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Meatless Monday Dessert: Raw Chocolate with Cashew Cream

Here’s another Meatless Monday recipe to tantalize your taste buds and get you preparing this cruelty-free meal in your kitchen. This week’s Meatless Monday recipe is contributed by our friend, Leigh-Chantelle from Viva la Vegan! a website with a large range of vegan recipes that focuses on positive information, education and vegan outreach.  Enjoy. Raw Cashew Cream Ingredients: 1 cup raw cashews ¼ cup agave nectar ¼ cup water cinnamon…

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Creamy Vegan Mac and Cheese Recipe

Who doesn’t love mac and cheese? It’s the ultimate comfort food. Whenever I eat it I feel like I’m 10 years old again. Make this as a side dish or top it with kale and chopped walnuts to make it the main attraction. Either way, it will fill you up and make you smile. Extra Creamy Mac and Cheese  Serves 4-6 gluten free if using gluten free pasta soy free…

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Meatless Monday: New Year Detox Recipe

Nutrient packed and meat eater approved! Start the new year with this detox recipe that packs a flavorful punch. Happy New Year to all you Happy Cowlings! May this year bring you everything your heart desires and more. I am a huge, gigantic, I want to throw my arms around them, fan of Meatless Monday. They have done such an amazing amount of good in a relatively short amount of…

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Meatless Mondays: Stir-fry with Red Kidney Beans

Here’s another Meatless Monday recipe to tantalize your taste buds and get you cooking this cruelty-free meal in your kitchen. This week’s Meatless Monday recipe is contributed by our friend, Leigh-Chantelle from Viva la Vegan! a website with a large range of vegan recipes that focuses on positive information, education and vegan outreach.   Ingredients: 1 celery stalk, chopped 1/2 sweet potato, cut into thin strips 8 brussel sprouts, thinly…

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Traditional Czech Christmas Pea Soup

TRADITIONAL CZECH CHRISTMAS PEA SOUP Christmas Eve is the BIG day in the Czech Republic, we have a Christmas dinner and open our presents in the evening. In my Czech/English family we mix customs from both countries. We still have our main meal on Christmas Eve, usually inviting few friends over. Presents, however, we open on Christmas day, as it is customary in the UK. The same applies to our…

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Meatless Mondays: Sweet Potato and Pumpkin Curry

Here’s another Meatless Monday recipe to tantalize your taste buds and get you cooking this cruelty-free meal in your kitchen. This week’s Meatless Monday recipe is contributed by our friend, Leigh-Chantelle from Viva la Vegan! a website with a large range of vegan recipes that focuses on positive information, education and vegan outreach.   Ingredients: 1 large sweet potato, diced into medium sized pieces 1/4 pumpkin, diced into medium sized…

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Meatless Monday: Thanks Living Vegetable with Pumpkin and Almond Sauce

Here’s a Thanks Living week Meatless Monday recipe to tantalize your taste buds and get you cooking this cruelty-free meal in your kitchen. This week’s recipe is contributed by our friend, Leigh-Chantelle from Viva la Vegan! a website with a large range of vegan recipes that focuses on positive information, education and vegan outreach. Ingredients: 4 small-medium zucchini squash (yellow or green), sliced 1 red capsicum (bell pepper), thinly sliced…

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Meatless Mondays: Spinach and Polenta pie

Here’s another Meatless Monday recipe to tantalize your taste buds and get you cooking this cruelty-free meal in your kitchen. This week’s Meatless Monday recipe is contributed by our friend, Leigh-Chantelle from Viva la Vegan! a website with a large range of vegan recipes that focuses on positive information, education and vegan outreach. Ingredients: 1 cup polenta (corn meal/semolina) 2 cup filtered water 2 cup spinach leaves, chopped in food…

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Meatless Monday: Yellow Curry

Here’s another Meatless Monday recipe to tantalize your taste buds and get you cooking this cruelty-free meal in your kitchen. This week’s Meatless Monday recipe is contributed by our friend, Leigh-Chantelle from Viva la Vegan! a website with a large range of vegan recipes that focuses on positive information, education and vegan outreach. Ingredients: 2 zucchini (courgette), diced 2 carrots, diced 1 red capsicum (pepper), sliced 3 yellow squash, diced…

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Meatless Mondays: Raw Lasagna

Here’s another Meatless Monday recipe to tantalize your taste buds and get you preparing this cruelty-free meal in your kitchen. This week’s Meatless Monday recipe is contributed by our friend, Leigh-Chantelle from Viva la Vegan! a website with a large range of vegan recipes that focuses on positive information, education and vegan outreach. Ingredients: 1 zucchini (courgette), sliced with vegetable peeler 1 carrot, sliced with vegetable peeler Spinach leaves 1…

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Meatless Mondays: Pasta with Pine Nuts and Veggies

Here’s another Meatless Monday recipe to tantalize your taste buds and get you cooking this cruelty-free meal in your kitchen. This week’s Meatless Monday recipe is contributed by our friend, Leigh-Chantelle from Viva la Vegan! a website with a large range of vegan recipes that focuses on positive information, education and vegan outreach.   Ingredients: 6 garlic cloves, crushed 10 cherry tomatoes, halved or quartered 1/3 cup oil 1 tbsp…

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Interview with Kathy Freston and Giveaway of her new book and more

Today we have a wonderful interview and giveaway with our friend Kathy Freston. She is the author of many wellness and healthy lifestyle books such as The Quantum Wellness Cleanse, The Veganist, and her newest, The Lean. Check out the giveaway below to win a goodie bag of The Lean and other vegan foods. What first inspired you to go vegan and help others transform their life with food and…

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Meatless Mondays: Sweet Potato and Pumpkin Polenta Bake

Here’s another Meatless Monday recipe to tantalize your taste buds and get you cooking this cruelty-free meal in your kitchen. This week’s Meatless Monday recipe is contributed by our friend, Leigh-Chantelle from Viva la Vegan! a website with a large range of vegan recipes that focuses on positive information, education and vegan outreach. Ingredients: 2 cups polenta (cornmeal / semolina) 3 cups of soy milk 1/4 pumpkin, diced 2 sweet…

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