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Paloma's Famous Tortilla Soup For Lazy Vegans

Paloma's Famous Tortilla Soup For Lazy Vegans

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Prep Time: 15 Minutes
Cook Time: 10 Minutes

This soup originates in Mexico and after trying some while visiting family I found myself craving it one chilly canadian winter day. It's so easy to make, and will impress anyone with its beautiful and colorful presentation. Plus you can trick your friend…

Wacky Cake

Wacky Cake

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Prep Time: 5 Minutes
Cook Time: 25 Minutes

This is the best chocolate cake I've ever had; moist, flavorful and frugal! It's also vegan and costs less than $3 including the icing! We make this often here and the kids adore it.

Banana Q

Banana Q

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Prep Time: 0 Minutes
Cook Time: 15 Minutes

There are hundreds of varieties of bananas. 'Saba' or Cooking Bananas is an all time personal favorite especially if it is cooked like this. Aside from it is delicious, nutritious and economical it is available all throughout the year. There are just too…

Tusker House vegan Couscous

Tusker House vegan Couscous

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Prep Time: 5 Minutes
Cook Time: 20 Minutes

We had his at the Tusker House at Animal Kingdom at Disney. It was the best couscous I have ever had. I wanted to share it with you.

Refried Beans ~ a low fat healthy version

Refried Beans ~ a low fat healthy version

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Cook Time: 10 Minutes

Frijoles refritos(refried beans), are beans that are fried with oil/fat, mashed and then refried again. That's the meaning of refrito- twice fried. Refried beans in Mexico are traditionally cooked or fried in lard. I know it's sounds gross and fatty, but…

Pressure Cooker Arborio Rice Pudding

Pressure Cooker Arborio Rice Pudding

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Prep Time: 5 Minutes
Cook Time: 20 Minutes

Serve this elegant pudding warm in the winter and chilled in the summer. Making rice pudding in the pressure cooker requires pressure cooking with milk - which can be tricky but not impossible. It has a tendency to foam and bubble inside your pressure…

No-Bake Peanut Butter Balls

No-Bake Peanut Butter Balls

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Prep Time: 15 Minutes
Cook Time: 0 Minutes

Do you have 12 minutes today? Yes? Okay go sneak into the kitchen and make this real quick. I came across five different recipes of peanut butter balls yesterday and instead of choosing just one, I combined a couple to make one that suited my taste.…

Raw Vegan Chocolate Dip

Raw Vegan Chocolate Dip

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Prep Time: 15 Minutes
Cook Time: 0 Minutes

This one of a kind Avocado dip is well known for its various health benefits ranging from improving cardiovascular health, lowering cholersterol to breast cancer prevention in women. The raw, organic Cocoa contains a rich supply of vitamins and miner…

The perfect hard boiled egg, every time!

The perfect hard boiled egg, every time!

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Cook Time: 15 Minutes

Today's post is a back to basics cooking lesson, How to boil an egg. The perfect boiled or hard boiled egg is when the egg is cooked all the way through and the yolk is golden , there shouldn't be a grey/green ring around the yolk. To me if a hard boiled…

Crispy-Ginger Tofu Lettuce Wraps

Crispy-Ginger Tofu Lettuce Wraps

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Prep Time: 15 Minutes
Cook Time: 10 Minutes

When Tatjana and her friend Leah gobbled these lettuce wraps up before I could cool the recipe long enough to store it, I knew I was onto a winner. This scrumptious, low-carb, vegan dish can also be adapted for you meat lovers out there – just substitut…

The Taco Rack Crunchy Tacos by Chef Kirk Leins

The Taco Rack Crunchy Tacos by Chef Kirk Leins

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Prep Time: 15 Minutes
Cook Time: 10 Minutes

The Taco Rack Crunchy Restaurant Style Tacos from our friend Chef Kirk Leins, is as basic a course in Taco Cooking 101 as you can get... Chef Kirk accepted my Taco Cooking Challenge... To see his evaluation of my Taco Cookware, watch this video... http:/…

The Cranky Yankees Collards

The Cranky Yankees Collards

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Prep Time: 45 Minutes
Cook Time: 120 Minutes

Okay, so this isn’t going to be a half hour recipe. I’ve been invited to add it anyway. It’s not vegan and it definitely isn’t health food, but it is oh so good. What’s a Yankee doin’ cookin’ greens? In my early 20’s, I was an independe…

Pressure Cooker Mini Meatball Broth

Pressure Cooker Mini Meatball Broth

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Prep Time: 10 Minutes
Cook Time: 20 Minutes

You don't need a stock to make this broth, from the Hip Pressure Cooking website, because you make it yourself. Then, the vegetables come out of the pan, to serve as a side dish, and then meat balls, and pastina go in to turn this dish into a one pot mea…

Mini Weaner Wraps

Mini Weaner Wraps

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Prep Time: 15 Minutes
Cook Time: 10 Minutes

I started making these when my granddaughter was in Early Headstart, they loved them. These kids had such little hands so they were the perfect size.

Shrimp al diablo

Shrimp al diablo

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Prep Time: 25 Minutes
Cook Time: 20 Minutes

my brother would love to put this together and throw them on the bbq grill when cooking outdoors

Truffled, Slow-Scrambled Eggs

Truffled, Slow-Scrambled Eggs

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Prep Time: 5 Minutes
Cook Time: 20 Minutes

My cousin, Catherine, stopped by for a visit recently and made us something absolutely sinful: as her brother calls them, "frenchified eggs." The thing about Catherine, other than that she never learned to draw inside the lines, is that she lives our lou…

Keem's Koho (Salmon) Kookery

Keem's Koho (Salmon) Kookery

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Prep Time: 10 Minutes
Cook Time: 15 Minutes

My 11-year seasonal gig as the executive chef of the Driftwood Lodge in SE Alaska taught me a thing or two about cooking wild silver (coho) salmon. A very quick and easy way is to simply roast the fillet - bones in and skin on. Removing the bones from…

Oriental Rice Vegatables

Oriental Rice Vegatables

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Prep Time: 30 Minutes
Cook Time: 30 Minutes

Very good side dish to a main course or a perfect meal for one person if you're looking for something easy.

Riso alla pilota

Riso alla pilota

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Prep Time: 40 Minutes
Cook Time: 20 Minutes

And to think that until recently, 'I did not like rice. Besides, the origins and culinary traditions of my family does not provide a lot of use since I live in Novara, surrounded by rice paddies I missed the wonderful world of rice. And the first time los…

Fast & Healthy Quesadillas

Fast & Healthy Quesadillas

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Prep Time: 5 Minutes
Cook Time: 5 Minutes

Low cal, fast and filling. This is perfect for a quick lunch or dinner.

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