Plant-Based Food Philosophy & Recipes
This page of resources belongs to the Homemaking Resource Library.
For many years we had a vegan kitchen, about fourteen years. My kids were raised on a mostly plant-based diet - all plants at home, other options available out of the house.
When the kids were teenagers we introduced animal products into the home, because I wanted to. And you can read all about how that change happened in the Becoming Un-vegan series. It's a long story and needs a few posts for the telling.
We are currently a mixed-eating household. Vegan, mostly-vegan, and full-on omnivores.
The posts here are mostly from those fourteen plant-based eating years, with the addition of my personal becoming un-vegan story.
One of my post significant written contributions to plant-based recipes was the short ebook I wrote on meal-sized salads. You can read more about that and download for free here.
For more vegan and plant-based inspiration you can follow my daughter's vegan instagram account. For menu planning and kitchen work related posts see this resource page.
- The ethics of eating animals (and why I do it anyway) - Every time I eat anything, plant or animal, my living depends on either taking something from another being or the death of another living thing.
- How to define health and what food guru can I trust? - I got fed up with feeling like I couldn't trust myself about my own body and I got so tired of thinking about it all.
- Throwing the baby out with the bathwater - At forty, in the crucible of a mid-life crisis, I had to disassociate myself from the whole mess, from plant-based eating associated with my husband being an authority in my life and from good cook = good mom.
- Falling Apart - I had been onboard with this diet for many years but I was starting to ask questions and have doubts.
- Becoming mostly-vegan ~ Following an authority I could trust - I wanted to be a good wife and support my husband's health and his beliefs.
- Becoming Un-vegan ~ An Introduction - A couple years ago I said "enough" to our mostly-vegan diet.
- Herbal Mushroom Chai (and some talk about adaptogens, stress, and anxiety) - A herbal chai recipe that packs an immune-supporting, anti-inflammatory, and adaptogenic punch.
- Excellent Warm Drinks for Winter Wellness - One of the simplest tools I use to help ground, cleanse, and restore me is sipping on nourishing hot beverages each day of these winter months.
- Whisked Winter Cocoa - Our favorite, sugar-free, whole-food hot cocoa recipe.
- Blender Pancakes - Updating my old gluten-free pancake recipe with a better tasting pancake.
- Red Melon Slushies & Strawberry Ice Cream - Two great summer recipes, both naturally sweet and delicious.
- Best Falafel Salad Ever (or my favorite to date) - What makes this falafel recipe different than other recipes I’ve tried is that the beans aren’t cooked.
- One Pot Wonders - Tips and tricks for one pot vegan meals, and two recipes.
- Brienne's Miso Soup -
- Roasted Tomato Soup - Late summer is tomato season and it's the perfect time to be making roasted tomato soup.
- My No-Nonsense Strategy for Picky Eaters - The basic strategy has been: this is supper, if you're hungry you'll eat it.
- Whole Food Vegan Pesto - We've been eating fresh garden basil here for the past couple weeks and this recipe is one of our favorites.
- Peanut Sauce Noodles - The combination of sweet and salty, the creamy peanut butter, the crunchy cabbage, and flavorful garlic make this recipe a hit every time we prepare it.
- Noodle Salad Recipe ~ Cooking a Meal for 25 -
- Cream of Broccoli Potato Soup and Broth Powder Recipe -
- Natural Cold Remedies - A few of my favorite winter cold remedies.
- Our mostly plant based diet - Our family's plant-based diet food guidelines and vegan kitchen.
- Vanilla Extract ~ An easy handmade gift - I make our own vanilla extract; it also makes an easy holiday gift.
- Slushies and Tabouleh salad for a hot summer day -
- Baked Beans - Our favorite baked beans, usually eaten for Saturday night suppah.
- Empty fridge pasta recipe -
- Salads: what we eat for lunch - How we came to eat meal-sized salads for lunch and our favorite salad recipe.
- Gluten Free Pancakes - Three-in-one recipe: gluten-free baking mix, corn-free baking powder and a pancake recipe!
- Fridge Pickles -
- Animal, Vegetable, Miracle - a review - Is it possible to be vegan and follow these principles?
