Vegan Cocktails

Learn how to “veganize” your favorite drinks! Most hard liquor is vegan and there are easy non-dairy substitutions for your favorite dairy-based cocktails. Cheers!

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Make Your Own “Sun-dried” Tomatoes & Bring a Piece of Summer into the Fall

With tomatoes in abundance at the farmers’ markets, it’s the perfect time to make your own sun-dried tomatoes! It’s easy to do in your oven or food dehydrator, and you’ll have a bit of summer’s sweetness to take into the Fall. Yellow sungolds are the sweetest, purple cherry tomatoes add a depth of color, and standard cherry tomatoes have the tang and acidity with which you’re likely the most familiar. You can also use standard full-size tomatoes as well to make “tomato chips!”

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Raw Vegan Diet – Let’s Explore!

I decided to try a raw food challenge: 1 day of raw food each week for 12 weeks. Why raw? People have reported that they lost weight and had more energy on a raw food diet… so I thought that sounded good to me! And it’s true – I do feel fabulous on my raw food days. Do you want to learn strategies to include more raw foods in your diet? Read on!

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Fridge Stocking Strategies for 5-Minute Meals #3

Thanks for all of the nice emails about the Fridge Stocking Strategies for 5-Minute Meals articles! I’m really glad that you’ve found them to be helpful and I’ve created another quick meal for you that’s healthy, easy and delicious. This one may be closer to 7-10 minutes, depending on how well-done you like the onions.

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