Tag: vegan
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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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Healthy Homemade Twix
Per usual – not much to say here. Just a girl who historically loves Twix but wanted a better option. BTW…don’t let the weird convoluted directions scare you – this recipe is so easy! I just didn’t use the right shaped pan which complicated everything Recipe Serves: ~10 bars Cook Time: 1 hour + 1…
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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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Rice Crispy Treats, 3 Ways
A good ole classic rice crispy treat. What could be better? Don’t worry, I’ll tell you. Vegan rice crispy treats! Oh, and protein rice crispy treats! OH AND chocolate peanut butter protein rice crispy treats! I’ve recently been craving rice crispy treats sooooo much and I’ve yet to find any vegan ones…and I definitely haven’t…
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Black Bean Brownies
Don’t let the black beans scare you!!! These are pure, fudgey, goodness. When I started grad school at USC I just gone vegan and kept seeing all this hype around black bean brownies…then I tried it, and I made all my friends try it. It may or may not have turned into a running joke…
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Crispy Honey Tofu
I’ve been sharing plant based recipes on this blog for almost a year now…and I haven’t posted a tofu recipe?? What kind of vegan am I?? JK. But really…I used to (pre-vegan) constantly say how I was scared of tofu, then I learned what everyone says is true: if you don’t like tofu, you haven’t…
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Chia Jam
We all love a good PB&J right? Right. But in trying to clean up what I eat a bit I decided to check out the ingredients on the jelly I would buy…I was truly shocked. There tends to be an excess of added sugar, and just ingredients that aren’t needed in most pre-made jams or…
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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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Koobideh Kebab
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…