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Welcome! This site is for all who are interested in exploring all the ways to support a whole foods, high-nutrient plant-based way of eating. I’m interested and enthusiastic and will share what I know and learn here.
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Carol’s Happy Bowl
We are so fortunate to have the wonderful restaurant, Cafe Yumm!, in our town. I love having the opportunity to call in an order and not have to cook! We do it often enough that the staff knows us by name. They are famous for their Yumm! sauce that goes with their Yumm! bowls (beans [...]
I Fixed A Flop!
“I have not failed; I have just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” -Thomas Alva Edison
I told you I would post tried-and-true family favorites. But I want to post this recent “flop” because I think there are things that can be learned from it! My inspiration was a wonderful vegetarian red sauce on pasta [...]
Mock Salmon: Raw Recipe
I spent a wonderful week-end on the Oregon coast with old friends. It was our high school reunion! My friend brought her new Vita-Mix cookbook “Create” that accompanies the Professional Series. It seemed perfect as I flipped through and found this raw recipe that is a mock salmon appetizer…right after I had been taking pictures [...]
Jalapeño Cornbread Mini-Muffins
We were invited to a party and were asked to bring an appetizer. I did what you hear you never should do: I took two recipe ideas and made something new! Luckily all went well and we love the new appetizers–Jalapeño Cornbread Mini-Muffins. In fact, Tom wished that nobody would like them so he could [...]
Corn On The Cob With Avocado Butter
My daughter told me awhile ago about James Beard’s “Poor Man’s Butter”. She has used it as a delicious healthful spread, instead of butter. (From James Beard’s site: “In Spanish, avocado butter is called ‘mantequilla de pobre’ – poor man’s butter. It was used as a spread or added to dishes to give the soft [...]
Balsamic Reduction Gastrique
This dressing has been a staple in our house for almost 10-years now! I first made it because it was a no-calorie dressing; later because it was no-oil. Even later, I read an article by a chef who uses a balsamic reduction as a gastrique (a thick syrupy reduction of mainly vinegar and sugar) because [...]
Vita-Mix: My Story
I didn’t grow up with a Vita-Mix in my home. I sure wish I would have! I think I would have had so much fun creating delicious concoctions. But I had to wait until I was an adult, with my own family, before I got one. With it, I have my own smoothie-bar! My Vita-Mix [...]
Confetti Salad
I am so grateful I found this fast-and-easy technique to make delicious (and beautiful) raw vegetable salads. This technique requires a food processor, which is so much easier than chopping or grating or slicing by hand. It is best to use hard vegetables if you want to store this for several days. In this example [...]