Esselstyn | Crystal's Recipes

Instant Pot Tomato Veggie Soup – Plant Strong, Esselstyn

1 January, 2019 Crystal's Recipes 0 Comments Dinner Esselstyn No Oil Recipes Soups Vegan Whole food plant based 8:52 am

Santa brought me an Instant Pot for Christmas, and I've been happily trying all my favorite recipes in it. It's so satisfying to get a deep, rich, "all day cook" taste out of this little…

2021 Best Esselstyn Recipes

15 December, 2018 Crystal's Recipes 0 Comments Articles Breakfast Cookies Desserts Dinner Esselstyn Holidays Lunch No Oil Recipes Salads Scones & Muffins Sides Soups Sweets Vegan Whole food plant based 9:22 am

Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn recommends an oil-free, vegan diet in his book Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease . In addition to the great recipes in his accompanying cookbook, The Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease Cookbook: Over 125…

Mini Pizza Bites

29 November, 2018 Crystal's Recipes 4 Comments Dinner Esselstyn Lunch No Oil Sides Vegan Whole food plant based 2:10 pm

My Aunt Cathy sent me a version of this recipe a few weeks ago and said she has added things to it but it just doesn't seem right... it needs something to make it "just…

Lentil Vegetable Soup

28 November, 2018 Crystal's Recipes 4 Comments Dinner Esselstyn Lunch No Oil Soups Vegan Whole food plant based 9:28 am

My dear friend gave me this Le Cruset dutch oven a week ago, and I've been dreaming of all the things I can make it in every night since. It looks gorgeous on my stove.…

Perfect Pumpkin Pie

21 November, 2018 Crystal's Recipes 2 Comments Desserts Esselstyn No Oil Sweets Vegan Whole food plant based 11:03 am

Time for an embarrassing secret: the first time I made this, I forgot the sugar, and it was TERRIBLE. You should have seen the look on my daughters' faces when they tried a bite 😂…

Hearty Split Pea Soup

21 November, 2018 Crystal's Recipes 2 Comments Dinner Esselstyn No Oil Soups Vegan Whole food plant based 9:03 am

I never thought I would hoard soup. I mean, who does that? Apparently, me. This is my FAVORITE SOUP OF ALL TIME. In fact, I will make dinner for everyone else the next day just to…

Quinoa Pinto Bean Burgers – Gluten Free, Vegan

15 November, 2018 Crystal's Recipes 1 Comment Dinner Esselstyn No Oil Vegan Whole food plant based 3:34 pm

These burgers are my go-to recipe for vegan patties, and they smell as good as they taste. Feel free to substitute another type of bean for the pinto beans- I'll often use black beans instead.…

Fudgy Black Bean Brownies- Gluten Free, Oil Free, Vegan

15 November, 2018 Crystal's Recipes 2 Comments Desserts Esselstyn Holidays No Oil Sweets Vegan Whole food plant based 11:31 am

Oh. My. Gosh. When I need a chocolate fix, these are my absolute favorite. No flour. No oil. Just pure delicious. Want to know a secret? Sometimes I use pinto beans instead, if that's what…

Perfect Pumpkin Bread – Oil-free, Vegan, Delicious

13 November, 2018 Crystal's Recipes 0 Comments Desserts Esselstyn Holidays No Oil Scones & Muffins Sweets Vegan Whole food plant based 6:43 pm

Here's a little secret- every muffin recipe can easily be a sweetbread recipe, and vice versa. So if you want to turn this recipe into twelve mouth-watering muffins instead of eight slices of heavenly pumpkin…

Basic Blueberry Muffins

11 November, 2018 Crystal's Recipes 16 Comments Esselstyn Holidays No Oil Scones & Muffins Vegan Whole food plant based 6:44 pm

These are my blank canvas muffins... I will use blueberries or raspberries, or instead add raisins... or even separate the dough and do half and half (our family is a bit divided- my husband and…

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