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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On April 21st Exploits of A Vegan Wannabe will turn one. Break out the vegan cake and lets party. I find this absolutely mind boggling. I have never done anything religiously six days a week for an entire year except eat and breath. I am both excited and grateful. Writing this blog has changed so […]
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This weekend we have the opportunity to see Born To Be Wild, a 3D nature documentary narrated by Morgan Freeman. We were given a pair of complimentary tickets so it is like date night for free with an animal movie in 3D. It is similar to winning the vegan lottery. Now all I have to […]
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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 received exciting news Yesterday. The Exploits recipe for Polenta Fries with Basil Sea Salt will be a featured recipe on the Meatless Mondays site this Monday. I am so incredibly happy and honored. The mission of the Meatless Mondays organization is to help people reduce meat consumption by 15% in order to improve personal […]
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Last Summer I shared Project Produce with you. It was our grass roots program where Sandy and I collected fresh fruits and vegetables in a big pink cart in our farmers market every Friday. When the market closed at 1pm we drove the fresh foods to our local domestic violence shelter for the women and […]
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Yesterday I wanted to try out a new dessert recipe from the Engine 2 book. It was for blueberry cobbler. Sounds great to me. I love baked fruit. So, I realize that I don’t have enough blueberries, but I can fill in with strawberries. I don’t have whole wheat pastry flour, but I do have […]
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Today is the 28th day of our 28 day Engine 2 Diet. The Engine 2 is an all plant based, no oil, low sodium and low sugar lifestyle change that has been shown to unleash your inner god/goddess while arresting, reversing and removing heart disease, diabetes and high cholesterol. It has also been shown to […]
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I found this article about assorted nut butters on VegNews.com written by Alexandra Chang and wanted to share. It is chock full of fun recipes for new creations using your fave nut butters. It’s easy to catch a vegan eating spoonfuls of some sort of nut butter for breakfast (don’t judge!)—it’s tasty and full of nutrients […]
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