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Macaroni and “Cheese”… for vegans…

One of the foods my oldest daughter misses from our BV (before Vegan) days is macaroni and cheese. I’ve bought vegan mac and cheese foods, different “cheese sauces” etc and she’s been less than impressed. (My other daughter doesn’t like mac and cheese so she usually doesn’t vote, lol) So, the other day we thought [...]

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Potato Soup

So I had  a serious craving for my dad’s potato soup the other day. I’ve never made this soup myself, never served it to the family, and haven’t had it in years but I had a fairly good idea of how my dad made it. So I kind of had to guesstimate it, replace the [...]

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Minestrone Soup

2-3 tablespoons EVOO 1 large onion chopped 3 cloves garlic put though the press 3 stalks celery chopped 4 carrots chopped 3 zucchini sliced 1 can diced tomato 2 teaspoons italian herb 2 teaspoons salt 1/2 teaspoon pepper 1 8-ounce can tomato paste 2 cups cooked kidney beans cooked 1/2 lb cooked vegetable rotini (or [...]

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Pumpkin Granola Bars

Last week I bought some pumpkin spice granola bars. They were good. BUT… didn’t taste like pumpkin. There were pumpkin seeds, there was pumpkin spice, but no actual pumpkin. Plus it was $3.40 for a box of 6! Holy wow. Crazy expensive! I don’t usually do expensive but the words “pumpkin” and “organic” took over [...]

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