This recipe has been one of my most highly requested recipes in recent months. I guarantee this one-pot Indian Butter Chickpea recipe will have you sold on garbanzo beans in 30 minutes. It has been one of my go to favorite for a nutritious plant-based meal prep ready in 30 minutes and only 377 calories (and that includes with a serving of basmati rice!) Plant-Based Indian My favorite way to cook is by spinning the globe and seeing where I end up. It’s that wanderlust engrained on my heart that can take me anywhere around the world from my tiny…
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Continue ReadingChicago holds a special type of magic for me. I moved to this city about 2 years ago and found a profound amount of peace while skipping through these city alleyways. To many this may just be another American metropolis, but to me this city has opened up a creative portal deep inside of myself. I think that’s how you know you are exactly where you are supposed to be. When you wake up, coffee in hand into the same alleyway over and over again and can’t help but say to yourself “I am so lucky to be here”… I…
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Continue ReadingMy love language every single time is sitting in an alleyway with a cheap bowl of spicy noodles. It takes me back in time, to the months spent backpacking through Asia. For a moment, those countries felt like home. With a motorbike to call my own and alleyways begging me to get lost in their winding labyrinth. The biggest problem I had was deciding which local vendor to buy from. And guess what? I never missed. Because you are simply never going to miss ever while sitting on a stoop and slurping down a bowl of noodles topped in a…
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Continue ReadingThis plant-based soup only take 30 minutes and it so refreshing. A classic Greek avgolemono soup contains egg and chicken, so I have made a few changes. We have replaced the chicken with some shredded jackfruit and the egg with some unsweetened cashew yogurt. My avgolemono turned better than I could have imagined! I’m not even a huge lemon fan, but something about the lemony orzo just sent me straight to the Greek Islands. Make a big pot of this one as meal prep for the week! The Best Vegan Avgolemono Soup is… More Plant-Based Greek Recipes You Might Enjoy…
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Continue ReadingI am a firm believer that you are what you eat. You put trash in your body and you will feel like trash. That’s why whatever it is that I’m cooking, from a messy Sloppy Joe to an elegant blini caviar… I remember that how I treat my food is how I treat myself. Taking the time to present and gather proper ingredients is an act of self love that we all deserve. So in 2024, lets slow down and make our food beautiful. Plant-Based Roma Tomato Sashimi I have tested and consumed countless methods of plant-based sushi in my…
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Continue ReadingAs Veganuary begins in full force, I have been getting many requests for quick and easy vegan recipes. January is the month of rebirth. Resolutions run rampant as everyone plots how they will become the best versions of themselves this year. So whatever that version of you is, I hope you embrace it and find the peace and happiness you deserve this year. What is Veganuary? Veganuary was started in 2014 by a couple in the UK to promote an animal consumption free lifestyle during the month of January. I have never quite looked at the term vegan as endearing,…
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Continue ReadingEvery so often I get a dish that takes me far away. The feeling becomes real, that I am right back wandering around the streets of Hanoi in search of a vegan banh mi. Vietnam is where I was taught how to stop eating animals. By wandering through the Asian alleyways, while almost being run over by motorbikes carrying entire families. Endlessly popping into random restaurants while hopefully inquiring “chay?!” (or vegetarian). Vietnam is where everything started changing for me, the beginning of my soul waking up and being really ready to live. Traditional Banh Mi Sandwich When I imagine…
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Continue ReadingThe constant echo of a posh French dialogue is always chiming in the back of my mind. It’s daring me to get the infamous one-way ticket to a cottage in the village, while I pace the flickering cobblestone in search of a hideaway. Preferably one serving a steamy bisque and toasted baguette on a winter evening. You see, I get these ideas in my mind of how the experience would be in a place. It’s that I just see it all in my head. Mostly they are simple things, like a steamy bisque off a quiet street surrounded by French…
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Continue ReadingGetting creative in the kitchen in one of the joys of cooking and that is exactly where these Loaded Sweet Potato Nachos derived from. It’s great to have the same familiar dishes over and over again… it takes you back in time and wraps a warm fuzzy blanket around you. But often I am craving the unknown, some recipe that is simply concocted by scanning the kitchen in a game of Russian roulette and landing my gaze on a sweet potato. How to Cut Your Sweet Potatoes For these Loaded Sweet Potato Nachos, we need to cut our sweet potatoes…
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Continue ReadingWith the holidays quickly approaching, nothing makes more sense than the aroma of toasted nuts and garlic. This creamy walnut sauce takes all of 5 minutes and is so versatile. For this recipe, I pour the creamy sauce over a fresh pasta and top with toasted pine nuts and crispy garlic. Other Uses For Walnut Sauce While my first instinct for this sauce was to pour over a steamy linguini, it didn’t take long for me to devour the diversity of this sauce. This sauce allows for so much creativity. Add over your favorite roasted vegetables and top with freshly…