Category: Breakfast

  • My Top 6 Vegan-Friendly Cookbooks

    In my quest for coming up with my “top 5” lists, I had a very difficult time paring it down to only 5 for cookbooks. I love cookbooks and find myself reading them like novels. Therefore, this list departs a little and there are 6 gems. This could have been much longer, but I wanted […]

  • Low-Carb Vegan Dinner

    I love a cooking challenge, whether it’s gluten-free, no salt, no oil, raw, etc. Recently a good friend was diagnosed with gestational diabetes and was instructed by a nutritionist to limit her carbohydrate intake to 30 grams or less per meal. If you have ever researched how much carbohydrates are in your daily foods, you’d […]

  • Vegan Pigs in a Blanket

    Wanting to spice up a pancake breakfast, I decided to make the vegan version of “pigs in a blanket.” Just calling it that makes me cringe slightly and it reminds me of the absurdities in our meat culture that the good folks over at Suicide Food have documented through the years. However, going with the […]

  • Hot Cinnamon Quinoa with Nuts & Berries

    Instead of the traditional hot cereal breakfasts, such as oatmeal, I felt compelled and inspired to try something different after stumbling upon this Warm and Nutty Quinoa Recipe from 101 Cookbooks. I omitted the non-dairy milk in my most recent time making it and used walnuts instead of pecans. I also used blueberries and strawberries […]

  • Sweet Potato Pie French Toast

    I tried a truly unique recipe over the weekend that will be featured in Kelly Peloza‘s newest cookbook. This interesting concoction is based on the lovely sweet potato and Kelly’s experience having some slammin’ french toast in Portland, Oregon (vegan mecca!). You’ll find it topped with a sweet and creamy coconut cream topping as well. […]