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Healthy Baked Mac and Cheese (DF option)

My father died 2 weeks ago today. I left my tower on Tuesday morning, knowing I needed to get home to see him. He wasn’t doing well. In fact, he was starting to spiral downwards. He had the advanced stages of dementia. I did not get there in time. That part is going to be…

Recipe Categories: Dairy Free, Gluten Free, Lunch, Main Course, Sauce, Vegan, Vegetarian
Main Ingredients: Squash
All Ingredients: Butternut Squash, Cashew
Magically Versatile Any Time of Day Quinoa Salad

This time of the year is tricky, because it is CRAZY. Crazy busy! When things get nutso, I make this quinoa salad. It’s like your favorite convertible bra, except with food. With a few easy switches of a strap it can go with any outfit or in this case, a few veggies or sauce. When…

Recipe Categories: Dairy Free, Gluten Free, Lunch, Main Course, Sauce, Vegan, Vegetarian, Breakfast, Salad
Main Ingredients: Squash, Quinoa
All Ingredients: Cilantro, Parsley, Quinoa

Not Your Grandma’s Potato Salad

Something so freakin’ awesome happen to me today that I can’t wait to tell you all about it! Are you ready. Ok, so yesterday I get a call. A call from my husband. Ok, nothing out of the ordinary there, but there’s more. He says to me, “I’m a few hours away from the tower.”…

Recipe Categories:	Dairy Free, Gluten Free, Lunch, Main Course, Sauce, Vegan, Vegetarian, Breakfast, Salad, Side Dish
Main Ingredients:	Squash, Quinoa, Potato, Tomato
All Ingredients:	Capers, Dill, Potato, Spinach, Tomato

Incredible Mushroom Vegan/Vegetarian Sloppy Joes That Won’t Make You Miss The Meat

I’m craving a juicy beef burger! Correction. A juicy beef burger with fries. You gotta love those “comes out of nowhere food cravings.” I mean really, I never crave a burger. Never. But you know how cravings go? They rarely go away unless you give in. At least a little. I guess I could have…

Recipe Categories: Dairy Free, Gluten Free, Lunch, Main Course, Sauce, Vegan, Vegetarian, Breakfast, Salad, Side Dish
Main Ingredients: Squash, Quinoa, Potato, Tomato, Mushrooms
All Ingredients:

Roasted Cauliflower Mint Salad With Citrus Cashew Dressing

There are some flavors that make you feel like it’s spring, no matter what the temperature is outside. Take dill for example. There’s nothing “winter” about dill. No matter how you shake a stick (or magic wand) at it. Mint is the same. So while the snow was falling and the temperature dropped to below…

Recipe Categories:	Dairy Free, Gluten Free, Lunch, Main Course, Sauce, Vegan, Vegetarian, Breakfast, Salad, Side Dish, Low Carb
Main Ingredients:	Squash, Quinoa, Potato, Tomato, Mushrooms, Cauliflower
All Ingredients:	Cashew, Cauliflower, Hemp Hearts, Mint, Raisins

Mediterranean Zucchini and White Beans & Something BIG

Something big happened to me yesterday. Really big. Wait for it. I got to go into town. Yup. The equivalent of a lookout obverser winning the lottery (ok, not quite, but pretty darn special). Only being 11 days in…this makes it even more rare. I took full advantage of stocking up on odds and ends…

Recipe Categories:	Dairy Free, Gluten Free, Lunch, Main Course, Sauce, Vegan, Vegetarian, Breakfast, Salad, Side Dish, Low Carb
Main Ingredients:	Squash, Quinoa, Potato, Tomato, Mushrooms, Cauliflower, White Beans, Zucchini
All Ingredients:	White Beans, Zucchini

Smoky White Beans and Red Pepper Kale Stew

I’m hoping last night was one of the last snow “storms”, but it is Northern Alberta so I won’t be holding my breath. Last time I was out here it snowed 16 inches on the May long weekend…So, like a said…not keeping my hopes up. But you know what? Snow isn’t all that bad. There’s…

Recipe Categories:	Dairy Free, Gluten Free, Lunch, Main Course, Sauce, Vegan, Vegetarian, Breakfast, Salad, Side Dish, Low Carb
Main Ingredients:	Squash, Quinoa, Potato, Tomato, Mushrooms, Cauliflower, White Beans, Zucchini
All Ingredients:	Kale, Red Peppers, White Beans

Carrot and Cucumber Veggie Noodle Salad with Cilantro Hemp Pesto (DF, GrF)

Even though it’s still snowing as I write this, I still feel like spring is in the air. Probably because the sun is finally starting to rise before I do and set at a reasonable hour (not 5 pm). At least for me, with spring comes the unquenchable need for veggies. More Veggies! I…

Recipe Categories:	Dairy Free, Gluten Free, Lunch, Main Course, Sauce, Vegan, Vegetarian, Breakfast, Salad, Side Dish, Low Carb, Condiment
Main Ingredients:	Squash, Quinoa, Potato, Tomato, Mushrooms, Cauliflower, White Beans, Zucchini, Carrot
All Ingredients:	Carrot, Cilantro, Cucumber, Hemp Seed

Italian White Bean Sausage and Kale Stew

As we pack up our life on the Island, it’s also time to clean out the freezer and use up odds and ends. Not the most fun, but definitely a creative process. I have a tendency to freeze little bits of things that I know would come in handy latter. I used up a few…

Recipe Categories:	Dairy Free, Gluten Free, Lunch, Main Course, Sauce, Vegan, Vegetarian, Breakfast, Salad, Side Dish, Low Carb, Condiment
Main Ingredients:	Squash, Quinoa, Potato, Tomato, Mushrooms, Cauliflower, White Beans, Zucchini, Carrot
All Ingredients:	Chard, Kale, Sausage, White Beans

Superfood Kitchen

I received a book called the Superfood Kitchen by Julie Morris. I had agreed to review it and would only post a review if I liked it. Well, to my surprise it wasn’t only a superfood cookbook, but vegan too! I actually didn’t realize it at first with the absence of terms like “vegan cheese”…

Recipe Categories:	Dairy Free, Gluten Free, Lunch, Main Course, Sauce, Vegan, Vegetarian, Breakfast, Salad, Side Dish, Low Carb, Condiment, Informational, Soup
Main Ingredients:	Squash, Quinoa, Potato, Tomato, Mushrooms, Cauliflower, White Beans, Zucchini, Carrot, Kale
All Ingredients:	Beans, Kale, Quinoa

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