My Dad and my Uncles had heart trouble and type 2 diabetes, so I bought the book "How to Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease", by Dr. Essylstyn and the book "How to Prevent and Reverse Diabetes", by Dr. Barnard, and both books said the same thing. The way to prevent and reverse both diabetes, and heart disease was to eat no meat or dairy and no oil! Even something as simple as a bowl of spaghetti can be laden with tons of oil, so I make 100% whole wheat pasta(Trader Joes makes

One food I missed once I started eating whole-grain plant based, (I don't say vegan because Oreos and potato chips and a whole bunch of highly processed snack foods and desserts are vegan) was alfredo sauce. I loved pasta with alfredo sauce and parmesan cheese on top. Well check this out. This alfredo sauce comes out so rich you don't even miss the oil! It never lasts long in our house. No-oil Alfredo Sauce 2 cups low sodium vegetable broth 1/4 cup raw cashew butter 2 Tbsp

Lasagna was not a dish I made a lot when I wasn't vegan, but making it whole-grain and vegan was not only easy, it opened my eyes up to a whole new treasure trove of vegan foods; the seitans! Seitan is just vital wheat gluten and water, with spices thrown in for different flavors. This lasagna will delightfully surprise the most discerning eater! Layers of spinach, vegan cheese and sausage seitan meld with the tomatoey goodness. I had trouble finding whole grain pasta in l

Flourless chocolate cake This flourless chocolate cake is as delicious as it is good for you! With only two Tbsp of almond butter in the entire recipe and no flour(flourless, remember:)) and sweetened with dates, you will be getting your bean serving with flaxseed to beat! Enjoy! Flourless chocolate cake 2 cups cooked black beans, drained and rinsed if using canned 1 1/4 cups regular dates or 10 Medjool dates 2 Tbsp raw almond butter or use roasted if you already have it 1

Eating plant-based whole grain, I eat a salad almost every day. I love salad, and I put everything but the kitchen sink on all my salads these days; spinach, spring greens, cabbage, kale, red bell pepper, tomato, red onion, beets, garbanzo or pinto beans, avocado, and sunflower seeds. The one problem I was having was finding an oil-free dressing. In "How Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease", you can find a no-oil hummus recipe that is really good, and they say you can just w

The first time I made this, my husband thought he was eating crab! Because I bake these in the oven to get them crispy, I don't have to use any oil! Crispy Buffalo Cauliflower Bites 2/3 cup brown rice flour 1 Tbsp tomato paste 2 Tbsp almond flour 2 tsp garlic powder 2 tsp onion powder 2 tsp smoked paprika 1 tsp dried parsley 1 head of cauliflower, broken into florets 2/3 cup water 1/4 cup hot sauce(Chalua is awesome) Preheat over to 425. Place the brown rice flour, the toma

Tofu Sour Cream 1 pkg. extra-firm lite silken tofu, drained 3 Tbsp lemon juice 1 Tbsp red wine vinegar or pomegranate vinegar or apple cider vinegar 1 Tbsp white or yellow mellow miso salt to taste Put this in a blender and blend. It's absolutely the best on beans and rice, on burritos, on enchiladas, and it has the little kick that sour cream has. It's delicious and so easy to make. Keeps in the refrigerator for a good week. This is a recipe for vegan butter. This butter

We used to eat a lot of barbecue chicken and barbecue ribs(There are so many great barbecue sauces out there! (Trader Joes even have 5 or 6 different barbecue sauces and everything that Trader Joes sells with a Trader Joes label is GMO-free) We started eating GMO-free before we started eating vegan. Jack fruit and Seitan both create the feel of meat while you are eating it, so combining the two was twice as tasty! Top these ribs with some tangy cabbage/kale cole slaw and i

Non-vegan carrot cake can be very fattening, you know cream cheese frosting in all, but this carrot cake has 2 cups of carrots, 1 cup of raisins and 1 cup of chopped walnuts, and only a 1/4 cup of sugar! And to top it all off, (no pun intended) I use Kite Hill cream cheese with a little maple syrup for the frosting! Easy Peasy! And super delicious! Vegan Carrot Cake 2 1/4 cups of whole grain flour 1 tsp baking powder 1 1/2 tsp baking soda 3 tsp cinnamon 1/2 tsp nutmeg 1/2 t