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Engine 2 Diet Oil-Free Dressing

April 3, 2013 By Patrick McGilvray

Heirloom Tomato & Pesto Pizza

I love pesto but find it hard to find good vegan versions when eating out. I recently saw an awesome looking pesto pizza on a local pizzeria menu, but their pesto was loaded with Parmesan cheese. I decided I should take matters into my own kitchen. I’ve combined two of my favorite recipes here to…

By now it’s no secret that I love baked goods. Breads, muffins, cakes, brownies, scones, and cookies all get plenty of love and attention from me. What I especially love about these cookies is that it’s one of those quick and easy recipes that I can start making and I’m eating cookies 20 minutes later….

This roasted butternut squash and pear soup is aromatic, savory yet slightly sweet, and bursting with flavor. Smoky cumin and sweet cinnamon combine perfectly to make this soup rich, complex, and very satisfying. I chose to leave out the non-dairy cream in this soup. I felt it was smooth and creamy enough on its own,…

Cacao has been revered for millennia as a superfood; in fact, the Mayans were so impressed with its energy-promoting abilities they had an entire festival devoted to the “cacao god”. Today, raw cacao is valued for its wide spectrum of phytonutrients, antioxidants, and its high iron and magnesium content. Raw cacao has more antioxidants than…

Kale is not only beautiful and full of flavor, it is a nutritional powerhouse. Plus, how can you not love and support the Eat More Kale campaign? “One cup of kale contains 36 calories, 5 grams of fiber, and 15% of the daily requirement of calcium and vitamin B6 (pyridoxine), 40% of magnesium, 180% of…