Breakfast can be tricky when you're trying to figure out a new diet. It's how you begin the day. It sets the tone. This is true if you want to lose weight, go gluten-free, or keto. And it's true if you want to go vegetarian - or move to a more vegetarian diet. If I start the day with pancakes with loads of butter and syrup, I pretty much give up the day for being healthy. And yes, I know there are ways to make pancakes healthier. And I agree, sometimes we need a treat. But the fact ...
My 6 Favorite Chocolate Recipes #Choctoberfest
It's the best time of year: #Choctoberfest! I think we can all agree on one thing this year... 2020 needs more chocolate. A LOT more. #Choctoberfest is our annual celebration of chocolate recipes, now in its 6th year. I've teamed up with some talented food bloggers to share dozens of milk, dark, and white chocolate dishes for this year's virtual event. Plus, we've pooled our resources to bring you an exciting giveaway you don't want to miss! The Giveaway One ...
Top Vegetarian Posts From 2019
I like to look back through the year to see what was popular and what wasn't. After all, just because I thought a dish rocked doesn't mean everyone wants to try it. For those of us with blogs, we study Google Analytics, the God of all that matters (or so it sometimes seems). And based on the numbers, I came up with these 10 top vegetarian posts of 2019. BTW, this means they were posted in 2019. I note this because a lot of my top posts are ones that have been around for awhile. For example, ...
A Vegetarian Thanksgiving : 27 Appetizers & More
Round up of appetizers, cocktails, cider, breads and condiments you can make for your vegetarian Thanksgiving. This collection ends with some fabulous desserts, because dessert for Thanksgiving is mandatory. Thanksgiving plans are ramping up. Two weeks ago, I posted 21 Side Dishes For Your Vegetarian Thanksgiving table, and last week I continued with 21 Main Dishes For Your Vegetarian Thanksgiving. And now I'm back with more ideas for this year's celebration, because ...
Vegetarian Thanksgiving Menu – 18 Main Dishes
18 main dish ideas for your vegetarian Thanksgiving menu this year. We’re working ourselves towards mid-November and the biggest feast day of the year. Thanksgiving, my friends. And all over the country, meal planning has begun. Last week I featured 21 side dish ideas for a vegetarian Thanksgiving. This week, I’ve got your back on Thanksgiving vegetarian main dishes. Because, let’s face it. If you’re an omnivore, deciding your main dish for Thanksgiving is easy. The religion of ...
Vegetarian Thanksgiving Menu – 21 Side Dishes
21 side dish ideas for your vegetarian Thanksgiving menu this year. Thanksgiving is arguably the biggest eating holiday of the year. And vegetarians and vegans hunt for satisfying dishes for their Vegetarian Thanksgiving Menu (or Vegan Thanksgiving, obviously). Before you object, I realize many of our holidays are food centric. Valentines Day is all about chocolate. The summer holidays of Memorial Day, Fourth of July, and Labor Day are the Grand Central Station of grilling. ...
Weekly Vegetarian Meal Plan + Tips for Omnivores // Week 6
The Theme is Still EASY Vegetarian Meal Plans ... I completed my first week of rehab on my knee this week, and I'm feeling good. To catch you all up, I had a bad skiing accident at a nearby mountain, and severed my ACL. The good news is I have zero pain. The bad news is it will never heal back. My job right now is to get strong. I need all the surrounding stuff that supports my knee, we're talking muscles, ligaments, tendons, everything, have to do their own job and cover for the ...
Vegetarian Meal Plan + Tips for Omnivores // Week 5
This Week, The Theme is an EASY Vegetarian Meal Plan ... I mentioned in my last post, that I had had a skiing accident. This past week, all I wanted was comfort food, like this lentil soup. Well, I had my MRI this morning, and Carnivorous Maximus, who is a retired ER Doc, looked at the images. It appears I completely tore my ACL. So now I face the decision of either (1) surgery + rehab, which will take about 1 year; or (2) aggressive rehab, and hope pray to God PT is good enough ...
Vegetarian Meal Plan + Tips For Omnivores // Week 4
Confession: I didn't do very well last week with sticking to my weekly vegetarian meal planning. In fact, it was a huge fail. Why? Because I didn't have a real meal plan. I'd done a roundup on Parade's online magazine for Best Roasted Veggies Ever For Easy Dinners , and saw in it all kinds of great ideas for the week ahead. So I figured my job was done. Wrong. So this week, I'm sharing 4 common mistakes people make in meal planning. Of course there are many more than 4, but these are ...
Vegetarian Meal Plan + Tips for Omnivores // Week 1
Do You Create Meal Plans? I need to start creating vegetarian meal plans for dinner. And because I'm married to Carnivorous Maximus, I need to plan for how adjust the dishes for him. I find myself way too often at 6:00 (that's p.m. not a.m.) wondering what I'll make for dinner. The result is often something thrown together that's not particularly healthy. Other times, my last minute dinner may be healthy, but not filling, leaving me to look for ice cream or cookies later at night. ...
15 Christmas Cookies From Around the World
Cookie baking is happening right now, all over the world. So this time of year, I like to share traditional Christmas cookies from around the world, to share old-fashioned cookie traditions we can bring into our own kitchens. This year, I focused on Europe. Come join me! Italian Christmas Cookies I spent a month in Italy this year, so I had to start with this country. So, first up are these Italian Christmas Cookies from Cakes Cottage. They're lightly sweet and perfect for dunking in espresso. ...
18 Vegetarian Winter Squash Main Dishes for Thanksgiving (and Beyond)
18 vegetarian winter squash main dishes for all through Autumn and Winter. They're not just for Thanksgiving! "What's your favorite winter squash?" I posed this question on my Facebook page recently, and got a huge response. Readers listed everything from the familiar, like butternut squash, to the wildly unfamiliar, like sweet meat and onion squash. As a result, now I want to find them and red kuri squash, to see how it might be different from the rest. Thanks to that informal polling, ...
