Roasted Parmesan Green Beans

I'm starting to like summer. Not the heat, but for the food. Green beans, berries, watermelon. Give it all to me!! So while there will be berry and watermelon recipes soon to come, here is one of our new favorite green bean recipes. It's simple, and would be easy enough for food prep - for …

Barley Bliss Casserole – Chloe Coscarelli

I wanted to share with you one of my favorite healthy comfort meals! It's by Chloe Coscarelli and it is by far one of my favorite recipes from her. Barley Bliss Casserole. Not the prettiest thing to look at, but it's chewy, and creamy. Not to mention, super easy to make it just takes time …

Cranberry Herb Cashew Spread

I wanted a sweet kind of cheese spread and I thought of cranberries. And I knew I wanted fresh herbs in it as well. I threw some things together in a blender, and BLAM! What can cashews not do? How can you mess it up? I probably will eventually...

Hot Cocoa Mix

Winter is coming! And I wanted to share with you a Hot Cocoa Mix that I just started making once I found a package of dried coconut milk at the store! It's perfect to keep in the pantry for cold nights. I love hot cocoa and to be able to make my own vegan AND …

Baby Kale & Quinoa Salad

You don't usually think of a cold salad in fall and winter as something you crave or want, but this salad is something I want any time of year. I had found a version of this and decided to make my own spin on things a few years ago. I'll still change a few things …

Vegan Herb Brown and Butter Bean White Gravy

Hello everyone! Just wanted to share my gravy recipes since it is fall and there is so much food to make and slather gravy on this time of year! YUM! I wanted to share two kinds of gravy that I've made before and that people plant-based or not, loved. So whether you are a savory brown …

Tips for a Shared Kitchen #4 – Replacing Cow’s Milk

Hello everyone! I wanted to share how I convert some recipes to be plant-based. A lot of my recipes come from whatever sounds good to me, or from family recipes that I've converted some way to make them plant-based/vegan. There are so many vegan recipes out there that use different methods that you don't know …

Mexican Spice Brownies

Hello all! I have had a dilemma recently - I have been craving brownies and that craving didn't go away for weeks! Those googy, warm, chocolaty squares! Well... once we had a few cloudy cool days here I decided to heat up our oven! By the time I was able to make the brownies I had …

Pumpkin Penne with Spinach & Almond Ricotta

I kept thinking about a creamy pumpkin pasta dish with sage, but I wasn't sure what I wanted to do. Did I want stuffed shells? A pumpkin fettucchine? And then I decided to keep it simple but filling. Not to mention this pasta recipe is low-fat and full of protein and vitamin A. I just …

Low Fat Almond Ricotta

This is something I'll whip together if I have the ingredients to add to something to make it creamy, but still low-fat. Dairy based ricotta is low fat anyway, so if you are replacing it in any of your favorite recipes, this Almond Ricotta will give you the same low-fat but creamy feel, texture, and …