After all these years, I'm still a girl who would rather make it herself than buy it. First, it's cheaper! And second, you know exactly what is in it. So when my oldest kiddo was sick and requested noodle soup,......

How can we overcome our built-in hunger drives for salt, sugar, and fat? We now have evidence showing that if we go a few weeks cutting down on junk food and animal products, our tastes start to change. We......

This Soup Recipe Is Thick With Lightly Cooked Vegetables In winter you may find yourself near people who are coughing and sniffling. You don't want to be next. Or maybe you're already fighting a nasty cold yourself or, even worse,......

Yep!  With a pressure cooker you won't have to wait 8 hours for your soup to cook in a crock pot or 2 hours on the stove.  If you go to www.instantpot,com and use the code AJ you get a......

I'm an avid secondhand shopper. Here are some winning vegan goodies that you can always find in the secondhand shops. For similar reasons, these are also items you might score from Freecycle - if you haven't signed up yet, what......

Save time and money in your vegan kitchen!  You know you don't want to forget your lurking leftovers - that means mess and waste.  You can munch them yourself for lunch or serve them at the end of the......

 A perfect nutritious way to fill up and warm up on the sure to come cold winter nights. I love this soup for it's nutrition and flavor. It's just a tiny bit spicy which is just perfect. For full recipe......

Nothing warms you more on a rainy, blustery day than tomato soup and grilled cheese. My favorite! This one is a little spin off the original. I added coconut milk and a bit of curry, for a kick. I hope......

Originally featured on One Green Planet. The New York Times recently ran a story on the upcoming foie gras ban in California. July 1, 2012, the Golden State will join over a dozen nations that have prohibited the production......

This little meal was so simple and so delightful. It's bursting with great curry flavor and packed with delicious, healthy veggies, hominy and my favorite faux meat. It's perfect for those busy weeknights when you're not sure if dinner is......

In a previous episode I showed off my winter window tomato garden. The small tomatoes have continued to ripen and deliver a sweet treat every once in a while. Like this morning! The larger ones have sadly not advanced......

A perfect nod to the fun combination of summer and fall. Slightly spicy; definitely filling adn warming. For full recipe and more information, go here on the La Pure Mama blog. Enjoy and happy fall!......

Some of you have been wondering where the frak we've been, and it's justified. I mean, seriously, it's been a week and we've been completely and unforgivably MIA. It really is a fair question to ask of bloggers who......

This New Zealand article shows that food prices only keep going up - "most of it down to the increasing cost of vegetables" at 15.9%.Crops are being damaged by extreme weather.  Climate change is already biting us where it......

A perfect meal for Cinco De Mayo and the nasty Northwest weather. Spicy and filling. Just plain delicious! For full recipe and more photos and information, go here on the La Pure Mama blog. Enjoy!......

Just in time for all the lovely leprechauns that are sure to emerge tomorrow... I love St. Patrick's day! I love this stew almost as much. It is ridiculously delicious, deceivingly simple and a must for  St. Paddy's day; or......

  As you might have gathered, I'm experimenting with "veganized" South American food lately-- especially Peruvian (my dad's background) and Ecuadorian (my youngest grandson is part Ecuadorian).  I've also been experimenting with various ways to use quinoa, the "Mother Grain"......

I haven't been doing much in the way of interesting cooking lately, as life has been a bit helter-skelter due to my mother's illness.  I have alot of things I want to experiment with, but it's just not going to happen......

Colds, flu, and all manner of upper respiratory infections blossom in winter. Modern medicine has no effective cure for the patient's misery. Some drugs can temporarily help with symptoms, but may have unwanted side effects that make things worse in......

So simple and so good... perfect for a lovely fall day. I hope you try it and love it as much as we do! For the recipe, check out: www.lapuremama.com......

Chef Kirk Leins and Tony Pinto from www.NoTimetoCook.com offered me the opportunity to work with them and I was magically able to "inspire" them to go plant-based with me for a few recipes. This is the first part of......

I meant to blog earlier, but I was tired from my Portland blog-blitz and my poor mom went into hospital this week! She, typically, did not tell me she wasn't feeling well (some people are complainers-- I wish my mom would complain......