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6 Essential Ingredients for Great Vegan Smoothies
So, you're new to a plant-based diet, or perhaps you have been a vegan for a while, but you hear about all this smoothie making.…
Full of Beans, Not Full of Gas
Oh sure, you've heard the joking (maybe you have said it yourself): "eat all those plants and beans and you'll be full of gas" or…
4 Signs Your Bananas are Ripe
Bananas are fantastic. Full of nutrition, fiber, sweetness, easy to eat, and so versatile. But they must be ripe, since fully ripe bananas have important…
Can’t Stop Eating This Bean Dip
The first time I had this bean dip, I was at work. My friend Whitney brought it with a bag of corn chips. I couldn’t…
Zucchini Take Over
If you have a garden, or friends that do, and zucchini was planted, you know how you can suddenly be overrun with ready to eat,…
Beans 101: Cooking Beans
Cooking Beans People are uncertain when it comes to cooking beans. Many people, for as much as we might joke or sometimes get annoyed by…
Reflections on a Farm and a Farmhand
Yesterday I woke to sounds in my kitchen and I felt the sudden pang of loss, realizing it was my son, making a last, big…
Delicious Vegan Mango Smoothie
A Favorite Vegan Mango Smoothie: "Mango Sunshine" Mornings are vegan smoothie time for the FOB household. Containers of spinach, bags of frozen fruit, banana peels, and…
Vegan On The Road: Vegan Pizza, zpizza, Minneapolis
zpizza: creative, vegan-friendly, California-style pizza joint that serves up tasty food that will be sure to satisfy. If you are out with friends and want…
Banana Crisis!
So, we were low on bananas! Running out to stock up again I discovered a tip that helps afford the WFPB diet. Watch the video…
Easy Stir Fry Sauce: Quick, Sweet, and Hot
Yum, Stir Fry! Stir fry dishes are great - they are quick and easy, you can make them out of all sorts of ingredients, and…
Green Machine Spinach Smoothie
OK, Breakfast. When I talk to people about being vegan, and we discuss a whole food plant-based diet, one of the questions I get a…