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Coconut-Curry Sweet Potato Mousse on Zukes or Cukes
Yeah, so things went a little haywire yesterday as many of you probably noticed from the deluge of emails from An Unrefined Vegan… I’m sorry about that; explaining how it happened would take up a …
View FullCorn & Black Bean Chips. Oil- and Gluten-free. Almost Raw.
My roving tastebuds are on a continual quest for yummy, healthy chips – and I think this is my most successful recipe yet. The inspiration comes from a bag of Garden of Eatin’ Black Bean …
View FullThoughts on Vegetarianism & Oil-free Black Bean, Corn, & Walnut Burgers.
I was a vegetarian for a few years before going full-on vegan. I ate great quantities of eggs and cheese – even though neither one of those things consists of vegetables. So how did that …
View FullSweet & Tangy Green Chile-Chipotle-Cilantro Dressing. Oil-free.
One of the biggest stumbling blocks I encountered after making the decision to severely reduce the amount of oil I used in cooking and baking was how to make salad dressing. I was completely stumped. …
View FullSmoky Chickpea Stew with Spinach, Sausage & Cashew Cream
Congratulations to Dena B. for snagging a fabulous Vegan Cuts Snack Box! Thanks to everyone who stopped by the Virtual Vegan Potluck blog to enter. It was our most popular giveaway yet! Here’s an über …
View FullPinto Bean Hummus
Sometimes you get tired of garbanzo bean hummus. Or sometimes no matter how many times you paw through the cans on the pantry shelves, those chickpeas remain illusive. This pinto bean hummus could also masquerade …
View FullVeganMoFo: Khatchapuri Day 2, The Bread
May I present to you the finished product, those little Georgian cheez pies that made life so much easier while living in Russia! Now, I’d like to draw your attention to the small wine glasses …
View FullVegan MoFo: Curried Tempeh & Veggie Wraps with Cilantro-Mint-Cashew “Chutney”
One of my favorite “go-to” vegan-meets-non-vegan-for-dinner restaurants is Oasis Cafe in Salt Lake City. Their menu offers both meat, vegetarian and vegan entrees (clearly marked on the menu) and many other dishes can be altered to …
View FullBlack Bean Soup & Ginger Slaw: The Unprocessed Giveaway
Tip: Add broccoli slaw for extra crunch. Ginger Slaw and Nutrient Rich Black Bean Soup from Unprocessed: How to Achieve Vibrant Health and Your Ideal Weight, by Chef AJ. Details on how to enter the …
View FullSearching for the Holy Grail of Raw Broccoli Soup
I am on a quest. A quest to replicate the raw broccoli (a.k.a. The Nectar of the Gods) soup from Omar’s Rawtopia located in the Sugarhouse neighborhood of Salt Lake City. It’s thick and creamy and nutty and …
View FullThai Tomato Soup
I make one or two soups each week. I just love soup. Usually you can make them solely with pantry ingredients or from what you can unearth from your vegetable bin. Even in summer soup …
View FullCoriander, Red Pepper & Cilantro Flatbreads
I snagged the original recipe for these flatbreads from the animal flesh-burdened Bon Appetit magazine. Hey, everyone gets it vegan once in a while, right? Instead of 100% refined flour, I added whole wheat pastry …
View FullVegetable Fried Rice with Tofu Made With No Oil
For a long time, I thought that good fried rice was available only in Asian restaurants. But my problem with restaurant fried rice is that it’s loaded with added fat, salt, prepared with white rice …
View Full7 Days of Salad. Day 4: Sweet Potato, Black Bean & Couscous with Sweet Lime-Ginger Dressing
Pantry stapes combined with a few fresh ingredients…I usually have a sweet potato or two kicking around in the pantry and couscous and cans of black beans always. Same for edamame in the freezer. And …
View Full7 Days of Salad. Day 1: Yellow Rice & Black Bean
Amazing things can happen overnight. Before I kick off Day One of 7 Days of Salad, I want to thank Anne Sture Tucker (Happy Health) for passing along a Liebster Award to this blog. So …
View FullDry Fried Tofu with Asian-Inspired Cilantro Pesto
I had something like this dish at a Whole Foods somewhere in suburban northern California. I’d just finished up an appointment with an Apple Genius – replacing my iPad which I’d dropped (after having it …
View FullRotini “Alfredo” with Roasted Vegetables
Remember that Spinach-Cilantro Pesto from a few days back? Here’s where you can use it. I’ve tried a quite a few different cheez sauces and this one pleases my taste buds more than all of …
View FullBright Green in Winter: Spinach-Cilantro Pesto
As good as the rotini “alfredo” (recipe appearing here soon) looked, it really needed something green. Pesto. But I had no fresh basil. I did, however, have a handful of spinach picked that afternoon from …
View FullPost-Holiday Detox: Simple Black Beans, Brown Rice and Vegetables
If you overindulged during Christmas, this simple meal might just assuage your guilt – and your body will most definitely thank you for providing it with such a delicious dose of nutrition. I took a …
View FullSlow-Cooker (Un)Refried Beans
A good friend of mine shared the link to this easy recipe for “refried” beans prepared in a crock-pot and it was so good, I had to further spread the word. After 6-8 hours, the …
View FullAsparagus and Cilantro Soup
This is another simple, savory recipe that tastes like you are doing something healthful and healing for your body. Because you are. It would be the perfect meal after an overindulgent day. The flavors are …
View FullWarming Winter Stew with Cilantro Chimichurri
I’m a lightweight when it comes to spicy dishes – yet I’m addicted to chipotle peppers. I add Chipotle Tabasco or pureed chipotle peppers to many of my recipes – just to get that tangy …
View FullPumpkin-Peanut Soup with Cilantro and Pepitas
Pumpkin has been appearing in many of our foods this fall: cookies, muffins, waffles, stir-fry and now soup. This is another quick and easy recipe loaded with rich, autumnal flavors that will warm you up …
View FullHappy Halloween! Pumpkin Coconut Curry with Dry-Fried Tofu
I can’t resist the small pie pumpkins that appear in stores this time of year – always it seems, in huge piles in giant cardboard boxes. So many cute pumpkins! Usually I roast them and …
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