with a twist!

Brownie Batter Hummus

Brownie Batter Hummus

This Brownie Batter Hummus is perfect for satisfying your sweet + chocolatey cravings without the guilt.  I promise it is SO YUMMY + Easy! Best of all, this dessert hummus is dairy free + egg free + refined sugar free + healthy(ish) + ready in [continue reading]

Eggless Cauliflower Pizza Crust (egg-free + dairy-free!)

Eggless Cauliflower Pizza Crust (egg-free + dairy-free!)

This eggless cauliflower pizza crust is gluten-free, egg-free, and dairy-free. So easy to make AND super healthy AND super yummy! All that in a pizza? YES!

Air Fryer Buffalo Tofu

Air Fryer Buffalo Tofu

This recipe for Air Fryer Buffalo Tofu is SO EASY. No need to press your tofu, no breading, no frying, no fuss! Perfect for over a salad, paired with sweet potato fries, or simply to dip in vegan ranch, YUM!

Oil-Free Balsamic Asparagus Salad

Oil-Free Balsamic Asparagus Salad

This oil-free balsamic asparagus salad is just perfect! Quick + easy + healthy + no fuss! You can customize it with whatever veggies + toppings you love! Spinach or romaine are a good base, then add in sliced tomatoes, cucumbers, red onions, even bell peppers [continue reading]

Vegan Buckwheat Chocolate Chip Cookies

Vegan Buckwheat Chocolate Chip Cookies

Welcome to your new favorite cookie.  Why? How about a cookie that is vegan, dairy-free, egg-free, gluten free, and still tastes SO GOOD?!?!?!? Enter Vegan Buckwheat Chocolate Chip Cookies.

Air Fryer Garlic Chickpeas

Air Fryer Garlic Chickpeas

These Air Fryer Garlic Chickpeas are the answer to any of your snacking questions. Healthy ✔ Easy ✔ Crispy ✔ Flavorful ✔ Quick ✔ Count me in 🙋‍♀️!

Chipotle Copycat Salsa Recipes

Chipotle Copycat Salsa Recipes

YES! You can make all of your favorite salsas from the Chipotle Mexican Grill Menu right in your own kitchen! Learn the secrets to mild, medium, hot + corn salsa! These Chipotle Copycat Salsas are EXACTLY like the real thing!

Guide to Oil-Free Cooking

Guide to Oil-Free Cooking

When I initially began learning about a whole food, plant-based diet, I was most intrigued by oil-free cooking. I thought the idea of it was completely crazy. How does one cook without oil? I assumed when cooking without oil, everything would stick to the pan, [continue reading]

Crispy Oven Baked Tofu with No Oil

Crispy Oven Baked Tofu with No Oil

Learn how to make crispy oven baked tofu with no oil in a few easy steps! This oil- free tofu is vegan + gluten-free and can be tossed in your favorite dish or eaten as is! No fuss + easy. No need to press the [continue reading]

Quinoa for Beginners

Quinoa for Beginners

Time to dust off that bag of quinoa sitting in your pantry collecting dust.  If you are a quinoa newbie or a quinoa expert, Quinoa for Beginners is for you! Vegans, vegetarians + yes, even meat-eaters can and should be eating quinoa. Let’s start by [continue reading]

Instant Pot Mexican Quinoa

Instant Pot Mexican Quinoa

This is my favorite way to eat quinoa! Easy + vegan + gluten free + ready in 20 minutes! Perfect for dinner, lunch, or meal prep.  The best part? The entire recipe is made in your Instant Pot.

Quinoa Cracker Recipe

Quinoa Cracker Recipe

This quinoa cracker recipe is easy + healthy + vegan + gluten free! Homemade crispy crackers made with no oil + only 2 ingredients! Does it get any better?!?!?! Perfect gluten free crackers made with just a few easy steps right in your own kitchen. [continue reading]

Meatless Eggplant Meatballs (Vegan + Gluten Free!)

Meatless Eggplant Meatballs (Vegan + Gluten Free!)

No meat? No problem! These vegan eggplant meatballs are gluten free + oil-free + nut-free + packed with authentic Italian flavors! The hearty roasted eggplant is the star of this dish.  Perfect for vegans, vegetarians, and even meat-eaters will LOVE these!

Chipotle Copycat Recipes

Chipotle Copycat Recipes

YES! You can make all of your favorites from the Chipotle Mexican Grill Menu right in your own kitchen! Learn the secrets to mild, medium, hot + corn salsa, cilantro lime rice, guacamole, black beans + sofritas! These chipotle copycat recipes are EXACTLY like the [continue reading]

Copycat Chipotle Cilantro Lime Rice

Copycat Chipotle Cilantro Lime Rice

This Copycat Chipotle Cilantro Lime Rice is super easy + EXACTLY like the original. Start with your favorite cooked rice + mix in your lime juice + cilantro! Yes, it is that easy to have Chipotle Mexican Grill right in your own kitchen! The best [continue reading]

Chipotle Tomato Salsa Copycat Recipe (Mild Salsa!)

Chipotle Tomato Salsa Copycat Recipe (Mild Salsa!)

Chipotle Mexican Grill calls this their mild salsa. I call it awesome! This Chipotle Tomato Salsa Copycat recipe is EXACTLY like the original! Just a few simple ingredients + one bowl is all you need! Healthy + easy + gluten free + oil-free + vegan! [continue reading]

Chipotle Tomatillo Salsa Copycat (Medium Salsa!)

Chipotle Tomatillo Salsa Copycat (Medium Salsa!)

This Chipotle Tomatillo Salsa copycat is EXACTLY like the real thing! Chipotle Mexican Grill calls this one medium salsa, I call it packed with flavor + awesome! The roasted tomatillos combined with tomatoes + spices makes this one a total crowd pleaser!

Chipotle Hot Salsa Copycat Recipe

Chipotle Hot Salsa Copycat Recipe

This Chipotle Hot Salsa copycat is EXACTLY like the real thing! A few ingredients + 15 minutes is all you need to have Chipotle Mexican Grill hot sauce in your own kitchen! The best part? It’s vegetarian + gluten free + easy!


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