Portabello Mushroom Burgers
This is a simple meal to prepare, with delightful results. Have fun trying different types of veggie burgers for a variety of taste experiences.
Fasting Mimicking Diet
On our recent Holistic Holiday cruise a leading vegan cardiologist, Dr. Joel Kahn, gave a talk entitled “The Miracle of Heart Disease Reversal”. Joel is an interesting cardiologist who has been vegan for 41 years and is active in promoting vegan health through his practice and by operating the Green Space Cafe and another vegan …
Fastballs
This is a recipe I developed to provide myself with a relatively low calorie replacement for commercially available honey and oat bars while on a Fasting Mimicking Diet (FMD). Under such a diet I was restricted to a few hundred calories a day for a five day period. Commercially available honey and oat bars have …
Baked Beans with Potatoes and Greens
This is an easy, simple, filling and nutritious meal that you can make in minutes — just the meal after a long day when you just do not feel like cooking.
Jyoti Surprise
This is a lovely, nourishing, quick to prepare meal, based on a can of Jyoti product, which never turns out exactly the same — so I refer to it as a ‘Jyoti Surprise’. While we prefer to cook from scratch sometimes there just isn’t enough time or energy to do that. This recipe relies on …
Sauteed Onions and Peppers on Bismati Rice
This is a delightful meal featuring sauteed onions and peppers, with cashews and mushrooms, served over brown bismati rice. It is easy to prepare, nourishing and filling.
Go to Plant Stock!
This is an unabashed Plug for Plant Stock (disclosure: we get no reward if you attend, other than knowing we have helped someone) For the past 6 years, about the third weekend in August, an event called “Plant Stock” is held at the Esselstyn farm in Claverack, New York. This year it is being held on …
Eat Your Banana Peels
Eat banana peels? YES! My son Adrian brought this Business Insider article to my attention – an article that includes several uses for bananas in food and cooking. In particular the article states that: “ The sweet flesh of a medium-sized banana contains significant percentages of your daily recommended intake of various nutrients, such as: 12% of your …
Asparagus Kale Pie
This is a delicious, heart-healthy vegan pie with a smooth and creamy filling. It has a flavor all its own – a rich treat for someone on a vegan diet. Roast vegetables make a nice accompaniment (see notes below)
Cinnamon Raisin Scones/Quick Bread
This recipe provides healthy cinnamon raisin scones/quick bread which are both gluten free and yeast free. Ken had a need for this when he was temporarily on a yeast free diet. It adapts Bob’s Red Mill Cinnamon Raisin Bread Mix to use baking powder instead of yeast. We find the bread is lighter and more …
