My Interview with The Happy Healthy Librarian, Debby Kastner
Debby Kastner’s blog and now FB page is one of my favorite and most reliable sources for information on healthy living. I discovered Debby Kastner’s blog, Happy Healthy Long Life about seven years ago, just a few years after I started transitioning to a plant based diet. Debby is a medical librarian at a leading US medical center who's been in the…
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Loaded Lentil Salad
Who wants to eat a cold salad on a snowy day? Not this girl. I want all of the benefits of a salad but something that will warm me up! I found this recipe on the Hummusapien web site and it is exactly what I want this time of year: warm lentils, roasted sweet potatoes and brussel sprouts over a bed of wilted spinach spinkled with pepitas. I love…
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Mexican Super Salad
Good preparation is critical to being successful at almost anything and is absolutely true if you want to eat healthfully. Preparing your own healthy food takes time but there are some tricks to being efficient. On Sunday afternoon, I make three things for the week. The first is a batch of veggie burgers, hummus or some kind of thing I can make into…
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Kale Caesar
This is the best caesar salad ever! At least in my humble opinion it is. For me, most caesar salads are too heavy, the caesar dressing for this sale is perfect and you can adjust the consistency by adding water during the blending process to make it to your liking. Instead of bread croutons, the recipes calls for roasted chickpeas. The chickpeas…
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Rosemary Roasted Potato, Mushroom and Lentil Kale Salad
I like to tuck into a warm hearty dinner salad in the winter and this salad fits the bill. Rosemary roasted potatoes, green lentils, walnuts and portobello mushrooms makes this a hearty and satisfying salad. Adding some dried cranberries would give this salad a little color, sweetness and texture. A crusty loaf bread, and a nice glass of merlot will…
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Roasted Brussels Sprout Salad with Creamy Curry Dressing
Spending time with good friends, especially over good food, really feeds my soul. My friend Cathy invited Chris and I over for a potluck dinner last night. Cathy made a delicious Vegetable Shepard’s Pie, a recipe she found in Bon Appetit Magazine, and Chris brought a Creamy Vegetable Soup and beautiful Apple Rose Pastries for dessert. I will share those…
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Jicama and Carrot Citrus Slaw
Jicama and Carrot Citrus Slaw This is a recipe from my friend, Sandy Holmes. As some of you know, Sandy is a Registered Dietician and is, in her own words, passionately plant strong. She has been working on a cookbook and I was lucky enough to get a copy of her first draft. The recipes look terrific and seem easy to make. This fresh, clean, crunchy…
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Chinese Chickpea Salad
CHINESE CHICKPEA SALAD This delicious salad comes from the beautiful food blog, Pickle and Honey. The crunchy romaine lettuce, colorful purple cabbage and carrots and the sweet mandarine oranges topped with spicy roasted chickpeas make this a perfect dinner salad. I will definetly be making this again. One special note, if you have leftover roasted…
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Mexican Jicama Salad
This refreshing salad is colorful, crunchy and light, more of what I think of as a warm weather salad. It is snowy and rainy here in Aspen and I wanted to post a salad that would lift everyone’s spirits and remind us all that summer REALLY is on the way! Add a margarita, some guacamole and some chips and I can most certainly guarantee your outlook…
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Tofu Salad with Chutney and Raisins
I am featuring this recipe for two reasons, one is that this is a super easy way to make a delicious filling for a sandwich or to top a green salad with and the second reason os to highlight a mayo product I just love. The product is called “Just Mayo” by Hampton Creek. Whenever I have served this to people as a spread or in a recipe like this Tofu…
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