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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.
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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.
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| Prep Time: | 10 Minutes |
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I was looking for a romantic dinner for my anniversary and found this delicious steak recipe. It's a good dinner for 2.
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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…
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Do not let this picture deceive you. Trust me because these pork chops are fantastic. I was in a dinner rut last week, and had limited groceries on hand. After digging around my fridge I came up with this recipe. It was a big hit at our house. You could e…
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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…
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There are few things I love more than pasta and seafood. Add them together and you have made me a very happy girl. This is one of my favorite pasta dishes because it is simple and elegant at the same time. Serve it for a romantic dinner with your loved…
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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…
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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…
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| Prep Time: | 30 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 40 Minutes |
A fantastic recipe for the perfect brunch or dinner.
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This is an all-Vegetarian, mostly Vegan food blog, combining recipes from popular vegetarian cookbooks as well as original creations cataloged on the "recipe" page. Updated 'almost" daily, it's a great resource for someone making the leap to Vegetar…
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Recipes and the occasional product suggestion from an over worked, under paid, dad. Everything from Breakfast Recipes, Dinner Recipes, Soups, Stews, and much more.
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a blog dedicated to fast, easy, and tasty raw vegan (raw food) recipes
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This is an online recipe guide with simple cooking instructions and pictures for EACH of the steps to making vegetarian and vegan food. Bring out the chef in you while making any of our recipes with precise and easy How to's"
http://wellonwheels.blogspot.com
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Well on Wheels is a food blog with healthy recipes, restaurant reviews, and stories of life as a vegan personal chef.
http://veginspirations.blogspot.com/
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A place you will find vegetarian and vegan recipes, Indian recipes, world recipes, low fat and healthy recipes, nutrition and lifestyle articles and more
http://thevegandiet.blogspot.com/
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Health, nutrition and recipes suitable for Vegan, vegetarian, dairy-free, and low cholesterol diets.
http://www.thebusybudgetingmama.blogspot.com
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when I first got married and had my daughter I found myself nursing with one hand and reading blogs on the other trying to find ideas to make my house a home, cook something yummy for dinner and look good while doing it; all on a budget. I'm your sho…
http://thomastheaccidentalgourmet.blogspot.com/
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Musings on Life and Food
Unfortunately, I don't necessarily have a life plan. Or a dinner plan for that matter. Luckily for me, things work out most of the time.
I'll be posting some musings on food, eating, and life in general. Hopefully, som…
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The Frog Hollow Farm blog is a place where I share our love of life. Sometimes you'll find delicious recipes - mostly Italian -and sometimes you'll see menus of dinner parties. If I'm really organized you'll also see photos of the food. Although I…
I did a breakfast for dinner sort of thing the other day, with scones and maple-baked potatoes and carrots. The scones are actually the chive spelt biscuits from Vegan Brunch, except that I replaced the spelt flour with standard white, adding about (read full article)
Tomato and Beet Salad with Feta and Mint This is one of those dishes that is good out of all proportion to the difficulty of making it, which is virtually nil. It is totally dependent on using great tomatoes and olive oil, and home-cooked beets (don& (read full article)
All honorable intentions of whipping up a delectable pasta feast tonight completely flew out the window when I found this in my mailbox, and these in my pantry. Because ten minutes later I found myself with this… and a whole lot of t (read full article)
A staple of summer picnics and tavole calde, pomodori ripieni di riso, tomatoes stuffed with rice and oven roasted, make for a simple and relatively quick weekend dinner, part of a buffet or a tasty antipasto for a summer dinner for guests. Here's th (read full article)
I’ve been thinking. Yes, sometimes I do get a moment of mental clarity to actually sort our my thoughts. Usually is occurs around the time I am closing my eyes to go to sleep, mind still racing, small chubby cheek pressed up against my breast, (read full article)
I picked my first handful of stringbeans from my garden today, and that is what inspired tonight's dinner. I was looking for something quick, easy, and of course made with ingredients I had on hand. It was a day for relaxing, after all.I (read full article)
There are a couple knife blocks in my kitchen, and while the Chefs, pairing knife, and bread knife get used a few times a day, there is entire row that I almost never touch, and those are the steak knives. When you don’t eat steak, you simple (read full article)
Hey everyone I am Guest Posting over at Meals & Moves today and I am pretty sure you are going to LOVE this recipe!!! It’s fast, colorful, sweet, spicy and just plain good! Shrimp Skewers w/Spicy Mango Dipping Sauce ** You can (read full article)
It wouldn't be summer without a trip to Sweet Claude's. I don't know who it was that told me about this hidden little gem on Rt. 10 in Cheshire (Josh, maybe? if so, thank you!!), but I've been making the pilgrimage every year once the weather w (read full article)
So there’s these grape vines at our house. A lot of them…of varying species. We know one of them is juicy concord, but the rest remain a mystery. They are green and some are tasty, tangy, and tart and then there’s some that are comp (read full article)