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Easy Seasoned Mushroom Mince

Easy Seasoned Mushroom Mince

This Easy Seasoned Mushroom Mince is a fabulous way to add a meaty component to your meals. This stuff is a low-ingredient, natural alternative to store-bought vegan meat substitutes. Enjoy Easy Seasoned Mushroom Mince with pasta & Vegan Garlic Alfredo Sauce over Vegan Sourdough Starter Biscuits & Amazing Creamy Vegan […]

Lemon Garlic Sautéed Spinach on a white plate on a glass table

Lemon Garlic Sautéed Spinach

This savory and satisfying Lemon Garlic Sautéed Spinach is easy, quick, and low ingredient. It’s also a tasty way to use up some spinach that is a little wilted and not as fresh as you’d want in a salad. Enjoy Lemon Garlic Sautéed Spinach with pasta & Vegan Garlic Alfredo […]

Vegan Sourdough Starter Biscuits in a cast iron skillet over a blush linen

Vegan Sourdough Starter Biscuits

These Vegan Sourdough Starter Biscuits are delectable. They bring joy to my home. The biscuit-mojo comes from the use of vegan buttermilk & activated sourdough starter. This is an easy overnight recipe. Most of the time making these from-scratch-biscuits is inactive. I love waking up and cutting last night’s dough […]

Amazing Creamy Vegan Biscuit Gravy

Amazing Creamy Vegan Biscuit Gravy

I’m a gravy person, and this Amazing Creamy Vegan Biscuit Gravy is freaking delicious. This stuff is rich & oh-so-creamy. It’s gravy magic. This gravy post is adapted from the gravy in Vegan Swedish Meatless Balls. What should you eat with this gravy? Anything Almost everything Whatever you put gravy […]

High-altitude vegan small-batch brownies

Small-Batch High-Altitude Vegan Brownies

These Small-Batch High-Altitude Vegan Brownies are everything I want in a brownie. It took many test batches to get here. I’m so happy to share this with you! Thank you to Cathy, who sent an email inquiring about a high-altitude vegan brownie recipe—I hope this helps! The Journey I made […]

High-Altitude Oven Brown Rice

High-Altitude Oven Brown Rice

This easy High-Altitude Oven Brown Rice is fluffy and fully cooked without water left behind. Recently when making Vegan Swedish Meatless Balls I made the wild rice in the oven—it was fabulous. This High-Altitude Oven Brown Rice preparation is equally fabulous! High-altitude rice fails The lower boiling point at high-altitude can […]

vegan spinach & artichoke dip in a white square casserole dish

Vegan Spinach & Artichoke Dip

This Vegan Spinach & Artichoke Dip brings back memories! I remember many happy hours in my 20s with Spinach & Artichoke Dip. It usually involved a tummy ache, but not this time! This vegan version is much healthier, but it legit reminds me of the real deal. This is a […]

Orange colored Vegan curried coconut carrot soup topped with green cliantro leaves swirled with coconut milk in a white bowl on a glass table with a spoon and small white plate with a wedge of lime next to it.

Curried Coconut Carrot Soup

This vibrant Curried Coconut Carrot Soup is alive with spice while being both creamy and savory. Since we use unsweetened coconut milk, it doesn’t lean sweet. The flavor stays balanced, yet decadent.
As a bonus—it’s a fun food alliteration. This soup, as with most curried things, is better if it sits in the fridge overnight, allowing time for spices to marry and open[…]

Crispy Roasted Vegan Garlic Potatoes on a roasting sheet with ketchup

Crispy Roasted Vegan Garlic Potatoes

These Crispy Roasted Vegan Garlic Potatoes are wonderfully crispy and infused with garlic. Potatoes are vegan. However, most crispy potato recipes involve duck fat. The method of boiling the potatoes in baking soda and salt before roasting has French roots; it makes the potatoes crispy. Enjoy them solo or dipped […]

Amazing vegan mushroom gravy in a white cup

Amazing Vegan Mushroom Gravy

I dig gravy—when I want rich, hearty gravy with mushrooms in it, I make this Amazing Vegan Mushroom Gravy. This recipe is easy, minimalist, and delicious. If you would like to make vegan gravy without mushrooms, try this Amazing No-Chicken Vegan Gravy. Sometimes I make both gravies because I can’t […]