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Roasted Butternut Squash & Pear Soup

November 16, 2012 By Patrick McGilvray

Power Greens & Winter Fruit Salad

February 10, 2012 By Patrick McGilvray

This is a great fall recipe and it’s incredibly simple. Grab a colorful variety of your favorite root vegetables: carrots, beets, potatoes, squash, parsnips, or whatever sounds good to you, chop them up into bite-size pieces, toss them with some oil and seasonings, and roast away! Packed with good carbs and vitamins, you can serve…

We’ve had this butternut squash sitting on the kitchen counter for about a week; I just didn’t know what to make with it. Then suddenly it hit me: Vegan Street Tacos with roasted butternut squash, pico de gallo, and cilantro lime cream sauce! Street tacos are typically sold out of stands or trucks, only have…

Sweet potatoes are a must-have fuel source for plant-based athletes. These versatile and tasty tubers are jam-packed with nutritional benefits. They’re a good source of beta-carotene, Vitamin C, Vitamin D, Vitamin B6, iron, and potassium. Sweet potatoes are also a rich source of energy in the form of complex carbohydrates. Carbo-loading before long training days…

Proper nutrition immediately after exercise is essential for your body’s ability to recover and replace its energy stores. This recovery drink provides the optimal 4:1 carbohydrate to protein ratio necessary to help speed recovery. Coconut water adds much-needed electrolytes, making this the ideal post-workout recovery drink. Kristine and I set out on a scorching hot…

Welcome to the Vegan Month of Food! The month of October is when vegan bloggers from all over the world commit to posting daily (or as often as possible) to spread the word of vegan goodness to the masses! This year over 600 bloggers are participating! To check out some of their amazing work and…