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Ingredients & Substitutions Here I explain the ingredients for my best homemade salsa, what each one does in my recipe, and substitution options. For measurements, see the recipe card. Tomatoes – I used both fresh Roma tomatoes and canned tomatoes for this homemade salsa recipe. The canned ones give depth and thickness, while fresh ones keep it fresh and vibrant. Cut the fresh ones into large chunks. For the canned ones, I prefer regular diced tomatoes, but feel free to use diced tomatoes with green chilies if you want an extra kick....

How to use pesto? There are endless ways in which you can use this versatile sauce. You can use it as a pasta sauce. Just add a few tablespoons of this delicious vegan pesto to your favorite cooked pasta and make pesto pasta like this pesto orzo salad. Or, mix it with cooked rice to create a pesto rice recipe. After turning vegetarian, I had to stop eating a lot of my favorite dishes that have parmesan cheese in them as it’s not a vegetarian ingredient....

Balsamic Roasted Carrots with Honey For someone without a prominent sweet tooth, the sight of honey usually gives me fear. But when it’s balanced out with some acidity and glazed over my FAVE vegetable of all time ever ever ever, I think I can manage. And by manage I mean give me the whole tray please. How to prep your carrots Should you peel your carrots? In short, it doesn’t make a huge difference....

What Makes This Recipe So Good These baked beans go perfectly with classic Southern dishes like Grilled BBQ Ribs, Fried Chicken and Mashed Potatoes, Cornbread with Honey, and Air Fryer Okra!There’s so much delicious flavor in these Instant Pot baked beans. Molasses and brown sugar make it perfectly sweet, then there’s the tanginess of the ketchup and mustard, and the savoriness of the salty bacon… OH, it’s so good.No bean-soaking required!...

🐎 What Makes This Recipe So Good I know, I know. It’s a big claim saying that the John Wayne himself loved this recipe. But it’s true! In 1979, John Wayne added this recipe to a cookbook, Cooking with love from Cara and her friends. It changed over the years, turning into this irresistibly comforting casserole. When you’re cooking this delicious casserole, you’re sure to make John Wayne himself proud! John Wayne casserole is packed with layers of irresistible flavor....

What Makes This Soup So Good Keto broccoli cheese soup is thick, rich, and incredibly cheesy. While it may be a little thinner than a traditional broccoli cheddar soup because it doesn’t use a roux for a base, the puréed cheddar cheese, heavy cream, and broccoli make it thick and creamy.There might not be many carbs, but there’s a ton of flavor. Onion, cheddar, paprika, garlic, mustard powder… y’all, this soup is GOOD....

Ingredients & Substitutions Here I explain the best ingredients for keto pumpkin bars with cream cheese frosting, what each one does in the recipe, and substitution options. For measurements, see the recipe card. Healthy Pumpkin Bars: Pumpkin Puree – Make sure to use 1 cup for this recipe, not 1 can. Also, get pure pumpkin puree instead of pumpkin pie filling, which has added sugar. You can use the extra canned pumpkin for making other pumpkin recipes....

I made almond flour pancakes and coconut flour pancakes separately first, both of which are delicious, but then it dawned on me: I love combining almond flour and coconut flour in low carb dessert recipes, so why not make a keto pancake recipe with almond flour and coconut flour, too?! Sure enough, doing this led to an improved texture. They just might be my best keto low carb pancakes ever....

Leftover Turkey Tacos I mean are these the most authentic tacos you’ll ever make? No. BUT, are the they a tasty way to spruce up your leftover turkey. Erm, hells to the yes. Tacos are an awesome way to use up your turkey the next day because they’re really low maintenance. You’ll probably have had enough of cooking from the day before, so slaving over the stove probably isn’t what you’re looking for....

I’ve never actually seen tofu offered on an Indian restaurant menu, so as far as I can tell, Indian tofu isn’t really a thing. Or rather, it’s a thing I made up, but I’m really glad I did, because this is probably one of my favorite recipes of the 2015. Let’s end things with a bang! In fact, I enjoyed this one so much that I totally screwed up the photos from the first batch, just so I could make it a second time....

Meat Free and Hearty Meals We’ve broken down our favorites into different categories to make it easier for you to navigate all of the different options available whether you enjoy rice bowls, rice and bean dishes, stuffed vegetables, and more! Tips for Tastier Rice Bowls Rice bowls can be as simple or tasty as you wish! But, if you want to elevate your bowl from layering plain rice with steamed veggies, we’ve got the tips you need to add flavor and protein with recipe examples to make your next meal the heartiest yet....

I was going to wait until fall to post this one because between the mushrooms, the creamy sauce, and the pasta, it’s rather hearty. Also, I was considering not posting it at all because as soon as I started cooking it up I realized I’ve already shared recipes for tofu scampi, cauliflower piccata, and mushroom marsala, and they’re all kind of similar to scallopini. But they’re not exactly the same thing....

Although I enjoyed couscous in many dishes, one that I mostly neglected was soup. You know what though? Couscous totally belongs in soup! It is pasta after all, and we all know how much I love a good pasta soup like pasta e fagioli, orzo soup, or chickpea noodle soup. For this recipe, we’re using pearl couscous, which is bigger and plumper than Moroccan couscous. The texture is perfect for soaking up broth!...

Stuffing seems to be the popular favorite among holiday side dishes. I’ve gone many-a-Thanksgiving without stuffing though, because while it’s easy to make vegan a meal out of lots of Thanksgiving sides, stuffing is usually cooked in the turkey. So I set out to create a killer vegan stuffing — one that would be my favorite side dish and everyone else’s too! One that would have all the non-vegans at the table ditching their turkey-fied stuffing in favor of the plant-based stuff....

In answer to your question – no, there truly is no way I won’t serve a potato 🤣 But c’mon, look how pretty they are!! They also taste delicious and are so simple to make. Follow me… Slicing the potatoes Funnily enough, this is the first recipe I’ve ever uploaded that I’ve used a mandoline for. I usually like to test my knife skills, but these require very thin and uniformly sliced potatoes....

Add this to your arsenal of homemade spice mixes. You can use it to level up your classic Thanksgiving dishes, or make your own poultry seasoning substitute for any recipe calling for a premade version. What Is In Poultry Seasoning? Here I explain the best poultry seasoning ingredients, what each one does in the recipe, and substitution options. For measurements, see the recipe card. Ground Sage – This is the most prominent ingredient in poultry seasoning and adds an earthy flavor....

Bean salads are one of my favorite categories of salads- they are filling enough to be enjoyed as a meal and no matter how you make them they always taste so good. And, bean salads can be paired with a lot of different meals from different countries. Today, I am sharing the recipe for Indian red kidney bean salad which is also called rajma salad. Rajma is the Hindi word for kidney beans....

Pesto, veggies and pasta is an absolute force to be reckoned with. Although this may sound like a ‘light’ dish, it’s actually super hearty. So grab your eating pants and follow me… Homemade Pesto Oh pesto, how you can do no wrong. Whilst it is tempting to grab premade pesto, I urge you to give this homemade recipe a go. Mainly because it’s too easy not to, but it’s also SO much better than store-bought (food snob alert 😛)....

Shelled edamame is one of my absolute favorite frozen veggies to have on hand. It’s so versatile! I can throw it in soups like my vegan ramen or udon noodle soup, stir-fries like my chili garlic noodles, or just eat it plain as a side dish, perhaps with a dash of soy sauce or a sprinkle of salt. It just recently occurred to me that edamame would be the perfect main ingredient for a salad, and that’s what inspired this recipe....

This salad is a delicious way to recover after heavy meals, much like my detox soup. Plus, it stores as easily as my favorite layered salad, so I always have a healthy choice on hand — and it comes together fast! Ingredients & Substitutions Here I explain the best ingredients for smoked salmon with lemon vinaigrette dressing, what each one does in the recipe, and substitution options. For measurements, see the recipe card....