Vegan Crab Cakes

Vegan Crab Cakes

Seafood has always been my favorite food growing up, hands down. Shrimp, lobster, calamari, crab cakes, you name it. Since becoming vegan, I’ve been experimenting with creating some of my favorite seafood dishes. Recently, I’ve been craving some of my old favs. So, I decided to make some vegan crab cakes.    I wasn’t sure…

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Jamaican Easter Traditions with a Vegan Twist

jamaican easter traditions

Jamaican Easter traditions have always been a big part of my childhood. It’s one of the biggest holidays in Jamaica. Good Friday and Easter Monday are holidays, which means a four day weekend (the only one throughout the year). So, getting together with family is usually a festive and fun occasion. In addition to attending…

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Spaghetti Squash Mushroom Vegan Recipe

speghetti squash mushroom vegan recipe

Spaghetti squash has become one of my go-to-veggies. It’s low in calories, but high in several key vitamins and minerals. In particular, spaghetti squash is a good source of fiber, vitamin C, manganese, and vitamin B6. If you’re interested in adding something new to your dinner menu, consider this simple vegan recipe. 1. Cut the…

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Best Vegan Restaurants in California

Vegan restaurants Au Lac Kung Pao Chicken

Vegan restaurants may not be easy to come by depending on your location. As a vegan family, we enjoy scouting out and trying new places and there are many options like the victoria restaurants you can find online. Our latest journey took us to California where the selections were plentiful. Here are some of our…

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Vegan Food Options at Disneyland

Disney

We’ve been plant based for four years. The lifestyle change wasn’t something that happened over night. It was a gradual change that happened over time. When it comes to meal preps at home, that part is easy. But it gets complicated when choosing a place for a special occasion, especially when we go on vacation….

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Best Green Smoothie Recipe

Vegan green smoothie recipe

It’s not often that our family can all enjoy the same movie, especially our kids. They are different ages with different personalities. But, they are both equally excited about the How To Train Your Dragon 3 Walmart Exclusive DVD.  There’s a new dragon in this sequel and she’s a girl. We loved all the previous…

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Spring Roll Recipe: Easy Healthy Appetizer

spring roll recipe

Spring roll is my go-to-appetizer at restaurants. We stopped by one of our favorite spots and ordered a few for the table the other day. We don’t eat out on a regular basis, but the spring roll I had made me want to reconsider. Then I realized that I can probably make them myself. How…

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Ackee and SaltFish Recipe

Ackee and Saltfish is Jamaica’s national dish. We had a ackee tree in our front yard back home. It’s always been one of my favorite meals growing up. We’d go outside and pick fresh ackee for our Sunday breakfast. My mom made it with fried dumpling, green banana, festival, hard-dough bread, bammy, fried plantains, or roasted bread-fruit….

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