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White Rabbit Salad aka “Bunny Salad“ Combine the following ingredients and chill 3 C cottage cheese 2 T honey 3 T lemon juice 1/4 C raisins 1/2 C chopped nuts 1T poppy seeds 2 Medium tart apples diced Other add ins Peaches Pears Seedless grapes Orange sections Serve as a salad or side dish, [...]
Each week throughout the Fall and Winter (and into spring!) The Centsible Family will showcase a slow cooker (crock-pot) recipe that one of the Mavens of Money have tried and tasted. By sharing we hope you will be able to save a little time during the week as we all know saving time is just [...]
Part of living a healthier lifestyle can be as simple as swapping out one ingredient for another. With baking, we often use applesauce to replace oils. Replacing meats with other foods rich in proteins can be another healthy swap that is quite easy to do and doesn’t require a lot of extra work. According [...]
I have to admit, I sit with a glass of wine and read cookbooks on Saturday evenings. It is relaxing for me and I love to find new recipes to try. This book Veggiyana: The Darma of Cooking is a wonderful read. The author, Sandra Garson studied food history at Harvard and her expertise in [...]
Avocado and White Bean Dip Ingredients: 1 ripe avocado 1 can of white (cannellini) beans, rinsed and drained 2 cloves of garlic juice of one lime or 2 TBS lime juice for a jar. salt to taste Directions: Mix together in a food processor or blender and get dippin’! Serve with pita chips, tortilla chips [...]
Everyday Happy Herbivore is Lindsay Nixon’s 2nd wildly popular vegan AKA plant based cookbook. I began following and chatting with Lindsay on Twitter about 2 years ago. I have been making recipes from her website, happyherbivore.com, all along and I was actually a tester for many of the recipes in this new cookbook. And, [...]
The Tipsy Vegan came to me at just the right time of the year.he book starts with some Plastered Party Starters such as Flaming Hot Peanuts and Brusc The week between Christmas and New Year is always the best time to sneak in a couple extra happy hours. I might as well have some fun [...]
Dr. Praeger’s Sensible Foods offers appetizers, breakfast foods, veggie burgers, kids, fish and gluten free options. They were developed by two New Jersey-based heart surgeons. Dr. Praeger’s Sensible Foods are all natural and made with the finest ingredients: fresh vegetables, fish from cold northern waters and tasty herbs and spices. All of Dr. Praeger’s [...]
Honestly, Nacho Mom’s Vegan Queso is addictive. When the 3 jars arrived I could barely contain myself. I have been making my own plant-based (vegan) queso but sometimes I don’t want to take the time and we LOVE our chips and dips around this house. So, with some chips handy I popped open the Ultimate [...]
I am always willing to try different meat substitutes. At about the age of 17 I ventured into the world of vegetarianism and now I eat a mostly plant-based diet. At home I only prepare meatless meals but we still love tacos and big breakfasts with “sausage” and scrambled tofu. I received two packages [...]
