Happy Meatless Monday. It is officially cold in Michigan, so I’m ready for comfort food. There was frost worthy of scraping on my windshield this morning. This week we are going Glamping (glamour camping in an RV) for the first time ever. A crazy, adventuresome and generous friend of ours rented a 30 foot RV […]
Tags: E2 friendly recipes, meatless meal, Meatless Monday recipe, meatless mondays entree, meatless sloppy joes, Sloppy Janes, vegan Sloppy Joes, vegan tailgaiting food, vegan wannabe, vegetarian sloppy joes
Last weekend we were in Cleveland, Ohio for a wedding. The morning we left the hotel, I searched Happy Cow for a nearby vegan option and found The Root Cafe in a neighboring suburb called Lakewood. The menu was overflowing with vegan options. So much so, that I kept ordering food and baked goods like […]
Tags: compassionate eating, cooking with herbs, dairy free, E2 friendly recipes, exploits of a vegan wannabe, going veg, Happy Cow, no oil pesto, oil free recipes, Pepita pesto, plant based diet, plant strong, raw pesto, tempeh pizza, The Root Cafe, vegan challenge, vegan pizza, vegan recipe, vegan wannabe, vegetarian recipe
In honor of Mardi Gras I wanted to share a recipe for Louisiana style Red Beans and Rice. Here is a slice of Mardi Gras info from History.com to whet your appetite. On Mardi Gras in 1827, a group of students donned colorful costumes and danced through the streets of New Orleans, emulating the revelry […]
Tags: compassionate eating, dairy free, E2 friendly recipes, exploits of a vegan wannabe, going veg, oil free recipe, plant strong recipe, red beans and rice recipe, vegan Carnival recipes, vegan entree, vegan experience, vegan Mardi Gras recipes, vegan wannabe, vegetarian recipe
For the final installment of our Going Green series I wanted to create a green sandwich spread. Something we could all keep in our fridge for a quick snack, breakfast spread, or brown bag lunch. Hummus is my go to and I also love vegan cream cheese with cucumbers and dill. I wanted to break […]
Tags: compassionate eating, cooking with herbs, E2 friendly recipes, Engine 2 friendly recipes, fresh herb recipes, going veg, plant based diet, plant strong, vegan challenge, vegan experience, vegan recipe, vegan sandwich, vegan sandwich spread, vegan wannabe, vegetarian sandwich spread, walnut spread;
As veg interested, food loving people…I would imagine you all have your favorite, go-to stir fry recipes. I have a mental grocery list of things that I need to have when contemplating a stir fry meal. There are also those times when our refrigerator is full of things that are only linked by the simple […]
Tags: compassionate eating, E2 friendly recipes, going veg, green stir fry, healthy stir fry, no oil recipe, no oil stir fry, oil free recipe, plant based diet, plant strong, trying vegan, vegan, vegan experience, vegan recipe, vegan stir fry, vegan transition, vegan wannabe, vegetarian transition
Wednesday marks the Winter Solstice. It is the shortest day and the longest night of the year in the northern hemisphere. After Wednesday, the days begin to grow longer as the nights become shorter. I find this of great comfort and consider it a worthy reason to celebrate. To honor the Winter Solstice on Wednesday, […]
Tags: compassionate eating, dairy free, E2 friendly recipes, going veg, plant based recipes, plant strong recipes, vegan challenge, vegan entree recipes, vegan holiday recipes, vegan stew, vegan wannabe, vegetarian stew, Winter Solstice recipe, Winter Solstice Stew
