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Plantain Bean Salad

Plantain Bean Salad

A light bean salad recipe made with chunks of plantains and a naturally sweetened dressing. Kevin and I are MARRIED and off enjoying ourselves on our honeymoon for the next couple of weeks. I’ll be in and out, sharing our stories along the way, inviting guests to share new recipes and continuing with our 8-week…

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Ultra-Easy Vegan Taco Salad

Ultra-Easy Vegan Taco Salad

I went through this crazy taco salad phase a couple of months ago, right around my 27th birthday. No matter what I prepared for dinner, what marvelous things I baked for the blog, or the fabulous meals we enjoyed at restaurants, all I felt like eating was taco salad.

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Roasted Red Pepper Bean Salad

Roasted Red Pepper Bean Salad

Did you like beans when you were a kid? Gosh, I hated them. They were so… granola. I refused to eat them on the basis that my Dad didn’t like them. Same goes with beets. That man hates his beets. Instead, my proteins of choice were things like turkey, kielbasa, fried eggs and; my favorite…

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Quinoa Salad with Smokey Bear Dressing

Quinoa Salad with Smokey Bear Dressing

Is it weird that the entire time I was enjoying this bowl of quinoa salad I was thinking of Smokey the bear? [source] Only you can prevent forest fires… Oh my gosh, blast from the past. But this recipe isn’t about bears, or forest fires, or PSA’s from 1950, sorry to disappoint. This recipe is…

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In a Jiffy Bean Salad

In a Jiffy Bean Salad

Until a couple of years ago, I thought salt, was salt. Table salt, sea salt, it’s all the same and it’s all bad for you. Right? Wrong! Did you know there are actually therapeutic benefits to certain salts? Or that if taken correctly, salt can actually be good for your health? I know, you’re thinking…

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