Week 3: Clearing the Pantry + Vegan Pantry Meals & What I Made

Posted by:Lindsay S. Nixon Category: minimalist

Years ago I stopped bulk buying, buying "sale" items, or buying anything I wouldn't use in a week

I've saved thousands (truly thousands) of dollars this way. 

For most of my life I lived in apartments that were so small my home couldn't be a warehouse.

Once I had a little more room, I seized on "buy one get one" type deals but soon found myself with too many items I wasn't using. This lead to a cluttered pantry …

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Make it Sunday: 6 (or 7-ingredient) Creamy Tahini Pasta [a.k.a. pantry pasta) or OMG I have surprise dinner guests omni-approved vegan pasta

Posted by:Lindsay S. Nixon Category: recipe

When my teenage niece was staying with us, she would occasionally show up for lunch/dinner with a guest I wasn't aware was coming LOL

Since most of her friends are not even a little bit vegan, I relied on pasta as a safe option to serve. 

This dish was born on a Sunday afternoon when I needed a meal fast from whatever odds and ends I could scrounge up. The friend liked it so much she asked me to print …

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FAQ Friday: 14 plant-based Antioxidant Powerhouses for healing from injury + FREE 3-day antioxidant power meal plan

Posted by:Lindsay S. Nixon Category: faq

FAQ Friday (on a Thursday)

Jennifer asked, "I'm healing from an injury. Which Meal Mentor recipes do you consider to be antioxidant powerhouses?"

#1 The GREAT part of eating whole food plant-based is any meal will be LOADED with antioxidants! 

#2 Any Meal Mentor recipe that isn't pasta/noodles will be perfect for healing 💯 

The more "whole" food the better.

EASIEST OPTION: The detox plan from January (or previous years) would be perfect here. 

You can find the detox plans …

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Week 2: Five Things I Didn't Love This Week (Minimalist Mondays 2026)

Posted by:Lindsay S. Nixon Category: minimalist

Below are the 5 things I didn't love (for this week's Minimalist Monday task)

Admittedly, when I assigned this weekly task my brain thought about clothes/the closet. 👚 👗

HOWEVER I did a massive clothes purge recently and didn't even have a single pair of socks to prune... 

SO I headed to the kitchen and found these items that truthfully, I never use. 

THE TRUTH: I have other spatulas I like better, I've aged out of camping (re: the …

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Make It Monday: Pizza Chili 🍕🥣 (Yes, Really)

Posted by:Lindsay S. Nixon Category: recipe

If you’ve ever stood in the kitchen on a Monday night thinking,

“I want pizza… but I also want something warm, filling, and easy,”

this week’s Make It Monday recipe is for you:

Meet: Pizza Chili 🍕🥣

Exactly what it sounds like—and somehow even better than you’re imagining.

This delicious, one-pot meal brings together classic chili comfort with unmistakable pizza flavors. It’s hearty, saucy, satisfying, and built around simple, familiar ingredients—including kidney beans for staying power and plant-powered protein.

It's …

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