Cinnamon-Oat Lactation Cookies

This recipe is modified from the Cinnamon-Oat recipe in Vegan Food Substitutions, but I’ve made a few significant changes to make it lactation-friendly, as well as gluten-free (vegan too). 1c. Earth Balance 2.25 c. Sucanat or brown sugar 1 c. coconut milk 3 T. cinnamon 3/4 t. salt 3 t. vanilla extract 1/2 c. ground [...]

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{Cook}Book Review: The Complete Guide to Vegan Food Substitutions + Recipe

By: Celine Steen & Joni Marie Newman Rating: 5 stars I won a copy of The Complete Guide to Vegan Food Substitutions from another blogger as part of a giveaway, and I’m so happy I did! I’ve been wanting to read this and Hearty Vegan Meals for Monster Appetites for a few months now. This [...]

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Quinoa Veggie Bowl

When we got home this afternoon from a week away visiting my family, I was craving a Mary-style good-for-me meal. Full of meatless protein, veggies, and no gluten. Back to my old friend quinoa I went! They say distance makes the heart grow fonder, and that saying held very true for my old friend and [...]

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Tasty Thursday: Oatmeal-Flax Cookies

oatmeal cookies

This recipe was adapted from “Clean Food” by Terry Walters. I wanted to make it a more attractive recipe for nursing moms, and also go gluten free with it. If you’re not gluten-free, you can use all-purpose flour. If you can eat chocolate, add 1/2 c. chocolate chips (dark to keep it vegan). If you [...]

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D.C. Eats: Cafe Green

Vegan Cheeseburger

I’ll be posting details of my trip to D.C. when we get back from Thanksgiving on Tuesday, but I found this photo on my phone and wanted to share. I had a few hours one day to get some shopping done and have a leisurely lunch. I had read awesome reviews about Cafe Green (18th [...]

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Homemade Pasta Sauce

Vegan sauce

Tonight I delved (unintentionally) into the world of vegan cooking.  I actually only intended to make a vegetarian pasta sauce with the same amount of protein as a meat sauce.  It’s awesome, and so easy! First, cook some pasta.  This is a chunky sauce, so I went with a thicker noodle–rigatoni. Next, gather the following [...]

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