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This Vegan Basil Pesto is so tasty & simple without any preservatives and dairy. It’s very convenient to have on hand during busy weeks!

As you might already know, most pesto recipes have parmesan cheese as part of the main ingredients to make it taste good. However, as I try to cut dairy products out of my diet, I also cut parmesan out of this Vegan Basil Pesto recipe.

Does it taste good though? Absolutely, it tastes incredibly good!

With fresh basil, fresh lemon juice, salt, garlic, pine nuts and cold press extra virgin olive oil, this Vegan Basil Pesto can be prepared in just minutes.

It’s so good for any pasta dishes and any recipe that requires basil. By covering it with a little bit of oil, you can have it on hand, ready to use for up to 2 weeks in the refrigerator.

Ready to make your own Vegan Basil Pesto?…

This Thai Sweet Chili Sauce is so tasty. It’s a perfect combination of sweet, salty and sour infused with spiciness. It’s so good even with a bowl of rice!

I grew up eating Thai Sweet Chili Sauce. I think this sauce makes anything taste better, and it’s a staple food that most Thai households have in their pantries.

However, I have to admit that I wasn’t 100% happy when I ate the store bought Thai Sweet Chili Sauce. There are unknown ingredients in it that concern me, so I only ate it sparingly.

Because of the fear of these unknown ingredients, I decided to make my own. Since then, I helplessly become addicted to it, but I don’t feel bad eating it at all.…

If you are looking for How to Make Soy Sauce at Home, you are in the right place. This easy & clear diary will walk you through it all, step by step.

Soy sauce is a staple seasoning for most Asian cooking, as most of my cooking is Asian foods, I have to make sure I have soy sauce on hand, and a spare in my pantry. Ever since I stopped using fish sauce decades ago, I substituted soy sauce into any recipe with fish sauce.

Growing up in Thailand, soy sauce is no stranger to me. For years, I have been fascinated by the ways of people in the past made soy sauce. Everything looks so pure and calm with only natural ingredients and simple equipment, and nothing going to waste.

As I use soy sauce in my cooking daily, I started to think about making my own in that traditional way. The memories of knowing how traditional people made soy sauce came back and stuck in my mind. I couldn’t wait a day to start. However, to make sure I would do the right thing, I began with some serious research.

However, I only researched two different but fascinating methods. One is using wheat and the other one is without, and both have a long history of how people made them. During my research, I was so impressed to learn how expensive good soy sauce can be, and that made me want to make soy sauce this way even more!

I usually buy these 2 kinds from a store: the one with wheat is called Shoyu and the one without wheat is called Tamari. I know some friends who are sensitive to wheat prefer Tamari. The qualities of both are good for the prices, and they both made from organic soybeans.…

Tamarind Juice gives gentle, extra-sour flavor to foods, which we can’t get from vinegar, lemon, or lime juices. If you are wondering what makes Thai foods taste extra good, Tamarind Juice is one of the secret ingredients behind the scenes.

Besides adding extra wonderful tase to foods, tamarind has so many health benefits you can get from eating it too. I have been noticing that Tamarind Juice has become more popular nowadays, and I see it on the shelf in most non-asian grocery stores.

Unfortunately, most of it comes in plastic containers with some preservatives in it. If you want to reduce plastic, and chemical use, making you own Tamarind Juice is a better way of cooking.…

With a perfect combination of vegetables, nutritional yeast, cashews and salt, this Vegan Mac & Cheese recipe will take your cooking to the next level. You are not going to believe you are eating your favorite comfort food without any dairy products!

Even though mac & cheese is so common, easy to cook, and always gives a smile on my daughter’s face, I always refused to cook it as a main ingredient is dairy cheese. However, that hesitation from a few years ago is gone now.

Now, I cook this Vegan Mac & Cheese recipe almost every week. It’s unbelievably easy, and I usually can get everything done from start to finish including cleaning up the kitchen in less than an hour!

It’s so tasty and healthy without any hidden ingredients we don’t know, as the main key to make the sauce so creamy is vegetables. If you are trying to get your love ones to eat more vegetables this Vegan Mac & Cheese is another great option. It’s also perfect to make it during busy weeks. It’s already full with vegetables, and can simply be a perfect one-bowl meal.

Ready to try eating mac & cheese in a healthier way?…

Imagine you could eat your favorite vegan pad thai whenever you want. With Vegan Pad Thai Sauce on hand, it’s easy. This sauce will actually take you to the next level in making pad thai. Wondering how to make the sauce? Let me show it to you!

This Vegan Pad Thai Sauce is a well-balanced between 3 main flavors; sweet, salty and sour. For the regular non-vegan version, fish sauce is the main ingredient used. However, I have been substituting soy sauce for it, and that works great. In fact, it’s even better as its taste is not as strong as fish sauce. …

Wait! before going out to buy another bottle of hot sauce, try making this Sriracha Hot Sauce in your own kitchen. With only a few ingredients, It will open a whole new world of eating hot sauce!.

If you are a fan of hot sauce, I’m positive you know Sriracha Hot Sauce. Being Thai, I’ve known it my whole life. It became a very famous hot sauce as I see it in almost every country I have been to.

Even though it’s so easy to get one bottle from almost every store now, believe it or not, I never bought it–ever. While I was still living in Thailand, I never felt right buying anything in plastic bottles, not to mention something acidic that can leach the plastic into it–like hot sauce.…

If you think making your own Thai Red Curry Paste is beyond your capabilities, think again and try this recipe with my method. With simple ingredients, I’ll show you how to do it easily!

Making our own Thai Red Curry Paste was part of my growing up in Thailand. We usually made it fresh right before we cooked the main course, and only made enough for one-time use.

In my childhood, we were required to help in the kitchen to prepare meals almost every day. To make curry pastes, my mom told us the amount of ingredients without measuring them. Everyone got a task for the preparation, and the most responsible sister at that time got to pound them into a mixture….

Fermented Bean Salsa ideas always come to mind when I want to make a quick and easy, yet healthy appetizer. It’s so good for when we crave Mexican-American type foods, and also great for entertaining guests before meals, or simply for taking to picnics and potlucks!

Why fermented beans you may wonder? In case you are not familiar with fermented beans, let me pass on some info I have learned in the past few years. All beans and legumes contain anti-nutrients that make it hard for our bodies to digest them. Fermenting and sprouting before consuming them are the best way to to reduce the anti-nutrients, and to make the beans more digestible, thus causing less gas.

Other benefits you get from cooking your own beans are staying away from the BPA in can linings, and helping to reduce container use.

If you want to know more reasons why I ferment beans (and whole grains) check out my post about why I ferment whole grains.

However, the process of fermenting and sprouting requires some time, and is probably the reason why most people and canned bean companies don’t do it. So, the best way is to do it by yourself. I found it’s hard at the beginning, but not once I got used to it. With some planning, I always have fermented beans on hand….

Teriyaki sauce is famous for making everything taste great, and tempeh is exceedingly healthy. Combining them, we have a healthy and delicious Teriyaki Tempeh!

I love Korean food, and in my opinion, it’s one of the healthiest types of foods in the world. Unfortunately, most restaurants only offer teriyaki with meat. As a vegetarian, I have created my own way of eating meat-free teriyaki.

I have made it with both tofu and tempeh before, but I like how the tempeh turns out better. However, tempeh can be a little hard to make taste good if you don’t cook it right, and I’ve learned it tastes better when fully cooked. If more people knew how good Teriyaki Tempeh could taste, I’m sure it would be much more popular.

In my teriyaki sauce recipe, I have cut some ingredients from the original recipes as not all of them are available in some areas. It’s much simpler to make this way, but it still tastes delicious.

Would you like to give tempeh a chance? Let’s make Teriyaki Tempeh together!…

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