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Yummy and Simple!  Here is a very quick and easy meal that everyone in my family loves.

Vegan “Beef” Taquitos:

12+ large whole wheat flour tortillas
1 package Morningstar or Boca vegan beef crumbles (found in the frozen section)
1 jar Peach and Mango Salsa (our secret ingredient) — Bean and Corn salsa is also good
Nacho Chreese (vegan cream [...]

When I was a kid, I couldn’t stand biscuits and gravy.  My parents thought it was a real treat and raved about it on the rare occasions we had it (usually at a restaurant).  Since I’ve never liked it, I was surprised when I decided to make it a few days ago.  It started when [...]

My family loves appetizers.  Sometimes we’ll make a whole meal of several appetizers; it’s wonderful and fun and makes great party foods too.  Last night, my older daughter made us Vegan Bacon Wrapped Scallops.  Other items, such as chestnuts or vegan shrimp can be used in this same recipe — I actually prefer fresh roasted [...]

If you are looking for an interesting, funky, fun, and flavorful holiday present this year, consider giving the gift of chocolate.
Verē Chocolate recently sent me a lovely sample of their vegan chocolates to review.  In awe, and honestly a bit of trepidation, we tried their unique flavors.  We’ve been enjoying them slowly, which has been [...]

If you are traveling by airplane this holiday season, consider trying to make your layovers in healthy food friendly airports.  The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine has recently come out with a new “List of Airports with the Most Healthful Food“.  It’s an interesting read!
What does my family do when we fly?  We usually take [...]

Continuing on the theme of thankfulness, here are my top 10 reasons (in no particular order) why I am thankful my family is vegan:

No worries about animal product illnesses (Mad Cow, Bird Flu, etc.).  If you do eat meat, make sure yours is never undercooked!
No worries about more serious diet-induced diseases such as cancer, diabetes, [...]

With the U.S. holiday of Thanksgiving Day less than a week away, I’m finalizing my family’s meal.  For the past five or so years we’ve either gone to a vegan potluck or out to Lovin’ Spoonfuls for their vegan Thanksgiving meal (which we highly recommend).  This year, with a super busy schedule the last few [...]

My husband used to really like Chicken Cordon Bleu before we decided to be a vegan family.  I recently saw Silk cream at the store and thought to try and make a vegan version of this old favorite.  Upon first bite, Greg stopped and muttered, “Wow, this is good.”  Second and third bites and all [...]

A delicious and hearty recipe for home or on-the-go food is runzas.  These are originally made with ground beef.  As vegans, we go without the animal.  Here’s our veganized version of this classic recipe.
Lisa’s Lowfat Vegan Runzas:

3 packages Morningstar Vegetable Crumbles (TVP and/or Boca brand work great, too)
1 whole head organic cabbage
salt
pepper
uncooked bread dough - [...]

Thanks to this past Sunday’s Desperate Housewives episode, I’ve been craving potato skins. I haven’t had anything similar since becoming vegan. Here is our version (I came up with the recipe and my husband and my older daughter made them). They were fantastic! The only thing that would have made them [...]