Smashed Beets with Lemon Cashew Cream is a fun and healthy way to cook beets. It’s a colorful and tasty plant-based dish that’s Vegan, Paleo, and Whole30. I have cooked many a beet in my day, but this smashing technique might be my new favorite method. I first came across it in the stellar cookbook …
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This sweet, smoky, and spicy pineapple jerky is a simple dehydrator recipe that makes a tasty snack both on or off the trail. While we all know and love meat-based jerkies, sometimes I get a hankering for a dried treat that’s a little more on the sweeter side. That’s when I reach for my good …
This Cumin Roasted Carrots recipe is bursting with some big time flavor. Served with dairy-free yogurt and topped with pistachios, it’s one tasty plant-based side dish. I’ve never met a carrot that I didn’t like. Even those oddly shaped ones that look like twisted little alien creatures dancing the tango, I consider friends. And while …
This simple vegan Miso Soup is loaded with shiitake mushrooms and tender bok choy. It’s a quick, easy recipe that keeps food waste to a minimum. Disclaimer: I’m probably breaking a lot of culinary “rules” in this recipe by committing such horrors as munching on shiitake stems and adding kombu back into miso soup after …
Sikil Pak is a simple but delicious pumpkin seed salsa that comes from the Mayans of the Yucatán peninsula. It makes an incredibly addictive gluten-free appetizer or condiment. The intriguing name of this delightful dip is from the Mayan ha‘-sikil-p’aak, which literally translates into water (ha) — pumpkin seed (sikil) — tomato (p’aak). While that’s …
This easy Instant Pot Apple Butter recipe makes a delicious treat brimming with fall flavors. It only contains fresh apples and spices with no added sugar, making it a Paleo and Whole30 compliant. If you’ve just spent the weekend apple picking and need something to do with the eight bushels that you ended lugging home, …
Comprised of simple, fresh ingredients this easy Heirloom Tomato Salad recipe tastes like summer on a plate. One thing I love about this time of year is the supply of ripe, juicy tomatoes. This no-fuss recipe really showcases their flavor–and color–in a simple, but elegant, fashion. I’ve never had a problem with finding nourishing salads …
This fresh n’ easy Peach Salsa recipe makes a quick n’ tasty summer appetizer or condiment. Peaches flow like wine during the summer months here in Georgia, and peach salsa is one of my favorite ways to use up a pound or so of them. It’s a sweet and spicy combination that stands perfectly well …
These gluten-free, vegan Curried Cauliflower Tacos with Pickled Cabbage are a tasty combination of simple ingredients with big flavors. Aside from being tasty little flavor bombs, what I think is great about these tacos is that they can be as simple or as involved as you want to make them. For the wraps, I like …








