I know Summer doesn't officially end for another two weeks but here in the United States Labor day is pretty much the announcement that Summer is done and fall is coming. Summer and school supplies go on sale and Halloween and Thanksgiving items appear again. Rumor has it the pumpkin spice latte is already back at Starbucks! Labor day is also the last holiday before Thanksgiving and tends to be the final BBQ 'event' of the season, so today I'm sharing our recent experience and review of the …
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Reusable produce bags for Meatless Monday Shopping
It's a new month and one of my goals this month is to get back on track with food shopping, menu planning and eating REAL food. The last few weeks were insanely busy with work, Blogfest, IDEA World and yoga training. Plus I had to renew my NASM, had my BFF birthday, Bobs birthday and well just regular LIFE on top of that. So finding time for grocery shopping was tough, finding time to cook from scratch was even tougher. However I'm committed to getting back on track, and went grocery …
Meatless Monday: Beyond Meat Cottage Pie
Drum roll please..... it's time for a recipe post!!!! I know, it's been a while. As the saying goes better late than never though. If you are new to Meatless Monday this is where I share all things vegan related. Whether that's stuff about nutrition, a recipe, product or restaurant reviews. As always it's my policy to make you aware that any links within this post may be affiliate links, meaning I earn a small percentage of the sales of said product. Today I bring you a recipe using Beyond Meat …
Meatless Monday: Almond Flour 101
About two years ago I started getting digestion issues, heavy bloating when eating bread and similar products. Uncomfortable bloating with stomach pain and just a feeling of being general miserable. I spent about a year eliminating bread and wheat from my diet, and felt WAY better. Over the last year I've slowly reintroduced wheat and discovered that I can handle a little, but there is a limit. No gluten intolerance but definitely a wheat intolerance, it's something I have to limit to …
Meatless Monday: Potato Ricer Review
You know you see a kitchen item on a cooking program and you think "what a great idea, I need one of those"! Well I saw something recently that I thought "hey Di ask to review that product!" so I did, and here I am reviewing this potato ricer by Priority Chef. A what? Yep a potato ricer. This tool makes easy mashed potatoes for eating with dinner, topping on pies, or using in recipes like hash browns. So first up you get the potato ricer in a box. Into the ricer you place your whole …
Meatless Monday: Dominex Angel Meatballs
So last week I reviewed the eggplant cutlets from Dominex, this week I figured I'd share the Angel Meatballs made with eggplant. Mostly I want to share my disappointment. When I went to Sprouts to get these products there were only TWO Dominex products there and both clearly stated on the front of the box that they were VEGETARIAN/VEGAN. The eggplant cutlets I reviewed last week are indeed vegan however the meatballs above are NOT, even though the box CLEARLY states on the front that they …
Meatless Monday: Dominex Eggplant Cutlets
As an official Meatless Monday blogger sometimes we get perks, one is that we sometimes get to try meatless products, test them, review them, try them out, and generally see what we think. Recently I got to try out two Dominex products. As I'm all about the blogging I figured I'd spill the results into a few different posts and share little by little, and honestly because I'm a photo taking and food eating fiend ;) Dominex are known as the "eggplant people" and you might think "really? …
Meatless Monday: Fruit Krumble Recipe
Another Monday rolls around, and as it's Meatless Monday I want to share this recipe for a warm fruit Krumble. In England we have a dessert called apple crumble which has stewed apples and a topping of a crumbled cooked mixture of flour, margarine sugar. Not the healthiest of things to combine with fruit eh? Delicious though. So I decided to come up with something that would work instead of the fat laden, processed original and make it healthier and whole foods based. Enter dates, coconut and …
Meatless Monday: Vegan Tostada Salad
I have a few favorites at Natural Cafe, the Yogi Special, Black Bean enchilladas or Buddha Burrito and pretty much anything can be made vegan by asking for no cheese or sour cream. I've liked the Natural Salad for a while but wished there was more substance to it, like rice and beans and then Bob introduced me to the Tostada Salad. Tostada Salad $9.49 Baked whole wheat tortilla topped with black beans, rice, mixed greens, carrots, jicama, salsa, sour cream, guacamole. I ask for no …