Today we are teaching our second vegan cooking class at a local college. The theme is stunning desserts, dairy free. We are going to share how to create Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter and Banana Pie, Key Lime Pie and Dark Choco-nut Truffles. I love these recipes because they are simple to make and positively decadent to […]
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Enter to win prizes for our birthday celebration! On April 21st Exploits of A Vegan Wannabe will turn one year old. Beginning Monday April 19th I will give away a birthday present every day until Saturday April 24th. One of the prizes is a copy of The Conscious Cook by vegan celebrity chef Tal Ronnen. […]
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Happy Meatless Monday. I have a recipe for a soup that is going to elevate your love for your stock pot. I have never really met a soup that I have considered sublime or mind boggling until now. The flavor of this soup is so layered that you could easily assume it had taken the […]
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I realize this is kind of a blasphemous statement for many, but I have never been a great fan of pasta. With cheese, without it, didn’t really matter. It was okay, but it had never been a go to or even a go between until I met Sandy. You can taste her deep and consuming […]
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Last night we had the most exciting burritos. They were jam packed with sauteed shrooms, peppers, hand crafted guacamole, hot peppers, cilantro, tomatoes, fresh salsa and cilantro sour cream. I am not even kidding. Snapping the photo before the burrito flung open like a door on a clown car took agility and a strong sandwich […]
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Yesterday we tried a new breakfast edible and loved it so much I wanted to share. They are Breakfast Patties from the Sunshine Burger Company. These breakfast burgers are all organic patties crafted from beans, rice and seeds. They are nutritionally packed flavor bombs that are easy to make (just heat it up) and are […]
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Becoming vegan has encouraged very strange things to happen to my taste buds. Foods that I have both feared and loathed since birth are now regulars on the shopping list. I have never enjoyed tofu larger than a crumble or in a smoothie and now I am scarfing it down fresh, baked as fish sticks, sauteed […]
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It’s Sandy stepping in to share a little recipe lovin’ with you. Sherry had a root canal and is currently sleeping through a pain medicine induced state of bliss. Perhaps there is irony in a food blogger not being able to chew, just a funny little universal joke. She’ll be back in full swing […]
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Before the vegan challenge I had pizza nearly once a week. We had it delivered from our local joint. It was amazing…dripping with garlic butter crust and topped with veggies and olives. I also ordered a greek salad and cheezy bread sticks that I would dip in ranch dressing. It was one of my […]
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The other night I found a recipe in the Engine 2 book that I wanted to try. It was an incredibly simple meal of a baked sweet potato, a side of steamed greens with a cashew sauce and a roasted pepper. It felt like an austere meal fit for a monk or a practicing yogi. […]
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