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Vegan Rice Pilaf
This easy to make Vegan Rice Pilaf is full of flavor, gluten free, and a wonderful side or main dish! You may be asking yourself, “Isn’t rice pilaf just a plain rice?” Well, even though there is rice in rice pilaf, it is cooked differently than a regular rice. The rice and pasta are…
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Vegan Sweet Potato Salad
This Vegan Sweet Potato Salad is as simple to make as a traditional potato salad. The salad is a little sweeter than the traditional, it’s vegan as well as gluten free, and full of flavor with a touch of a sweet, tangy, and smoky flavors. Potato salad has always been my favorite side or…
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Baked Beet Fries
These Baked Beet Fries are so easy to make and so full of flavor. But why beet fries? Beet fries are a healthy nutritious side dish or snack and also a tasty alternative to a potato french fry. They contain fiber and betalains which are known to help reduce inflammation. Baking them in the…
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Stuffed Pita Pockets
These Stuffed Pita Pockets are a simple and easy cheesy treat. Once baked, they are a crispy pocket full of veggies and a gooey cheesy filling. Try these as a side to any soup, as a snack, or just enjoy them as the main meal. These stuffed pita pockets are much like a thin…
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Vegan Mushroom Rice Dish
This Vegan Mushroom Rice Dish is a favorite in my house! In this dish, we have sauteed onion, garlic, and mushrooms, mixed together with a white rice and broth. The mushrooms add a satisfying savory umami flavor, the onions add a bit of sweetness, and the garlic will infuse everything with even more flavor.…
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Wild Rice Salad
This Wild Rice Salad is so easy to make and uses simple ingredients. It’s a cold salad with a slightly sweet and tangy citrus dressing over tender wild rice, fruit, and crunchy nuts, making it simply irresistible. A salad that will compliment any dish and can be served at anytime of year! What I…
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Roasted Vegetables with Chickpeas
This Roasted Vegetables with Chickpeas can be a wonderfully tasty side dish as well as a main dish. In this recipe I added sweet bell peppers, sweet potatoes/yams, carrots, and canned chickpeas. A simple and easy dish to make but full of flavor, from the tender sweetness of the sweet potatoes/yams and bell peppers…
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Bell Pepper Pizzas
Bell Pepper Pizzas are a great healthy alternative to the traditional carbo loaded pie. Don’t get my wrong, I LOVE pizza, but it is nice to switch it up every once in a while for a little something different. These individual little hand held pizzas are perfect as an appetizer, snack, or even as…
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Berry Spinach Pasta Salad
This Berry Spinach Pasta Salad is a refreshing, sweet, tangy, and quick summer treat. A salad that can be enjoyed as a light lunch or even as a wonderful side dish at your family barbecues! What I love most about this salad is that you can customize it to the seasonal fruits available. Personally,…
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Vegan Cabbage Skillet
This Vegan Cabbage Skillet is so easy to make and uses simple ingredients. It can be used as a side dish or as the entrée, personally I like to use it as our entrée because of the rice. What makes this dish so different from others is that I added a white sauce before…
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Butter Bean Salad
This Butter Bean Salad is a healthy, easy to make and a simply delicious addition to any meal. It uses simple ingredients, is plant based, and also gluten free. Why I use butter beans? A butter bean is a mature lima bean. It has a smooth, creamy texture with a mild buttery flavor. Butter…
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Cowboy Caviar
This Cowboy Caviar is simple to make, full of bright beautiful colors with a sweet and tangy flavor. If you have never heard of cowboy caviar, you might know it as Texas Caviar. I know it as cowboy caviar, and fell in love with this salad/dip years ago when I tried it at a…