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Primo Pesto

February 27, 2012 By Patrick McGilvray

Power Greens & Winter Fruit Salad

We love salads at our house and we always keep a good mix of greens on hand to make them easy to put together. Our new favorite ready-to-eat blend is the new organic Power Greens mix from Earthbound Farm. It’s a tasty blend of spinach, baby kale, and Swiss chard and it’s packed with vitamins…

I made this decadent chocolate dessert for my beautiful wife Kristine on Valentine’s Day and I can safely say it was well received. Rich chocolate desserts are one of our favorite pastimes, and this non-dairy version of a culinary classic definitely satisfies our chocolate-loving souls. I adapted this version from a VegNews recipe and they…

I found this recipe in Brendan Brazier’s book Thrive: The Vegan Nutrition Guide to Optimal Performance in Sports and Life and it has become a family favorite. It’s easy to prepare, delicious, and provides a ton of great nutrition: mainly complex carbohydrates, beta-carotene, Vitamin C, iron, and protein. These sweet potatoes along side a big…

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…

I know the name doesn’t really say much about this salad dressing, but you’ll have to trust me on this one, it is amazing! I’ve adapted this from the Engine 2 Diet’s “E2 Basics Dressing” (an even more anemic title than mine), and I make sure we always have a good supply on hand. I…