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Andes Mint Smoothie
One of my favorite youth memories resides at the Olive Garden chain restaurant. After gobbling up as many breadsticks, “Olive Garden Salad” and minestrone soup that my tummy could handle, I’d top it off with as many of the Andes mints I could snatch, then somehow manage to pocket away more on the way out…
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CopyCat Ladles Vegetable Soup
My children absolutely loved to visit a quaint local soup café called “Ladles” for delicious savory vegetable soup on chilly winter evenings. The visits became so frequent, I decided to find a way to make a copycat version from home. Following the 2020 pandemic, the shop nearby closed down, which leaves me thankful to have…
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Vegan Veggie Mac-n-Cheese Sauce
I don’t know why it’s taken me this long to FINALLY have a finished ratio of ingredients for the dairy-free mac-n-cheese sauce that I KNOW my daughter will like time after time. For parents who have children with picky tastebuds and texture preferences, these types of go-tos can be lifesavers in the kitchen! This particular…
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Heart-Felt Spelt Waffles
Homemade weekend waffles with chores will remain a forever foundational childhood memory of mine; something my mom made the conscious effort to make into a tradition. Just the sight of a waffle iron alone brings back memories of Saturday brunch that seemed to brighten up the thought of weekend cleaning duties. Here’s a fun yet…
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Salsa: Sebi Style
Of all the “rabbit holes” to vortex into, I am fascinated in the rabbit hole of the Dr. Sebi approach to healing dis-eases with specific herbs and nutrition. As a pathologist, herbalist, biochemist, naturalist, and “Celebrity Healer” … his methodology for eradicating illnesses continues to yield positive results for many individuals with common ailments in…
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Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies
We are not huge on coconut flakes in our home. But sometimes a little hint of coconut flavor in some dishes gives traditional recipes a fun twist. I like to use coconut products as butter, oil, milk and sugar substitutes, cooking, AND vegan baking! This classic chocolate chip cookie recipe uses a couple coconut-based substitutes…
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Squashy Mac-N-Cheese
Imagine this: A mac-n-cheese alternative that tastes good AND is free of all of this::: Nuts. Dairy. Eggs. Meat. Soy. Corn. Gluten. Wheat. Grain. I made it happen one night at dinner. I’ll be honest… I felt like a kitchen-super-mom when my husband even approved of the final outcome during the “taste test.” Seriously… where’s…