Cowboy Caviar by Lynn Yamamoto

This is fresh, healthy and delicious. People love it, even kids. You can make it ahead, so it's great for a summer party. Serve it with scoop-shaped tortilla chips, or have it on the side as a relish. I add extra cilantro, because there can never be too much cilantro!

Green salsa made with green banana peppers by Spicie Foodie

Spicy green salsa made with green banana peppers. Green salsas or Salsa verde are made using Tomatillos ( a small green tomato that's wrapped in a husk) , fresh green chili (either fresh Jalapenos or Seranos), cilantro, onion. This salsa is a substitute for the traditional salsa verde, because I have never seen tomatillos here and…

Vegan Dude Food: Chili Cheese Fries by Vegan Thyme

A very familiar old superbowl or party favorite, but made much better with the vegan spin! Honestly, this cheese recipe does what is says--brings the cheese back to "chili cheese fries!"

Guacamole from Oaxaca by John Spottiswood

This is an easy to make, flavorful, and slightly spicy guacamole. Previously I never blended the onion, garlic and cilantro into a puree as this calls for, and I think it does a better job of distributing the flavors evenly. It also reduces the amount of fine mincing required. Even if you've got a trusted guacamole recipe, you…

Mexican Beans by Spicie Foodie

Frijoles,Beans are an essential part of Mexican food, I remember when I was growing up my Mom always had a pot on the stove or ready made in the refrigerator for our weekly meals. If you want to make good Mexican food you should learn how to make simple beans to work with that you can later add other ingredients or spices to. Although…

Simple Summer Goji Berry Tea by Mike Tress

Quick and Easy Vegan, Raw delicious Tea!

Raw Vegan Kale Chips by The Blender Girl

For those of you not familiar with kale chips – welcome to vegan nirvana. Raw foodists, vegans, health nuts, or those in “the green know” chow down happily on a handful of fresh kale chips as a green, nutritious alternative to conventional potato chips. They are not fried or baked; free from all of the carcinogens, additives and…

Basic Raw Vegan Mayonnaise by The Blender Girl

There are a ton of good vegan mayonnaise recipes out there. But I keep coming back to this recipe I adapted from a vegan camp I went to about ten years ago. It is mild, creamy, and delicious. As usual, I have listed quantities as a guide only. I tend to add in the lemon juice, vinegar and salt at the end, and keep tasting in between…

Avocado-Chocolate Muffins by Deirdre Holmes

After getting inspired to include the healthy mono-unsaturated fats, as well as many as 20 valuable nutrients in the avocado in baking, I found a couple of good looking recipes on Joy the Baker's website. I took a cake recipe of Joy's as a starting point, and created a healthier muffin version.

Raw Vegan Cashew Banana Ice Cream by The Blender Girl

I am going to warn you straight off the bat before I proceed any further - this ice-cream is hard to quit eating! So if you are prepared for a few extra calories on the lips and hips, and get excited by bananas, look no further than this delectable vegan banana ice-cream, that can literally be blended up in 5 minutes. Well – half an…

Tahini, Dates and Goji berry Truffles by Meera Nalavadi

Green Juice by Alma

A boost of vitamins, enzymes and minerals. Give your body what it need and deserves! Drink this instead of breakfast or afternoon snack. It will jump-start your energy levels.

Healthy and Easy Vegan beet salad with prunes! by Helenscooking

Beets are like Cinderella, we think that they are not as delish as they are, we rarely cook them and generally, we think that this it is not essential for us. But in reality, there’s much more to it than we think. Beets provide antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and detoxification support.In recent lab studies on human tumor cells,…

Green beans with sesame seeds: great vegan dish! by Helenscooking

I love this recipe in winter and summer; you can cook those with fresh or frozen beans. Easy, fast and delicious! Good for the holiday table and for an everyday meal.

Peanut Butter Banana Tortilla Snack by Spicie Foodie

Peanut Butter Banana Tortilla Snack or roll-ups, wow that's a name. Well I don't actually know what to call these yummy snacks, so that will have to do. My husband is the one who actually introduced me to and told me about the existence of these. He told me that in the American Southwest they are called peanut butter roll ups and are…