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vegan cranberry walnut banana bread

Vegan Cranberry Banana Bread Recipe

  Print Vegan Cranberry Walnut Banana Bread Course Breakfast Keyword bread, vegan, vegan banana bread Prep Time 10 minutes Cook Time 1 hour Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes Servings 8 Ingredients 1 cup mashed bananas 2 tbsp ground flax seed 6 tbsp lukewarm water 1/3 cup applesauce 2/3 cup brown sugar 1/4 cup almond milk 2 cups all purpose flour 1 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 tsp… Read More »Vegan Cranberry Banana Bread Recipe
plant based diet vs standard american diet

Plant Based Diet Vs Standard American Diet

Plant Based Diet vs Standard American Diet Before we switched to a plant based diet, we didn’t pay much attention at all to what we were putting into our bodies. We didn’t think about the nutrients we were getting from our diet each day. We didn’t have a clue how much of anything we were supposed to be getting. Most days we just ate whatever sounded good to us. Our… Read More »Plant Based Diet Vs Standard American Diet
diet heart health

The Heart and Heart Disease

The Heart and Heart Disease The heart is designed to get blood throughout the entire body. If the body can’t do this it develops many different forms of heart diseases.  Arterial, Venous, Pulmonary and Capillary Circulation is our body’s way of making this feat possible. Therefore, the body requires a plentiful amount of rich oxygen, strong powerful arteries and veins, and a heart worthy of it all. These are essential… Read More »The Heart and Heart Disease

Vegan Fall Treat Guide – Halloween Treats and Fall Recipes

Vegan Fall Treat Guide There’s something about fall that makes you want to bake. Cinnamon rolls, donuts, caramel apples, pumpkin pies, there are so many sweet treats associated with the season. We have put a lot of thought into how to handle all the desserts we want to have this fall. To make things easier for our fellow vegans, we have created a vegan fall treat guide!   A Vegan… Read More »Vegan Fall Treat Guide – Halloween Treats and Fall Recipes
meal planning

How We Meal Plan to feed Our Family of 9 for Less Than $200

How to Meal Plan for Your Family We have a very large family, seven kids and two adults. We eat a plant-based, vegan diet. With that said, meal planning is a MUST in this house in order to stay within our budget! Today we will show you how we meal plan to feed our family of nine for under $200 a week. Meal planning is very simple. It is basically… Read More »How We Meal Plan to feed Our Family of 9 for Less Than $200
vegan veggie pasta salad recipe

Veggie Pasta Salad Recipe – Budget Friendly Vegan Meal Ideas

  Veggie Pasta Salad What a week it has been! We have been working really hard on our blog and the progress is fantastic! It’s so exciting that everyone is loving our recipes. We have quite a few awesome recipes in the works right now. Today’s post is a very simple veggie pasta salad recipe. We make this pretty often around here. It’s quick, cheap, and delicious! With such a large… Read More »Veggie Pasta Salad Recipe – Budget Friendly Vegan Meal Ideas
vegan oreo cheesecake recipe

Easy and Quick Vegan Oreo Cheesecake

Print Vegan Oreo Cheesecake Prep Time 25 minutes Resting TIme 1 hour Servings 8 Ingredients Crust 20 Oreos 3 tbsp vegan butter (we use Earth Balance) Cheesecake Filling 24 oreos 2 tbsp vanilla extract 16 oz vegan cream cheese Daiya or Kite Hill is best 9 oz So Delicious coco whip 6 whole oreos Instructions Let your "dairy" products sit out to room temp. Take your 20 Oreos for your… Read More »Easy and Quick Vegan Oreo Cheesecake
vegan ranch recipe

Easy Vegan Ranch Recipe

When we started removing dairy from our diet, vegan ranch was one of the first things we learned how to make dairy free. Our kids use ranch for everything. We tried a few different recipes on Pinterest in the beginning. Eventually, we came up with our own recipe with fresh ingredients. I noticed most recipes call for dried dill and parsley and those work perfectly fine, but we prefer fresh over… Read More »Easy Vegan Ranch Recipe