New Summer Faves
We’ve added a few new summer favorites to our repertoire that I hope you enjoy as much as we have. The first I developed as muffins but as soon as you add icing, they turn into cupcakes- and geez does...
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Go Vegan for Earth Day
Earth day is coming soon (April 22nd) and what better way to appreciate the Earth than to go vegan for the day?!? By changing your diet, you have the power to reduce global warming, deforestation,...
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Three of our meals in the past couple of weeks were what I consider take-out meals. They were made at home but were out of the ordinary in some way – either made with more expensive ingredients,...
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Sweet Potatoes Galore
Sometimes to keep things interesting in the kitchen and (always) to make cooking as efficient as possible, I use a theme ingredient for the week’s meals. This doesn’t mean that we have the theme...
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Heart Health
Instead of focusing on candy hearts this Valentine’s day, focus on your heart health and the gains you can make with a few small changes. Your friends and family will appreciate you being around to...
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Snow Days
Having the kids out of school for more days than anticipated means the kitchen becomes a revolving door and a big mess if I don’t plan ahead. Making meals and snacks in advance means my workday...
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Hearty Soups
It’s been chilly here so my focus has been on meals to warm us inside and out. As I’ve mentioned before in Stoup’s On, my husband and daughters do not prefer soups with lots of broth, which helps me...
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Vegan@home
It’s important to me and my husband that our kids learn to make healthy choices, knowing that we won’t be around forever to help with that. Therefore the kids are only vegan at home and make whatever...
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Re-assess
In all the busy-ness of December, I had gotten in the habit of visiting Chick-fil-A pretty regularly for french fries. I decided that I needed to curtail this habit and cut out fried foods. To help...
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Giving Thanks
Thanksgiving is such a wonderful holiday, especially if you can ignore the commercialism and the whole black Friday aspect of it (which I can). I love nothing more than being in the kitchen surrounded...
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No Tricks, Just Treats
This post has been mostly complete for months, so in the spirit of just doing it, I’m releasing it late rather than waiting another year. . . My philosophy around sweets is that if I’m going to eat...
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Stretching Your Dollar
I’d been looking out for a sale on the vegan butternut squash ravioli in the frozen section at Whole Foods, and when they finally went on sale, I bought two packages. But two packages weren’t enough...
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R-E-S-P-E-C-T
A few months ago we got a puppy who has been a wonderful addition to our family. I haven’t had a pet since before I was vegan, and since Cinnamon has joined our family, her personality and...
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Vacation Meals
Pulling together decent meals while on vacation can be even harder than when at home if you don’t have access to the ingredients you need. With a little planning, though, it’s easy to be prepared and...
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A Week of Good Meals
No recent blog posts means no creative time in the kitchen lately, which I miss. But I pulled together a good week of menus last week and wanted to share them in hopes of making it easier for you to...
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Picnic Pleasers
Here are a few recipes that are great for a cookout or a potluck because you don’t have to heat up your kitchen or reheat them at the event. Which means more time for fun! Waldorf “Chicken” Salad 4...
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Saving time…
I only had two hours to prep meals last week (not counting meal planning and the grocery shopping- just the kitchen time). However, because I had planned the meals and had purchased all ingredients by...
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Sushi for Two
Since making sushi for two is half the work of making sushi for four, I was happy to oblige with my 13-year old daughter’s request that we have sushi while her dad and sister were out of town. If you...
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April Fool’s!!
I made a few new meals this week that I’m hoping work as well for you as they did for us. First was an old favorite of my husband’s (Shepherd’s Pie) redone in an artful presentation especially for...
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Spring Cleaning for the Soul
Since the second snow this winter (with which came a near perfect batch of snow cream), I’ve been anxiously anticipating Spring. Aside from the obvious warmer weather, I wasn’t sure why until last...
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