Whole Wheat (Fat-Free!) Vegan Pie Crust

Posted by:Lindsay S. Nixon Category: Recipe

I love cooking seasonally, esp. during the Fall months when so many of my favorite foods to cook with (pumpkins, butternut squash, acorn squash, apples and cranberries) are readily available and inexpensive.

Last week a bag of local apples was just $2 at the grocery store. I couldn't help myself and picked up two overflowing bags. Of course, when Scott saw all of the apples in our cart, he asked if I was planning to make an apple pie. …

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Top 10 Tuesday: Fall Faves

Posted by:Lindsay S. Nixon Category: FAQ

It's starting to feel like fall here, so for this Top 10 Tuesday, I'm including HH's best fall recipes. You may also notice some fall faves are now appearing on the homepage!

Top 10 Fall Recipes:

  1. Pumpkin-Swirl Brownies
  2. Acorn Squash & Apple Soup
  3. Sweet Potato (or Pumpkin) Muffins
  4. African Kale & Yam Soup
  5. Maple Glazed Veggies
  6. Apple Crisp Muffins
  7. Yam Falafels
  8. Pumpkin-Raisin Oatmeal Cookies
  9. Smashed Sweet Potato Burrito
  10. Sweet Potato & Fresh Cranberry Muffins

& don't forget the Pumpkin …

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Vegan Dogs (and homemade dog food!)

Posted by:Lindsay S. Nixon Category: Misc

2021 Update: There are two great vegan kibbles I recommend for safety and ease: Vdog and Wild Earth

Anytime someone meets my dogs (and they're aware I'm vegan) they ask if my dogs are vegan too. I would have thought the answer would be an obvious "yes" but most often, people seem surprised when I tell them, "yup, the whole family is veg!"

I get the question via email too, so I thought I'd put it …

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Fat-Free Vegan Baked Oatmeal

Posted by:Lindsay S. Nixon Category: Recipe

The amazing lady behind "We Want Happy Herbivore on the Ellen Show" e-mailed me earlier this week asking if I had a low-fat baked oatmeal recipe. I'd never heard of "baked" oatmeal before, but damn! It sounded divine!

I got busy searching for baked oatmeal recipes and was surprised at how oil and egg-heavy most recipes were. Eggs in oatmeal? Still, I was optimistic I could make it work fat-free vegan-style, and I did!

This oatmeal is outstanding and so …

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Top 10: Spices

Posted by:Lindsay S. Nixon Category: FAQ

Spices are any home cook's secret weapon. The right spice can make any meal go from ordinary to extraordinary... and spices can tie any meal together. Increasing your spices is also a great way to intensify flavor in low fat cooking. A lot of recipes rely on oils and other fats for flavor and removing them can make a recipe fall flat. The next time that happens, try double - or tripling the spices called for in the recipe.

Here …

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