Chilly fall nights, cozy autumn slippers, warm cups of hot cider and.. this soup. Heaven. My six-year old begs for this soup- and for a recipe that has NO sugar, flour, butter or oil, that’s pretty remarkable. This has been a staple in our family for seven years or more, I can’t even imagine how …
This Chickpea Rice Soup, which is vegan, oil-free, and delicious, is easily one of my family’s favorites. My daughters like it with a little bit of salt (but no pepper!) and my husband and I add pepper but usually no salt (sometimes I’ll have a bit.) My husband, who is more diehard “Esselstyn” than I …
I’ve made this recipe so many times, it has become a household staple. By far one of my husband’s favorite recipes, this is one thing I can be sure everyone will eat. The most memorable version of this salad was when the only add-in vegetable we used were 2 cups of tiny plum tomatoes that …
I LOVE ginger spice cookies- the chewier the better. I worried that I wouldn’t be able to find a recipe that satisfied my taste buds and was also oil-free. I adapted this recipe from this one posted by the Cleveland Clinic, from Dr. Esselstyn’s Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease book. When I’m making these sweeter …
We love baked goods around here, yet after discovering Dr. Esselstyn and his research, we knew typical white flour, sugar, oil/butter and salt were no longer things we wanted to regularly consume. Inspired by the drop-scone recipe in Robin Robertson’s 1000 Vegan Recipes cookbook, I heavily modified it and exchanged oil for applesauce, and added cinnamon and pumpkin. …
