I Love Fall Veggie Menu Monday

I love fall. I have the windows open to the fresh air, and have major cravings for swiss chard, kale, apples, soups and pumpkin in everything!
This is my second week of making a batch of muffins for my morning sweet fix. I’ve been sneaking in flax and oat bran for good measure.
I also decided I [...]

Pesto Anyone?

I have 3 kinds of basil this year Italian, lemon, and Thai all growing in my garden. Some are in the veggie bed and I have others in containers. If you have no space you can even grow some inside on a sunny window sill.
If you don’t have a garden you should be able to [...]

Vegan Watermelon Gazpacho

Nothing says summer has arrived like a chilled soup. When it’s so hot you’re sweating and the a/c is working as hard as it can, a chilled soup can make your whole day. Gazpacho is like a cool, liquid salad. It goes down easy, you don’t have to heat up the house to make it, [...]

Blueberry Pecan Muffins with Stevia

My first try using stevia and it turned out pretty good. The muffins didn’t rise as much as I hoped, but they are really tasty!
Blueberry Pecan Muffins with Stevia
1 cup Rolled Oats
2 Tb. Flax Seed Meal (ground flax)
1 cup Whole Wheat Pastry Flour
1/2 tsp. Salt
1 tsp. stevia (taste the batter and add more if needed [...]

Vegan Chocolate Coffee Smoothie

Doesn’t sound much like a smoothie does it? My partner is a fruit hater. Unripe bananas and apples are about all I can get past her. She doesn’t like the mush of fruit and claims it’s just a texture thing. This is my attempt to get some fruit in her hidden in with the coffee [...]

Finally Back Vegan Menu Monday

I haven’t been menu planning lately. I’m more sorry about the extra money and calories I’ve spent the past month. So today is my new beginning. Back to healthy eating and saving money for more jewelry making classes!
I want to get my energy back up for exercising, doing my new found hobby, and just feeling [...]

Quick and Cleaner Veg Menu Monday

I seem to be starting a trend of doing alot of events during the week.  So this week will also be super easy, and hopefully fairly mindless! Still eating out alot, but right now it can’t be avoided because of scheduling.
Monday:  Quesadillas and Spanish rice, then go see Natalie Goldberg at 7pm
Tuesday: Chicken patties, mashed [...]

Quick and Dirty Vegan Menu Monday

This week needs to be easy and mindless.  I have too many deadlines and obligations to do anything complicated this week.
Monday: Veggie Soup
Tuesday: Black eyed pea quinoa patties with mushroom sauce and steamed broccoli
Wednesday: Vegetarian Enchilada Casserole
Thursday: Dinner out
Friday:  Dinner out
Saturday: Cook out – veggie burgers
Sunday: BBQ tofu pizza

Vegan Chickenless and Rice Soup

I’ve over extended myself this week, so we’ve been eating out a lot. So to make up for it, I have been eating soup for lunch everyday. So here’s another soup recipe.
This can be made in the slow cooker, but I did it stove top and it took less than 1 hour from start to [...]

Easy Vegan Vegetable Soup

I can feel another soup kick coming on. In fact, I ate 2 large bowls of this one just last night. Who knew that something so low calorie could make me so full, and taste this good?
Easy Vegan Vegetable Soup – about 10 servings

1 Tbl. olive oil (or broth for sauteing)
1 onion, minced
2 cloves garlic, [...]