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To Get Sweeter Taste, Minimize Sugar

Filed Under: Plant Foods, Raw Food

Cut the Sugar: You’re Sweet Enough Cookbook. / Ella Leche, 2016. Andrews McNeel Publishing. 212 p., illustrations in color. [Read more…]

Gift these Vegan & Vegetarian Cookbooks

Filed Under: Plant Foods, Raw Food, Vegan

Ten Best Vegan and Vegetarian Cookbooks
Published 2015 & 2016, or earlier!

The Year’s Ten Best Vegan & Vegetarian Cookbooks for 2016 is a selection I’ve made based on content and originality. The authors shown here envision food in a new and modern way of preparing and dining that excludes animals and animal products (milk and cream are included in vegetarian, but not eggs). Entries are not in any particular order. There is something for everyone here–be they novice or experienced, as long as they are looking for inspiration to end 2016 and begin 2017 with a fantastic dish!

Bon appetit—a Votre Sante!

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Coconut Love to Last a Lifetime

Filed Under: Plant Foods, Raw Food

Cocos nucifera by Franz EugenKoeler
By Franz Eugen Köhler, Köhler’s Medizinal-Pflanzen – List of Koehler Images, Public Domain.

Coconut Palm Tree

One of the—or perhaps the most—complete foods, one that shares every bit of itself for human consumption [Read more…]

Big Blend Benefits

Filed Under: Detox Diets and Body Ecology, Plant Foods, Raw Food, Vegan

Chia seeds — tiny, smaller than sesame seeds, and colored black to light gray or white — are so often a component of recipes for vegan or plant-based drinks and puddings. The seeds offer great health benefits, such as a high protein and Omega-3 content. [Read more…]

Soaked Nuts, Flour Pre-Mixes and Your Vegan Pantry

Filed Under: Raw Food, Vegan

DIY vegan : more than 100 easy recipes to create an awesome plant-based pantry. / Nicole Axworthy and Lisa Pitman. Published by St. Martin’s Griffin, New York, 2015. 240 pages, with color illustrations. [Read more…]

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