This Friday, the Veggie Quest team launched the Healthy Carb Challenge. If you want to feel better by ditching white sugar and flour in favor of whole carbs, you're invited to join us! Click here to be added to the Facebook Group. You'll get inspiration, meal and snack ideas, and a shoulder to cry … [Read more...]
Recipe Roundups
The best gluten-free, plant-based recipes from around the web.
7 Mind-Blowing Desserts with Hidden Veggies: As Seen on Good Morning Washington!
Welcome, Good Morning Washington viewers and Veggie Quest readers! If you like chocolate, you’re going to love today’s post. Because it’s all about chocolate desserts that are practically healthy. Okay, healthy-ish. ;-) Because they’re made out of vegetables. Yep, vegetables, like sweet … [Read more...]
VNutrition Guest Post: Top 5 Healthy Foods for Fall
This week, I'm delighted to introduce you to Mary Ellen, one of my favorite plant-based bloggers. A woman after my own heart, she shares quick and healthy vegan recipes on her blog, VNutrition. What's more, I'm pretty sure she loves tasty food and nerding out about evidence-based nutrition just as … [Read more...]
6 Fast and Healthy Ways to Use Pumpkin
I may be the only person who feels this way, but fall? Meh. While everyone else is swooning over the crisp air and colorful leaves, I'm getting more crotchety with each minute of daylight we lose. Luckily, there's one thing that redeems the season for me: pumpkin! I mean, what other … [Read more...]
15 Chia Pudding Recipes You Need to Try (Vegan)
First, an update on last week's anti-inflammatory green juice post: My poor inflamed feet are better! Not 100% better, but I-can-walk-a-mile better, which is a huge improvement. Needless to say, I'm psyched! So, what did it? I started eating less---and healthier---by turning off the TV. As … [Read more...]
10 Oil-Free Vegan Potluck Recipes Omnivores Will Love
Do you stress over what to bring to a potluck with omnivores? I sure do. Even though I'm a food blogger who knows a thing or two about healthy cooking, I'm still nervous about bringing oil-free, plant-based food to parties. I mean, it's hard to compare quinoa salad with cheesy lasagna and stuffed … [Read more...]
7 Healthy Super Bowl Recipes (Gluten Free, Vegan)
I'm a little embarrassed, because this is a Super Bowl post and I haven't watched a football game all season. What can I say? I'm not a football fan. Although some of the quarterbacks do look cute in those little pants. (I'm allowed to say that, because hubby played football in high school and … [Read more...]
10 Healthy Thanksgiving Recipes (Low Fat, Vegan, and Gluten Free)
Are you a Forks Over Knives or Fuhrman Fan? Do you eat a low-fat, plant-based diet à la Dr. McDougall or Dr. Ornish? Then again, perhaps you just want to serve up a delicious Thanksgiving feast that delights and nourishes the people you love? If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, … [Read more...]
7 Healthy Pumpkin Recipes (Gluten Free, Vegan)
I don't know about you, but making (and eating) pumpkin treats is one of my favorite parts of fall! After all, pumpkin is versatile, nutritious—and pretty much everyone loves it. (As opposed to, say, broccoli. I don't think Starbucks would have nearly the same success with brocco-lattes.) Since I … [Read more...]
Low-Fat Vegan 4th of July Recipes
If you can't imagine celebrating the fourth without a picnic or cookout—but want to treat your friends and family to food that truly nourishes—this post's for you! I've rounded up 5 fabulous low-fat vegan recipes for a delicious and nutritious 4th of July. From veggie burgers you can actually grill … [Read more...]