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April 2, 2012 By Patrick McGilvray

Roasted Sweet Potatoes with Pumpkin Seeds

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…

(Note: I originally published this post this time last year and thought it might be helpful once again! Hope you enjoy an amazing vegan Thanksgiving! –Patrick) Still looking for that amazing side dish to impress the in-laws? Want an awesome vegan dessert that will please everyone at the table, including all those non-vegan doubters? Try…

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,…

This hearty, spicy chili took 3rd place in a field of 20 vegan chili entries at Park + Vine’s Second Annual Vegan Chili Cookoff! Our goal is to simply create delicious plant-based food and we are truly humbled by this award! We are also grateful to all those who came out to taste great chili…

I’ve tried every kind of vegan and gluten-free pancake mix and recipe I could get my hands on. None of them are as good, or as amazingly simple, as these! One of the reasons I love these so much is I don’t have to stock my pantry with 10 kinds of gluten-free flour. There are…