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    Cookbook: Simple and Easy

    Personally, my favorite cookbooks are the simple ones with pure ingredients that I already find in my own kitchen. Also, because I just never follow the recipe, I love how the ingredients in most of this cookbook’s recipes can be substituted depending on your particular nutritional needs. What’s unique about this little cookbook is that its recipes are categorized by…

  • Cooking,  Vegan

    Black-Eyed Peas

    How to prepare homemade black-eyed peas Quick-prep: Cover dried beans with water and bring to boil for 1 minute. Remove from heat, cover and let stand for 1 hour. Drain and rinse. Set aside in for recipe or in refrigerator until needed. Overnight soak: Place dried beans in bowl and add water to cover them about 4 inches. Soak overnight.…

  • Camping Meals and Food,  Cooking,  Kids,  Soup,  Vegan

    Black Eyed Peas and Fennel Soup

    My friend Deanna said that her boys loved this soup and gave me the recipe. Sure enough all my kids loved this vegan, nutrient rich packed soup. And every camping trip I go on, its on the menu! Enjoy……by the way I would double the recipe…… How to make black-eyed peas using dried beans 1 cup 8 ounce can black-eyed…

  • Cooking,  Vegan

    Fennel

    Origins lie in the Mediterranean shores and it is a highly flavorful and aromatic herb. All parts of the plant are edible which includes the bulb, stalk, leaves and seeds. How to prepare to cook Specific nutrient information