Happy Labor Day! If you'd like to know a little more about the history of Labor Day, check out this link. If you're looking for something a little more adventurous than a grilled burger to enjoy today, I hope you'll fix my Grilled Pineapple Chicken Salad. I created it for an impromptu cookout ...
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Using Summer Produce at its Peak
The last month of summer is a bittersweet time for me. All our favorite summer vegetables are at their peak. Our son is back at college for his senior year (which explains my hiatus from my blog) and my hubby and I are reassessing how to eat healthier in his absence. (Because frankly, ...
The Best 15-Minute Barbecue Sauce
A few weeks ago I wrote about my Independence Day dinner which featured barbecued chicken made with shredded Beyond Meat Chicken-Free Strips and a commercial barbecue sauce. Although it was pretty darn good, I wanted to make my own barbecue sauce that would use organic ingredients, be free of ...
A Meatless Alternative for Independence Day Celebrations
I love Independence Day! It's a special day to reflect back on the origins of our country's freedom and the courageous people who have fought to preserve it. All over the United States, families and friends are getting together for cookouts, picnics, ball games, band concerts, boating, ...
Three Bean Corn Chili with Beyond Meat Beef-Free Feisty Crumbles
I've made a lot of batches of meatless chili. In fact, my Mexican Black Bean Chili is one of my most requested recipes from Fool a Carnivore. Nothing prepared us for the beefy wallop of Beyond Meat Beef-Free Feisty Crumbles. In fact, my carnivore husband took his first taste and had just two ...
Beyond Meat Fools Carnivores on the Today Show!
You know that I love the idea of fooling carnivores into thinking that they are eating meat - when they aren't! When I wrote Fool a Carnivore, Beyond Meat's products weren't available in our area. Luckily, Whole Foods, Publix, and Earth Fare stock Beyond Meat's chicken-free products, and I am ...
Fourteen Bean Soup
Sometimes I like playing with recipes from Fool a Carnivore to create something different. This is a new version of my Fifteen Bean Soup recipe that I’m calling Fourteen Bean Soup, because that was the number of beans in the organic mix I used today. For the record the beans were red kidney beans, ...
Is a Vegan Pot Roast Possible?
What current or former carnivore doesn’t fondly remember pot roast? My mom didn’t have a slow cooker (they weren’t invented it back in the 1960’s) but she made a darn good pot roast for Sunday dinner, cooking it slowly in her gas oven. I think my vegan pot roast is pretty darn close to the real ...