When transitioning to a whole food, plant-based diet, the meal that often leaves people in a quandary is lunch. Specifically, what to eat in place of the traditional "meat and cheese" or chicken-salad sandwiches of their childhood. No meat. No cheese. What on earth do you put between the slices of bread? Enter the chickpea. [...]
This week I made over a former family favorite – Tuna Noodle Casserole. The new version is plant-based and utilizes a meat replacement product from Beyond Meat® called Beyond Chicken Strips. If you’re already on the WFPB bandwagon, you may question this ingredient. You know that whole food, plant-based ingredients are best. If this is [...]
Monday was a snow day. So I made a pot of my mom’s Beef Vegetable Soup, with a twist. I substituted some Spicy Italian Sausage that I had leftover in the freezer for some of the beef, and the result was a mouth watering, sinus clearing, and very warming and satisfying dinner. And it was [...]
