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Spring Quinoa Salad with Peas, Radishes, Watercress and Lemon

Days are getting longer and the sun seems to be shinning brighter than ever. Grocery stores are filled with gorgeous produce ready to be made into bright, textured and energetic salads. Spring for me is a great time to reconnect with more mindful cooking, trying new things, buying more produce,...

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Mango, Goji, Avocado, Kale & Quinoa Salad

I love when Ataulfo mangoes are in season. It is my favorite variety of mango, sweeter than most, no stringy stuff and a thin pit which makes it easier to harvest more juicy mango for this salad. When this mango hits the stores, like Whole Foods you will see it...

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Banana Oatmeal Bread with Buckwheat Flour and Pecans

This delightful banana bread recipe is not only gluten-free but vegan, allowing everyone to bask in it's glory! This recipe is very easy to make and the ingredients are easy to find at health food stores and I usually have them all on hand. We are also very notorious for letting...

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Curried Yellow Split Pea Soup // Minnesota Hills

One of our favorite things to do together during the winter is go snowboarding. Our first christmas together, Graham gifted me all of my own new snowboard equipment and gear. I've never been snowboarding out in Colorado like Graham, so we have been 'training' here at the lovely little hills...

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Cashew Hemp Milk

I have been filling my days with teaching a lot of yoga, here and there and every where I can. Something they do not tell you when you do yoga teacher training is that you will be running around town getting from class to class. One of the most important...

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Fennel, Red Pepper & Dijon Crab Cakes

Our local fishmonger, Coastal Seafoods is a place we are grateful for here in Minneapolis. Being pescatarian, or people that on occasion indulge in seafood and fresh water fish like to know where it is coming from and have a very fresh and honest supplier. Not living in a place...

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Vegan Gnocchi with Oyster Mushrooms & Sweet Peas

It has been a cold dark winter here in Minnesota. Surprisingly we have been frequently going out to eat, which I love, but has made me miss working with my hands in the kitchen. Being lactose intolerant it has been extremely hard to find wholesome healthy comfort food while dining...

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Vegan Cremini Mushroom, Beet & Arugula Pizza

As a kid growing up, I hated pizza. I felt like I was the only kid on the planet that hated pizza, and oh boy did I get looked at weird at pizza parties in school. I disliked the sugary tomato sauce and greasy rubbery mozzarella fast pizza shops would...

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Grilled Tofu & Apple Sandwiches

Over the holiday we visited family in Nevada, who are vegetarian like us, and they inspired us back into making vegetarian and vegan sandwiches. All weekend it was a sandwich extravaganza! Which is in all honesty, pretty difficult for a vegetable eating human to enjoy sandwiches. I have been inspired,...

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Vegan Fennel, Black Bean and Quinoa Burgers with Sweet Potato Fries & Spiced Ketchup

Every Sunday without fail, football is on all day. Graham is slightly obsessed. So, every Sunday I fill my day with trying on new recipes that are “man food” for Graham. I have been working on this vegan burger recipe for a while now and I am very excited to...

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