Category: Lighter meals & Sides
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Healing “Chicken” Noodle Soup

It’s January. It’s gloomy. You’re getting the inevitable sinus situation. It’s time…for chicken noodle soup. Of course, with a vegan/vegetarian twist. Ginger, garlic, turmeric – it’s so healing and so warming. You’ll be making this on repeat, I promise. Recipe Serves: 2-3 bowls Cook Time: 30-40 minutes Ingredients: Instructions:
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Persimmon Toast

So this isn’t so much of a “recipe” as it is just a beautiful, delicious, food combination. This is my current breakfast OBSESSION!!! Like everyday for the past week, obsession. The sweet of the persimmon, with the tang of the pomegranate, and creamy cream cheese with the bite of the onion – just perfect! Recipe…
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Pumpkin Seeds: 3 Ways

Not sure if I’m the only one, but potentially my favorite part of carving pumpkins and the Halloween season is making pumpkin seeds! I love trying out to spice combinations. So this year, we have a trio of flavors: cinnamon vanilla, classic sea salt, and cheesy garlic chive (sort of a take on sour cream…
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Corn and Arugula Salad – Whole Foods DUPE

Let’s get right to it – I LOVE the corn and arugula salad that Whole Foods has in the spring and summer, but we’re trying to cut costs over here. So I made it instead of buying it all the time and honestly… I can’t taste a difference! Recipe Serves: 2-3 people as a side…
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Tahdig (Persian Crispy Rice)

Nowruz Mobarak!! In other words, Happy Persian New Year!!! And welcome to my 3 part Persian food series in honor of the new year. Here’s what you need to know: My dad is Persian which means I grew up eating tons of delicious Persian food. Not so much from him cooking…but from the BEST Persian…
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Last Minute Pickled Red Onions

Ever get about 10 minutes away from finishing cooking a meal and realize there’s one component you really realllyyyyy want? Yeah, same here. More often than I’d like to admit. That’s where this recipe came from. I was making a big salad/roasted veggie bowl for dinner and right before we were about to start assembling…
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Crispy Butter Beans

Just as any “good vegan”, I love a good bean. However, it was quite the opposite before I went vegan. I was much much pickier and I don’t think there was a single bean that I DID eat…other than edamame. Nowadays, even though I rarely find a bean I don’t like, I’m still apprehensive about…
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Green Bean Casserole

Is it really Thanksgiving without green bean casserole? I’ll answer that for you: NO! Green bean casserole is arguably my favorite thanksgiving dish, so it only felt right to share my version with the world! It’s only a handful of ingredients, and 30 minutes of your time. Maybe we should start normalizing green bean casserole…
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2 Ingredient Applesauce

Applesauce is one of those foods that just oozes nostalgia. Here’s my problem though: it is PACKED full of sugar when you buy it in stores. The solution? make it yourself! It only takes 2 ingredients and 10 minutes. Trust me, once you make it yourself, you’ll never go back! Recipe Serves: ~12 oz Cook…
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Potato Latke

Happy Hanukkah!! Here is the best gluten free and vegan latke recipe around! The best part–I have recipes for both sour cream AND apple sauce, so you don’t have to pick a side this year. Recipe Serves: ~8 latkes Cook time: 45 minutes-1 hour Ingredients: Instructions: