Technically we are not an animal-free homestead, we have always had some pets. It started with our daughter wanting a bunny. Over the years we have had several bunnies, a guinea pig, a hamster, and several cats. The real homesteading animals that we have raised were chickens before we gave up on ...
Whole-Food Plant-Based
Whole Grain Dinner Buns Recipe
Homemade, fresh from the oven, whole grain dinner buns are a real treat. I first learned to make buns from my mom. However, her’s were not whole grain. So I started to twist the recipe and created my own. For years, I used the same recipe that became famous as Anna Rolls. After we started eating ...
Chickpea Flour Waffles Recipe
If you need an easy, yummy and satisfying breakfast recipe for mothers day, here it is! Chickpea flour waffles recipe brings the use of chickpea flour to another level. I thought chickpea flour pancakes were good, and they are, but waffles are awesome. Or why not make both? Anyways, try it and tell ...
Whole Wheat Pita Bread Recipe
This whole wheat pita bread is a great recipe that only has a few ingredients and no oil or sugar. Nevertheless, it is a very delicious bread that can be used in so many ways. For the whole-food plant-based diet pita bread is a must-have. Slice the bread in half and fill it with a ...
Homemade Vegetable Broth Recipe
Homemade vegetable broth is so easy to make that one might think that no recipe is needed. And it is true, I have made it with just using what's in my fridge that needs to go and be great for a vegetable broth. However, after trying this recipe I never went back to throwing together whatever is ...
Green Smoothie for Breakfast
To enjoy a green smoothie for breakfast is a great healthy choice. It's delicious, easy and quick to make and fills you up for hours. It's our go-to recipe whenever an instant breakfast is needed, or for a breakfast to go on a busy day and even to take with us on the road. What is a green smoothie ...
Oatmeal Porridge Recipe
This oatmeal porridge recipe is my favorite breakfast recipe at the moment. It is yummy and healthy at the same time. You get whole grain, high on omega 3 seeds, nuts, fruit, and berries all in one meal. I tend to find a recipe that I like and stick to it for months, sometimes years till I'm done ...
Cookbooks to Start a Plant-Based Diet
We are sometimes being asked if it was hard for us to change to a plant-based diet. Our answer is no and it has two reasons. For one we are both people who do not mind to try something new and for two there are great cookbooks to start a plant-based diet. The list of plant-based cookbooks is ...
Our Plant-Based Pantry
Our plant-based pantry consists of products that we grow in our garden and plant-based products that we buy-in. We talk a lot about the food that we grow and also recently shared our homegrown pantry and food storage here, check it out if you haven't yet. Today it's about our plant-based pantry, ...
Freestyle Cooking
Freestyle cooking is an easy, fast, flexible and realistic way to prepare food. In a day and age of overload of recipes, it can easily get lost. Recipe makers (blessed be their effort), make us believe that it involves hard work and special skills to make a recipe, and unless you follow it to the T, ...