How do you know Kevin is out of town? Because I made a soup! Specifically Red Lentil Soup with Greens.Why did I wait until Kevin was out of town? I’m happy eating soup as a meal but he is not. It doesn’t seem like a full meal to him. But he’s missing out! Red lentils cook […]
This mango jicama salad has become one of our go-to warm-weather potluck recipes. In Mexico, it’s common to serve cut fruit like mango, melon, and papaya with mild ground chilis for dipping. They’re definitely on to something! Everyone loves this fruit salad recipe and it’s so refreshing! You can’t beat the satisfying crunch of jicama. The other […]
How hard is it to be vegan in Baja, Mexico? Not hard at all! Especially not when you drive around your kitchen. But even if you’re visiting Baja, Mexico for a vacation, you’ll find wonderful vegan options in restaurants in La Paz, San Jose del Cabo, Todos Santos, Cabo San Lucas, and Tijuana. Resources – Finding […]
When you cut refined oils and sugars from your diet, you think you’ll never have baked goods again. Of course, I didn’t accept that and got to work trying to find a delicious occasional treat that wouldn’t get me off track. This whole food plant based banana bread is just the thing!I’ve tried a few […]
Because Kevin has misophonia (he can’t stand eating sounds) we usually put on YouTube videos while we eat lunch or dinner. And that’s how we came to this Spicy Chickpea Salad. We were watching Sarah’s Vegan Kitchen and she was making this salad that she, in turn, saw somewhere else. We thought the dressing looked […]
In this video, we bike the Stanley Park seawall trail, tour downtown a bit, enjoy tasty vegan food, and then cross the border back into the U.S. This ends our 2018 trip to Alaska. We’d love to hear what you thought of this series! Stanley Park Seawall Bike Trail If you have bikes, the Stanley […]
In this video, we go sightseeing in Vancouver. We check out Granville Island, the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden, public murals and, of course, we eat some vegan food. As always. Burnaby Cariboo RV Park So, Burnaby Cariboo RV Park is a pretty, older RV park. It was clearly designed at a time when […]
We’d heard that vegan Vancouver was thriving, but had no idea of its vastness! After being in Alaska all summer and spending the last week traveling through the wilderness we were excited to see what civilization had in store. As we were rolling down the road towards Vancouver, I start searching online for anything interesting […]
So you’ve got an Instant Pot – now what? Does this mean you need a whole new set of cookbooks? Not necessarily. This African Sweet Potato and Peanut Stew is one that I converted from stovetop to Instant Pot.
We’re back for another visit to Talkeetna where we saw many more stunning views of Denali. Free camping in Talkeetna We stayed a few days on the Talkeetna spur in a pull-out, and it was pretty quiet at night. It was just a few miles to drive into town, and there were several pull-outs you […]