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If you are looking for a healthy dessert to cool you off during these hot days, try this Red Ruby Dessert or Tubtim Krob. It’s so refreshing and tasty. With Jicama being the main ingredient, you’ll also get prebiotic (yes that’s “pre”-biotic ) to keep your gut happy while eating dessert!

Red Ruby Dessert or Tubtim Krob is a famous Thai dessert, and it’s a favorite for many people, especially during hot summer days. “Tubtim” in Thai has two meanings. One is for Red Ruby, a beautiful gemstone. The other one can be pomegranate, a very tasty and healthy fruit. “Krob” means crunchy. The beautiful red color of these pomegranate kernels or red rubies coated with clear tapioca flour is too hard for any child, or even grown up to resist. …

Thai desserts are one of the simplest, yet tastiest desserts. If you are looking for a dessert that is healthy but not too sweet, these Steamed Mung Bean Crepes are a great choice. It’s gluten free, vegan, very tasty, and most of all, you can control the sweetness in each bite!.

I’m not a big dessert fan, and I can live happily without them.Once in a while on a special occasion, I enjoy making them to surprise my family. However, I don’t make western desserts often. In my opinion, most of them are full of dairy, eggs and a lot of other things that I’m not as familiar with cooking. To be honest, they are too complicated for me to make.

To fulfill a sweet craving, we only want something quick & easy, and Steamed Mung Bean Crepes are just perfect. It’s so simple with a few basic ingredients you might already have in your pantry, and before we know it–voila there is a dessert!…

Are you looking for a ways to consume a variety of vegetables at the same time? This Vegetable and Bean Soup is what you are looking for then. It’s so flavorful from different kinds of fresh vegetables, and packed with the plant-based protein of beans. Simply put everything together, season it with only salt and cumin, and you are set for a tasty & healthy meal. Is it that simple? You bet!

I make this soup almost every week, it’s a reliable meal when it’s time for something easy & fast. It can be eaten as a bowl of soup with homemade bread, or it can be served over pasta if you prefer.

There are 2 main parts of ingredients in this Vegetables and Beans Soup. One is vegetables, and the other part is beans.

The vegetables I use in this post are to guide you, but you can use any kinds of vegetables you like. However, there are two kinds to always keep in the mix:. onions and tomatoes. …

Vegan popcorn is a great way to snack while enjoying your favorite movie without cruelty. How to get it? It’s so simple, and you can do it right on your own stove top. No need to worry about preservatives, unknown ingredients, and having to deal with any packaging. Ready for a new way to eat popcorn? Try this!

A few times before my daughter was born, my husband and I enjoyed microwave popcorn. It’s convenient, and the taste was quite good at that time. Interestingly, we never made it more than one bag at a time.

There are so many obvious things about it that pushed us away from microwaved popcorn: the bag material, the butter, unknown ingredients, and dealing with the garbage afterwards. I’m so glad we left it behind.…

Thinking about going dairy free but can’t live without butter? No worries. With this Vegan Butter, you don’t feel like you’re missing butter at all. Without any lecithin, palm oil, or anything unknown, this recipe is incredibly TASTY, healthy, and SO easy to make!

I never paid attention to store bought Vegan Butter ingredients much in the past. However, when I decided to drop most dairy products including butter, I took a serious look into what it’s made of. Then, I started to form uneasy feelings toward any kind of dairy product substitutions.

It’s so disappointing to learn that I can’t rely on all most plant-based products. They are either highly processed, or have some unknown ingredients, and are packed with food additive & preservatives, not to mention the packaging.

Those reasons are enough for me to stop buying commercial Vegan Butter of all kinds. Now, I make my own, and only use ingredients I actually know. …

This Stir Fried Baby Bok Choy will give you a quick & healthy side dish. It goes well with everything, and it can also be a simple light meal by itself. Just chop up fresh baby bok choy, and stir fry them with 4 simple ingredients that you probably have already in your kitchen. This healthy dish can be done in a wink!

Whenever I see local, fresh, baby bok choy, my dinner plans change–Stir Fried Baby Bok Choy comes first. I love to see them when they are still in their perfect, beautiful shape, basically the day I get them. The leaves are bright green and very delicate, and I’m always afraid they might get damaged if I keep them in a fridge.

The perfect combination of a little bit sweet, savory, and a quick saute on medium heat, gives this Stir Fried Baby Bok Choy dish a fresh flavor with the crunchiness you can’t get from other kinds of vegetable.…

and sprouted almonds meal!

Either you are lactose intolerance, vegan, or want to eat healthy food in general. Sprouted Almond Milk is one of the best ways to go. With only raw almonds, salt, water, and patience, you can make this incredibly healthy milk right in your own kitchen. Besides, you can have your own almond meal at the end as a bonus!

When I learned that the sprouting process helps reduce phytic acid, and makes whole grains, beans, nuts and seeds easier to digest years ago, I tried to buy everything sprouted, including Sprouted Almond Milk. Unfortunately, it’s not easy to find it on the market, and the price is very expensive when you do.…

Have no idea about how to cook rice without a rice cooker? No worries, you are just about to learn how. If you have a pot, rice, water, a stove, and about 35-minutes, you are set for having rice to eat with your favorite dishes today.

A rice cooker had been part of my life for so long, and I never thought it would be possible for me to cook rice without one until one day when my rice cooker broke!

It shouldn’t be a problem to get a replacement, right? A rice cooker is not so expensive anymore, and It’s so easy to get one anywhere & anytime.

However, there were a few things stopping me for getting it right away. One is the teflon used in the pot, and another is trying to consume less resources. So, adding another kitchen gadget I know will not last is not what I want. These two reasons combined was enough for me to decide not getting a new rice cooker.…

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?…

If you think there is nothing that can replace “dairy parmesan cheese”–rethink! This Vegan Parmesan Cheese recipe will change your idea about it for good. It’s really tasty, easy to make, good for you and animals, and less impact to the earth!
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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. …

If you use coconut milk often and are tired of dealing with its containers, or not comfortable with the BPA in the container linings, why don’t make your own? It’s also tastier & healthier. Homemade Coconut Milk is SO easy to make!

I grew up eating Homemade Coconut Milk because most Thai dishes have coconut milk as part of the main ingredients. From curry dishes such as green curry, to dessert–you name it.

We usually made a fresh batch of it right before we used it in our cooking, and there was no canned coconut milk to compare it with. …

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