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Learning Mindfulness

  I have been eating a plant based diet for two and a half years now, so I feel like I take good care of my physical health as far as my diet goes. My mental health is another story. I have struggled with anxiety for twelve years now and I have never had success with using medication to help manage it. I started practicing yoga hoping it would help, and while I love the benefits of practicing…

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Happy Cheese Pizza Day!

Happy Cheese Pizza Day!

Today is national cheese pizza day, and I plan on celebrating! To do so, I did some research for the holiday, or rather some taste testing. I went to the grocery store and bought the two vegan pizzas I found. One was a cheese pizza from the brand Daiya. The second was a spinach and cheese pizza from the brand Amy’s.  This is the Amy’s pizza. Does not look the most appetizing but it was delicious.…

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Yoga Obsession: oneoeight

Rachel Brathen has done it again! It’s no secret that I am a big fan of hers. I love the way she is using her presence in social media to help improve the world, in big ways and small ways. One of the many ways she is making an impact is with her wonderful web community at oneoeight.com. Joining the community gives you access to yoga classes, meditation and life coaching, and even wellness and…

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Vegan "Chicken" and Gravy

Vegan “Chicken” and Gravy

My fiancé was really craving a traditional American meal.. Not always the easiest thing to do on a vegan diet. More specifically, he requested a meal with some sort of gravy. Determined to make it work, I dug through my cookbooks to find a recipe for gravy that would work. Most vegan recipes for gravy that I find involve mushrooms. While they may be good recipes, mushroom gravy is not the…

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M.I.A.

Shortly after finally starting this blog that I’ve been thinking about for years, many changes happened in my life. The most disruptive to this blog being a move followed by starting a new job. I planned to start up again with new posts after things in life got settled again, but of course that never happens! Life never settles! And so I just kept pushing off starting up again, becoming more and…

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#superbowl #food #vegan #plantbased #superbowl50 #cauliflower #cauliflowerwings #bruschetta #mygirlwednesday

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Such a yummy supper, made a crockpot meal and cooked up some quinoa. #lemon #chickpeas #garbanzobeans #tomato #spices #quinoa #supper #vegan #plantbased #vegetarian #veggie #vegansofig #mygirlwednesday

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This cookbook is fucking #amazing @thugkitchen Just put up a blog post about it, check it out! #vegan #plantbased #vegetarian #cookbook #cook #book #bookstagram #mygirlwednesday

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Thug Kitchen

Today I wanted to tell you about one of my favorite cookbooks, the Thug Kitchen cookbook. I will start by saying this is not your typical cookbook. In explaining how important it is to put real, quality, plant based food in your body, “Eat like you give a fuck” is often used to help get the point across. Some folks may be offended by this, I find it real and relatable. This cookbook starts with a…

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Coffee is way too necessary right now. Enjoying an #ethiopian #organic #fairtrade variety right now. #coffee #morningcoffee #morningjoe #ethiopia #vegan #plantbased

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On my blog today, I posted about the creation of this #delicious #sandwich inspired by a Caesar salad. Recipes from @thugkitchen cookbook were used in the making of this meal, as was @gardein chick'n. #vegan #plantbased #caesar #caesarsalad #chicken #chickn #vegetarian #veggie #veggies #yum #vegansofig

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A few weeks ago, I used the Thug Kitchen cookbook to make vegan Caesar dressing and homemade croutons for a delicious salad. While my fiancé and I were enjoying a delicious meal, he said something that inspired me to turn this salad into a sandwich. The croutons would become the bread, the dressing would become a sauce, and the lettuce, tomato, and onion of the salad would become toppings (of course you can add whatever you want). While I don’t mind a veggie sandwich, some people are not too fond of that, so I decided to add some Gardein crispy chick’n tenders to complete the sandwich.

This was such a success! My fiancé loved it and I really enjoyed it too. I’m not much of a sandwich eater, so next time I am going to use the romain lettuce to make a Caesar salad sandwich wrap. I sliced a ciabatta loaf into individual sandwiches and then used the Thug Kitchen recipe for croutons to flavor the bread. We tossed the bread in to oven with the Gardein tenders for about 7 minutes. I made the Thug Kitchen Caesar dressing recipe as well. It is delicious! Once everything was ready we pilled it all on a sandwich and enjoyed!

  Caesar Salad Sandwich A few weeks ago, I used the Thug Kitchen cookbook to make vegan Caesar dressing and homemade croutons for a delicious salad.

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Just demolished some #vegan #mexican #food So damn good! #plantbased #mexicanfood #rice #beans #mole #avacado #lime #salsa #tortilla #yummy #mygirlwednesday #supper #vegansofig

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Finished book #4 by @drewbarrymore I was really looking forward to reading it and quite enjoyed it. She wrote some beautiful words about her family. #wildflower #drewbarrymore #book #books #bookstagram #read #reading

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Is Your Alcohol Vegan?

Is Your Alcohol Vegan?

I recently spent a long weekend visiting family friends in Indiana. We watched sports, played cards, and even went to Indianapolis for a Pacer basketball game and barhopped after. Before I left for this trip I was really concerned about not knowing for sure which alcoholic drinks were vegan. I know this may sound crazy, what could possibly be in my beer to make it not vegan? The ingredients to…

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It's Wednesday! Love my sweet girl. #wednesday #wenny #mygirlwednesday #dog #doggie #pup #puppy #love #mutt #muttsofinstagram

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Last night I made some vegan French onion soup. This is an item I could never pass up if I saw it on a menu before going vegan. I made this soup in a crockpot, one of my favorite kitchen gadgets. I love tossing all the ingredients in, letting it cook for a while, and coming home to a meal ready  to eat. The recipe I used was very simple and this is something I have made before. I really enjoy it, and it fills my craving for one of my favorite food items, but I do think the recipe needs just a little tweak. The soup is not quite as salty as I remember the non-vegan version being. Next time I make it, I plan to add some Better Than Bouillon to hopefully amp up the flavor, but overall this dish is so satisfying.

The recipe calls for:

4 sweet onions sliced

4 gloves of garlic minced

1 tablespoon dried thyme

4 cups vegetable broth

1 cup red wine

1 teaspoon pepper

1 teaspoon salt

Baguette

Vegan cheese shredded, such as mozzarella

Cook the onions and garlic in some olive oil in a pan on medium-high heat, then add them to the crockpot. Add the other ingredients to the crockpot, besides the bread and cheese, and cook on low for 4 hours. When you are ready to eat, if you have oven safe bowls, place soup in a bowl, place sliced bread on top, and cover with cheese. Place in oven under broiler to melt cheese and crisp up bread a little. I do not have oven safe bowls, so I sliced up my bread, covered it with cheese, and broiled it on a baking sheet. When the cheese was melted, I removed the bread from the oven and placed it on top of my bowl of soup. Such a satisfying meal on a cold snowy day!

French Onion Soup Last night I made some vegan French onion soup. This is an item I could never pass up if I saw it on a menu before going vegan.