Chef Toni

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"They say you are what you eat, so I strive to be healthy. My goal in life is not to be rich or wealthy, 'Cause true wealth comes from good health and wise ways... we got to start taking better care of ourselves " - Dead Prez

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It’s our 1-year anniversary: Herbivore Clothing Company

By: Toni | 2 Comments | On: April 12, 2013 | Category : Blog, Giveaways

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a Rafflecopter giveaway The wonderful Herbivore Clothing Company in Portland, Oregon has generously donated this adorable “Be Kind To Animals Day!” shirt for our one year anniversary week of giveaways. Enter to win and check out all the super cute stuff that Herbivore creates. The winner will pick their size...

It’s our 1-year anniversary: Sweet & Sara Giveaway

By: Toni | 15 Comments | On: April 8, 2013 | Category : Blog, Giveaways

a Rafflecopter giveaway Sara Sohn has been vegan for 20 years. A few years back, she decided it had been way too long since she’d had one of her favorite childhood snacks: the rice crispy treat. With no culinary background but a lot of determination (and vegan sweets on...

Sauteed Ruby Chard

Recipe Type: Side Dishes Tags: animal place, budget, easy, forks over knives, garlic, leafy greens, onion, plant based, recipe, ruby chard, simple, swiss chard, vegan, vegetables, vegetarian, veggies

Average Rating: (5 / 5)

I’m currently visiting Animal Place Sanctuary and it’s been so nice to wake up in the morning and pick fresh produce to ...

Peanut Butter Banana Bars

Recipe Type: Desserts, snacks Tags: chocolate, dessert, easy, fruit, nuts, peanut butter, plant based, quick, vegan

Average Rating: (0 / 5)

This dessert is quick, easy and nutritious! I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!

Coconut Curry Soup

Recipe Type: Entrees Tags: african, bell peppers, cheap, coconut milk, comfort, cumin, curry, delicious, easy, epicurioius, plant based, recipe, soup, vegan, vegetables, vegetarian, veggies, winter

Average Rating: (3.7 / 5)

A couple years ago my dear friend Gretchen shared this recipe with me and it is now a go-to in ...

Trail Mix Cookies

Recipe Type: Desserts

Average Rating: (3 / 5)

I love these cookies! I know they’re not extremely healthy because of the butter and sugar, but the fact that ...

Easy Homemade Pizza Dough Calzones

Recipe Type: Entrees Tags: BBQ, calzones, cheap, dough, freezer, homemade, pizza, plant based, recipe, vegan, vegetarian

Average Rating: (5 / 5)

This recipe was inspired by my awesome friend Amy. She often makes several batches and freezes them individually for her ...

Triple Ginger Cookies

Tags: caramelized, cookies, dessert, ginger, plant based, recipe, vegan, vegetarian

Average Rating: (0 / 5)

Love ginger? These cookies are for you! They taste just like ginger snaps, but they’re much better because of the candied ...

Mexican Hot Chocolate

Recipe Type: Drinks Tags: authentic, beverage, budget, cheap, chocolate, cocoa, cold nights, delicious, drink, easy, hot, ibarra, mexican, nestle, plant based, recipe, vegan, winter

Average Rating: (4 / 5)

Most people don’t know, but the Mexican hot chocolate that you can buy at the store that looks like this ...

Hard Candy Apples

Recipe Type: Desserts Tags: apples, candy, fall, fruit, halloween, hard, kid friendly, plant based, sugar, vegan

Average Rating: (0 / 5)

Halloween is right around the corner and these hard candy apples are the perfect treat. Kids get their sugar fix ...

Sweet and Salty Brussels Sprouts

Recipe Type: Side Dishes Tags: brown sugar, fall, vegan, vegetable, vegetables, veggies, winter

Average Rating: (0 / 5)

I can only take credit for the photo of this recipe, but my darling friend Zuri created this tasty dish ...

Crockpot Four Bean Chili

Recipe Type: Entrees Tags: bean, black beans, carrot, carrots, Chickpeas, chili, comfort, corn, entree, fall, garbanzo beans, garlic, kidney beans, onion, pinto beans, plant based, spicy, tomato, tomatoes, vegan, vegetable, vegetables, vegetarian, veggies, winter, zucchini

Average Rating: (4.7 / 5)

This is the easiest, laziest and cheapest recipe of all time, not to mention it's the perfect comfort food after ...

Chocolate Fruit Bars

Recipe Type: Desserts

Average Rating: (0 / 5)

This is one of my favorite desserts. You can change it up any way you’d like by adding different kinds ...

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

Recipe Type: Desserts Tags: chips, chocolate, cookies, dessert, desserts, fall, halloween, pumpkin, vegan

Average Rating: (4.8 / 5)

I'll be up front and tell you that this really isn't a healthy dessert. But I love making these on ...

Pumpkin Tofu Curry

Recipe Type: Entrees Tags: coconut milk, cumin, curry, fall, onions, plant based, pumpkin, soup, thanksgiving, vegan, vegetarian

Average Rating: (5 / 5)

I absolutely love pumpkin season. This is a Thanksgiving favorite for me! You can add carrots and potatoes or any ...

Banana Pancakes

Recipe Type: Entrees Tags: breakfast, budget, easy, juice, orange, pancake, pancakes, plant based, vegan, vegetarian, vengeance

Average Rating: (5 / 5)

I adapted this recipe from Vegan With A Vengeance. If you don’t have that book, get it – it’s really ...

Paletas de Sandía (Watermelon Popsicles)

Recipe Type: Desserts Tags: dessert, fruit, melon, paletas, plant based, popsicle, receta, recetas, recipe, recipes, sandia, vegan, vegetarian, vevgan, watermelon

Average Rating: (0 / 5)

When I was a little girl my grandma worked out a daily deal with the “paleta man” (ice cream man ...

Barley and Bean Soup

Recipe Type: Entrees Tags: avocado, barley, bean, bean soup, black beans, carrots, celery, forks over knives, garlic, onion, pinto beans, plant based, saute, skinnybitch, soup, stew, tomatoes, tortilla chips, vegan, vegetable broth, vegetables, vegetarian, veggies

Average Rating: (4.7 / 5)

If you’ve read the Contributors Page, you’d know that soup is something that I can’t get enough of, even if it’s 90 ...

Yam and Avocado Sandwich

Recipe Type: Entrees Tags: avocado, bread, ciabatta, fillings, garlic, lettuce, panini, plant based, plantbased, red onion, sandwich, sandwich filling, sugar plum vegan, sweet potato, tomato, vegan, vegetables, vegetarian, veggies, yam

Average Rating: (5 / 5)

A few years ago I worked at a restaurant in Sacramento, CA called Sugar Plum Vegan and they had a ...

Tortillas de Harina – Handmade Flour Tortillas

Recipe Type: Side Dishes Tags: authentic, flour, hand made, handmade, home made, homemade, mexican, mexico, plant based, receta, recipe, tortillas, tortillas de harina, vegan, vegetable shortening, vegetarian, wheat, whole wheat

Average Rating: (5 / 5)

I used to love making homemade tortillas with my grandma as a child. She’d let me roll out the dough ...

Broccoli and Potato Soup

Recipe Type: Entrees Tags: broccoli, broth, cheap, chunky, citrus, easy, forks over knives, garlic, inexpensive, lemon, onions, plant based, potato, receta, recipe, soup, vegan, vegetables, vegetarian, veggies

Average Rating: (5 / 5)

I’ve told you before and I’ll tell you again … I love soup!! Here in Sacramento it’s currently 102 degrees ...

Aaron’s Vegan Banana Bread

Recipe Type: Desserts Tags: apple sauce, apple sauce as egg replacer, banana bread, bread, plant based, vegan, vegetarian

Average Rating: (4.5 / 5)

When my friend Aaron moved to Seattle, WA a few years back, we kept in touch through snail mail. He ...

Womanly Wednesdays

By: Toni | 1 Comment | On: July 31, 2012 | Category : Blog

I’ve been best friends with the woman in the middle for over half my life and she still can’t remember my birthday. When I was 20 she invited me over on a Wednesday, made me this fabulous Martha Stewart chili dinner and gave me a bouquet of fresh flowers –...

Arroz Con Leche

Recipe Type: Desserts Tags: almond condensed milk, arroz con leche, condensed milk, dessert, mexican, non-dairy, plant based, spanish, vegan, vegetarian

Average Rating: (0 / 5)

Since I haven’t been lucky enough to find the Carnation condensed soy milk (or I have been too lazy to ...

Tofu Chilaquiles

Recipe Type: Entrees Tags: avocado, beans, breakfast, chilaquiles, comino, extra firm tofu, ground cumin, mexican, plant based, recita, tofu, vegan, vegano, vegetarian

Average Rating: (5 / 5)

The name chilaquiles is derived from the Nahuatl (language of the Aztecs in Mexico) word chil-a-quilitl which means “herbs or ...

Mexican Fideo

Recipe Type: Side Dishes Tags: authentic, cumin, fideo, mexican, onion, plant based, recipe, sopa, vegan

Average Rating: (5 / 5)

Here is a quick and easy recipe for the “sopa” my grandma used to make for me. It’s a Mexican ...

Summer Bowties

Recipe Type: Salads, Side Dishes Tags: artichoke hearts, bow ties, bowties, Chickpeas, citrus, garbanzo beans, garlic, lemon, onion, pasta salad, plant based, vegan, vegetarian

Average Rating: (5 / 5)

I know we say this often, but this really is fantastic for a pot luck. Summers in Sacramento are brutally ...

Mexican Vegetable Soup

Recipe Type: Entrees Tags: broth, carrots, cilantro, citrus, garlic, lime, mexican, onion, plant base, plant based, pozole, soup, vegan, vegetable, vegetarian

Average Rating: (4.8 / 5)

My mom’s side of the family is from Mexico and whenever I hang out with them I can guarantee that ...

Berry Lemon Smoothie

Recipe Type: Drinks Tags: affordable, amazing, berries, blended, cheap, citrus, fruit, grape juice, juicing, lemon, plant based, quick, smoothie, tasty, vegan

Average Rating: (4.5 / 5)

When fresh berries are $.77 at my local grocery store, I hoard and freeze them. I whipped this smoothie up ...

Sticky Coconut Rice Topped With Mango (Kow Neuw Mamuang)

Tags: coconut milk, dessert, fruit, kow neuw mamuang, mango, plant based, spring, summer, vegan, vegan dessert

Average Rating: (4 / 5)

Mangos are in season which means they’re super cheap, I bought this one for $.50 cents! I got the idea ...

Blackberry Vinaigrette

Recipe Type: Dips and Sauces Tags: berries, blackberries, blackberry, citrus, dressing, fresh, fruit, lemon, plant based, vegan, vinaigrette

Average Rating: (4 / 5)

There’s something special about cooking with people that you love. I always feel so thankful to have a boyfriend and ...

Mango Salsa with a Twist

Recipe Type: Dips and Sauces Tags: avocado salsa, citrus, fruit, lime, mango salsa, plant based, red onions, salsa, spicy, strawberry salsa, summer salsa, tomato mango salsa, vegan, vegetarian

Average Rating: (3.6 / 5)

I can’t get over how amazing this salsa is! It makes me want to invite my friends over so I ...

Lemon and Rosemary Deodorizer

Tags: citrus, deodorizer, lemon, natural, perfume, plant based, rosemary, scent, vegan

Average Rating: (5 / 5)

I wasn’t sure if this was appropriate to put on Plant Based on a Budget, but since it’s technically a recipe ...

Chow Mein

Recipe Type: Entrees Tags: carrots, celery, chinese food, chow mein, garlic, lo mein, noodles, onion, peanut oil, plant based, soy sauce, vegan, vegetarian

Average Rating: (4 / 5)

This is my version of chow mein. I used the produce that I had on hand, but usually I like to ...

Cucumber Watermelon Lemonade

Recipe Type: Drinks Tags: cheap, citrus, cucumber, drink, drinks, easy, fruit, inexpensive, lemonade, plant based, recipe, refreshing, vegan, vegetable, vegetarian, watermelon

Average Rating: (4.8 / 5)

I picked some lemons off of my tree and spent $1.50 on a pre-cut 1/4 watermelon and cucumber. It’s so ...

Israeli Couscous Salad

Recipe Type: Side Dishes Tags: cheap, couscous, easy, inexpensive, israeli couscous, plant based, plant based couscous, potluck, simple, simpple, summer, tasty, vegan, vegan israeli couscous, vegetarian

Average Rating: (4.6 / 5)

I tried to recreate this from a meal my friend Lindsay made for me awhile back. It’s a great potluck ...

Now my heart is full.

By: Toni | 1 Comment | On: May 2, 2012 | Category : Blog

Thank you so much for all of the support you’ve been giving us. We’re still in our infancy stages and we’re still working out the kinks, but I wanted to let you know that I’m beyond thrilled by the warm welcoming. Please continue sending us suggestions, questions, photos of recipes...

Horchata

Recipe Type: Drinks Tags: authentic, drink, drinks, easy, horchata, mexican, non-dairy horchata, rice milk, traditional, vegan, vegan horchata

Average Rating: (4.5 / 5)

It’s so easy and cheap to make your own Horchata, and it’s so much better than Rice Dream’s version. I ...

Chocolate Coconut Bars

Recipe Type: Desserts Tags: bars, chocolate, coconut, coconut bars, comfort food, dessert, plant based, vegan, vegetarian

Average Rating: (3.5 / 5)

There are a lot of variations of these bars and this is the one I like the best. Most call ...

Simple Gravy

Recipe Type: Dips and Sauces Tags: cheap, easy, quick, recipe, simple, thanksgiving, vegan, vegan gravy, vegetarian

Average Rating: (4.8 / 5)

I’ve never really thought about it before, but gravy is mighty difficult to photograph in an appetizing manner. Besides being ...

Raspberry Thumbprint Cookies

Recipe Type: Desserts Tags: berries, berry, cookies, dessert, easy, plant based, potluck, raspberry, thumb print cookies, vegan, vegetarian

Average Rating: (5 / 5)

These are tasty cookies that remind me of being a kid. I was feeling in a raspberry mood today, but ...

Sweet Potato Burritos

Recipe Type: Entrees Tags: burrito, cumin, easy, entree, fillings, inexpensive, plant based, sweet potato burrito, vegan, vegetarian

Average Rating: (4.8 / 5)

My friend Michelle shared this recipe with me years ago. She originally made it as a filling for quesadillas, but ...

Mexican Rice

Recipe Type: Side Dishes Tags: authentic, cheap, cilantro, cultural, ethnic, fast, inexpensive, mexican, mexican food, mexican rice, plant based, potluck, quick, rice, simple, tasty, traditional, vegan

Average Rating: (5 / 5)

This rice has to be the cheapest, tastiest thing that I make. I spent about $2 making this dish. I ...

Guacamole

Recipe Type: Dips and Sauces Tags: avocados, cheap, citrus, cumin, easy, fresh, garlic, guacamole, inexpensive, lime, mexican, plant based, potluck, simple, tomatoes, vegan, vegetarian

Average Rating: (5 / 5)

I use this guacamole recipe for everything: burritos, burgers, potlucks. I love it!

Changes

By: Toni | 12 Comments | On: April 18, 2012 | Category : Blog

Over the past few months I’ve watched my loved ones suffer from heart attacks, bypass surgeries, diabetes and the pain of gout – all diet related issues. Fortunately they are all doing fine for now, but I think it’s time to start making some serious life changes. Diabetes and bypass...

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