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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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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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Taquito! A new family favorite…

Doesn’t that look yummy? It was super easy, just a little time consuming. Hubs and the kids loved them! I think next time I want to make a double batch and try freezing them! So the first time I made these I made them with ground beef and steamed tortilla. The problem I was running [...]

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Special Cinnamon Rolls

2 packages (1/4 ounce each) active dry yeast 1/2 cup warm water (110〫to 115〫F) 8 cups all purpose flour 1 package (3.4 ounces) instant vanilla pudding mix 2 cups warm milk (110〫to 115〫F) 2 eggs, lightly beaten 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 cup vegetable oil (don’t use olive oil!) 2 teaspoons salt 1/4 cup butter, melted [...]

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Left-over Chicken Make-over

Don’t those pics look SUPER YUMMY?! So I had some boneless skinless chicken leftover from the missionaries fried chicken dinner. (I’m late posting this) And so I decided to use it up. I heated a bit of olive oil in a frying pan and when it was all cooked through and starting to brown I pulled it [...]

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I just kind of threw this together tonight…

Doesn’t that just look yummy?! I don’t have a printable for this yet, but I will soon. Tonight I had the house to myself. (Yea me!) So as I do with these so few times I have with no picky eaters, I made something loaded with veggies!  Heat 1-2 tablespoons olive oil in a pan (I’m partial to my frying pans. [...]

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