Quick and Easy Tomato Sauce
For most kitchens, tomato sauce is a staple for a quick meal of pasta or for making pizza. I try never to be without some on hand. The wonderful thing about sharing your kitchen with older children is that everyone…
Better than Tuna: Vegan Tuna Salad
Vegan Tuna Salad Sandwich We are often asked what we pack for lunch. Portable and easy meals, like the classic tuna salad sandwich, are an essential for folks heading off to school or work for the day. This chickpea vegan…
Vegan Gluten-Free Lasagna
This recipe for Vegan Gluten-free Lasagna is a household favorite, hot or cold. It's also a fabulous way to use zucchini and will please lasagna-lovers of all kinds! Vegan Gluten-free Lasagna That Still Brings the Yum! For years our daughter was extremely…
Black Bean Burger: A Delicious Alternative
The vegan black bean burger is an easy and healthy way to satisfy the burger craving and can be as versatile as the classic beef burger without the fat, cholesterol and guilt. Once you get the basic recipe, you are only…
Vegan Chocolate Cake: One Bowl, Five Minutes!
I discovered this recipe years ago and one of the things I like the most about it is that it's so easy. It's a vegan chocolate cake recipe you can make in one bowl in five minutes and totally satisfies…
Vegan Peanut Butter Cookies (Gluten Free, Too)
When these vegan peanut butter cookies are in the house it's not long until you hear: 'who finished the last one???' The Vegan Peanut Butter Cookies Story Years ago I adapted a peanut butter cookie recipe to accommodate my gluten…
Elevating Lunch: The Vegan Pesto Panini Sandwich
On the weekends we sometimes make a big deal about lunch with some fabulous sandwich creation. This vegan pesto panini sandwich combines the flavors of ripe tomato and the classic bold taste of pesto with the creaminess of a spreadable…
Sweet Potato, Leek, Parsnip and Bean Soup – a Vegan Winter Comfort Food
We love soups. This one is a delicious, vegan, and gluten-free option that includes two often overlooked items: leeks and parsnips. This is a quick and easy vegan soup to make, as well. With Winter upon us, its a wonderful…
Minestrone Soup: Vegan Soup Comfort Food
A delicious, big pot meal that the whole family will love. This minestrone is a quick, easy, vegan soup comfort food that works for anytime (gluten-free, too). Absolutely foolproof! Minestrone Soup, while some may have a rigid definition of what it includes,…
Cinnamon Sticky Buns: a special vegan baking treat
Vegan baking presented a challenge, at first. I have been making cinnamon sticky buns every Christmas morning for as long as I can remember. When we transitioned to a fully vegan diet, it required some tweaking, but there was no…