VIBRANT AND VEGANFULL
Food & Thoughts for your health and the planet


Maple-Chai Roasted Pecans
Team Pumpkin Spice or Team Chai Spiced? While I like Pumpkin spice (sometimes), I'll always be a die-hard Chai spice fan! I suppose it...

Spaghetti Squash & Mushroom Scampi
If there is a more interesting whole food than spaghetti squash, I don't know what it is but it would have to be incredibly spectacular...

Classic Apple-Maple Sausage Hash
When you hear "classic" what do you think of? I generally think of something that is of "timeless quality" (incidentally, this is a part...

Apple-Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls with Maple Cream Cheese Frosting
October is prime time apple and pumpkin picking! I combined my two favorite fall flavors in these cinnamon rolls and then slathered them...

Layered Thai Shitake Salad
Simplicity can be made complex with layers; like in this wonderfully flavorful salad. Crisp and complex textures, colors, and...

Crisp Caesar Salad with Smoked Tempeh & Quinoa
Guess who's back? Back again? Jamie's Back. Tell a Friend... about another smoked recipe because I just can't get enough of all the...

The Hemingway Smoothie
Prose. It's arguably the most powerful tool we have as humans and sets us apart from the other beasts, birds, and bugs with whom we...

Smoked "Gouda" Mac & Cheese with Spinach & Butternut Squash
Ever had smoked cheese in a gooey bubbly baked concoction that arrests your breath and makes you sigh with contentment as the silken...

Ratatouille Pasta with Balsamic-Dressed Arugula & Pepper Salad
Ratatouille originated in Provencal region of France and is often referred to as "peasant stew" since the ingredient list includes late...

Balsamic-Dressed Salad Pizza with Tempeh Bacon & Tomato
Long ago, pizza was very plain and boring; kind of like my taste buds. Then, I opened myself up to the flavors of the globe. Armed by...

Chipotle Pepper and Pumpkin Soup with Kale and Coconut Cream
So, I meal plan; every week. I sit down on Friday evening (or Sat morning, if I wasn't feeling particularly motivated by my week) and...

Pan-Roasted Tofu with Leeks over Oven Roasted Sweet Potatoes
I'm all about reinvention these days. In a world that is speeding rapidly forward with new technology bolstered by science-based...

Mushroom "Skirt Steak" with Chimichurri Sauce and Pommes Frites
Ah, skirt steak; strange as this may sound, I loved skirt steak. It was a fairly inexpensive cut of meat and I loved it for how lean it...

Bananas Foster Protein Waffles
My littlest wanted waffles (again!) and he is firmly ensconced in the picky eater (or no eater) phase of childhood. Um, as I'm learning,...

Lao-Style Tempeh and Mushroom Larb
Larb is a type of meat salad that is traditional to Lao (in fact, its the national dish), and is a stir-fried dish with herbs and souring...

Salted Caramel Pumpkin Pie Protein Shake
Whoa, what a title, am I right? Salted Caramel + Pumpkin Pie + Protein in a dessert shake? Dreaming, you are not, because this shake is...

Indian-Spiced Grilled Eggplant Steaks with Saag Aloo (Potatoes)
I fell in love with Indian food, of all places, in Washington, D.C. Right outside the National Zoo and across the thoroughfare, sits a...

Smokey Southwest Millet Skillet with Creamy Garlic Sauce
"Millet Skillet," really? Uh, heck yeah, really! There are zero reasons that food cannot be F-U-N! This recipe is easy, filling, and...

Caramel Apple Overnight Power Oats
So, my last blog was about how summer wouldn't let go, and now, I'm writing from a day bathed in crisp mid-70s temperature in a sunny...




















