Black Bean-Quinoa Salad with Basil-Lemon Dressing

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Quinoa contains more protein than any other grain. This hearty salad is great for taking for lunches during the week in the summer. It is both light and filling! Cooking the quinoa is the most time-consuming part of this, so it comes together very quickly. Eat as is, or put on top of some spinach [...]

7-Day Keep On Crunkin’ Challenge, a southern twist to Vegan cooking

Who’s up for a vegan challenge?  The author of this fun book has one running right now! Take your taste buds on a whole new adventure! Bianca Philips will challenge readers to give “Cookin Crunk” a try. With daily support via tweets, blog posts and a Facebook post, Bianca will share her southern twist to [...]

Spicy Orange Tofu

This sweet and spicy take on a classic chinese take out meal comes together quickly and reheats well – perfect to take with you for lunch! Unfortunately, I forgot to take a picture before I ate all of it, but you should definitely try it out! Spicy Orange Tofu 1 teaspoon bottled minced garlic 1/2 [...]

Sweet Potato Curry With Spinach and Tofu

Sweet Potato Curry

Now that the weather is cooling off again, it’s a perfect time to try this warming curry.  The sweet potatoes break down a lot, forming a thick and hearty sauce.  Ingredients: 1/2 large sweet onion, chopped 1 -2 teaspoon olive oil 2 tablespoons curry powder 1 tablespoon cumin 1 teaspoon cinnamon 10 ounces fresh spinach, [...]

Incredibly Easy Vegetarian Black Bean Chili

Now that the weather has finally cooled off here, I’ve been in the mood for soup.  This chili is hearty and hits the spot on a cool winter’s day!  As an added bonus, it’s incredibly simple to make.  I forgot to take a picture, but this was really good – trust me!   Vegetarian Black [...]

“Mock” Tuna Salad

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As you may have figured out by now, we were on vacation last week. By the time we got home, I wasn’t really in the mood to fix anything elaborate for next week’s lunches! Fortunately, I remembered a super-simple recipe that I’ve been wanting to try for a really long time. For a long time, [...]

Kung Pao Pasta

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This dish is pretty easy to make, and tastes good either hot or cold.  To me, the leftovers were better than fresh, so it’s a great dish to take to work!  Use any kind of pasta-like thing you want, pasta, rice noodles, udon noodles….or go the traditional route and serve over rice instead.  It’s really [...]

Beet Burgers

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I love a good homemade burger recipe.  I can whip up a batch on the weekend, freeze, and have an easy go-to meal during the week.  Recently, I had seen a lot of posts using beets as the base for the veggie burgers.  Beets are something I don’t eat very often, so the possibility of [...]

Roasted Vegetable and Hummus Wrap–Quick and Easy Lunch!

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Now that I’m working full time, I’ve been trying to come up with some quick and easy lunch ideas.  Fortunately for me, I had the opportunity to review Sabra Hummus, which I love and it gave me a great lunch idea!  I love hummus – we almost always have it in our fridge, and it’s [...]

Confetti Rice Salad

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Now that I’m working full time, I’m on a quest for things that are easy to make at night to take to work the next day.  I don’t like using microwaves a lot, so things that are good cold or at room temperature are a plus as well.  This light rice salad definitely fits the [...]

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