This easy vegan, gluten-free whole roasted cauliflower recipe is one that I adopted from a not-so-healthy recipe. It’s so easy, and uses cauliflower in an unusual way. It’s very visually appealing and very easy! Cauliflower belongs to the cruciferous family… Read More ›
healthy recipes
The Best Vegan (gluten-free option) Mac and Cheese that Ever Crossed These Lips! <3
Yes…I am no stranger to trying…and trying…and trying vegan mac and cheeze recipes in the hopes of finding the right one that will make me say “YES!” instead of just “It’s ok I guess”. Well my search is over thanks… Read More ›
Comer sus verduras! (Eat your vegetables!)
Today The Savvy Sister is part of the Annual Virtual Vegan Potluck! If you’ve never attended a virtual pot luck before, let me explain how it works: All recipes are posted on participating blog sites for you to follow from… Read More ›
You Made It! The 6th Week of the Meatless (secretly vegan) Challenge
Wow! We are already at week #6 of the 6 week challenge! Time flies when you’re eating healthy plant-based food and feeling better, doesn’t it? These recipes reflect my confidence in your ability to think outside the fast food bag,… Read More ›
Meatless Monday Week #4 (Is it getting easier?)
Hopefully by this week, you’ve gotten some good tips and basics on how to eat meatless. It’s really not that much of a “challenge” now, is it? This weeks menu comes from Newfoundland, home of the Newfies (hope I spelled… Read More ›
Meatless Monday Challenge week#2 (You’re healthier this week!)
Monday’s roll around pretty fast, don’t they? We hope you enjoyed last week’s menu. There are no “rules” to this (I hate rules, don’t you?) so relax and have fun with it as it’s all about learning to be healthy. … Read More ›
Savory Vegan Pea-Stuffed Puff Pastry and other goodies
Get this easy recipe for plant-based pea stuffed puff pastry and a heavenly acorn squash and almond butter with links for raw vegan fudge. Also find out what yacon syrup is. Every so often I come across a blog that I think… Read More ›
Healthy Vegan Chocolate-Beet root cupcakes… I am in chocolate flippin’ heaven
Vegan, no refined sugar, no eggs, no milk, no butter, chocolate beet root cupcakes with creamy chocolate frosting. It’s not often that I say to myself “Sister, you are a freakin genius!”. But I said that today (out loud actually)… Read More ›
Easy Creamy Spaghetti Squash Casserole Recipe (vegan if you want it to be & gluten free)
“Spaghetti squash” is one of my most searched words when someone stumbles upon my blog. I have a great recipe for spaghetti squash cakes that is out of this world. So I’ve been on the lookout for more. Luckily, in… Read More ›
Easy Vegan Sloppy Joe (a “carnivore converter” recipe)
This amazingly satisfying version of the old family favorite got the “thumbs up” from picky “won’t-eat-anything-vegan” husband. The recipe subs out the chopped beef for quinoa, a seed that has all the complete protein of chopped meat without the unhealthy… Read More ›
Sugar-Free, Bake-Free, Gluten-Free Brownies…and they’re actually good!
I won’t lie to you. When I saw a recipe for these vegan no-bake brownies I thought “what are the odds that this is going to be good?” I had already bet on a vegan no-bake dessert the night before… Read More ›
Ugly on the outside…yes, but….
Buttercup Squash…the name invokes visions of delicate yellow vegetables hanging on a soft silken vine. But…. This is probably one of the ugliest veggies out there. It even out-uglies the famous “uglyripe” tomato. But inside…oh, inside is the sweetest lightest… Read More ›
Heavenly Honey Roasted Squash with Fresh Mint
Winter squash is everywhere now that it is officially fall. Until a few years ago I only used squash for decorations outside. But these amazing veggies, loaded with fiber, vitamin A and C and plenty of iron are just what… Read More ›
How To Eat Broccoli and Like It: Broccoli Nuggets Recipe
Don’t be a (broccoli) hater! In a recent comment from Whatsaysyou I was asked to come up with a broccoli recipe as broccoli is their favorite veggie. Personally I love broccoli, but I think it gets a “bad rap”. It’s that… Read More ›
Quick & Easy Carrot Ginger Soup
I made this recipe for my neighbor is undergoing chemotherapy and is having a tough time with his stomach. (Chemo wreaks havoc with the lining of the intestinal tract and you really can’t digest anything.) Just like when you are… Read More ›