Hello  & Happy Thursday!!             If there is one concept I loved, but didn’t experience a ton, it’s curried chicken salad. If you’ve ever been in NYC, I felt as though you would see it at every market and I eventually had a bite and loved the flavor profile.    While there are only a handful of...

                              I literally made this recipe 5 years ago as I was just branching out into the culinary world with EDS. Believe it or not, this recipe still holds up today and remains to be one of my favorites out of 100’s of recipes! It was inspired by my favorite veggie burger at the Houstons restaurant chain and it mirrors the look and taste, but...

                      Hello & Happy Monday!!             In hopes to bring you more effortless lunch concepts I’ve been obsessing over chickpea sales lately. We’ve all gone thru a hummus phase, but there is so much more you can do with chickpeas, one of them is salads! Yesterday we featured a Caesar Chickpea Salad and today I wanted to explore a...

                            Today we’re breaking up the holiday recipes to bring you some staple concepts! While there are countless veggie burgers that are accessible today, I promise it’s so easy to make your own. You can make a burger base with everything from black beans to oats, lentils and more. One of my favorite veggie burger bases, is white beans! I feel...

                            Hello & Happy Monday!               We’re all typically maxed out on holiday staples like butternut squash, but there is honestly so much you can do with it besides just roasting it. You can make soups, sauces, pizza crusts, pasta, and even burgers! When it comes to veggies burgers, as a seasoned plant...

                  Hello & Happy Friday!         If there is one thing I crave on the weekends, it’s a fun vegan sandwich! I typically love to make everything from scratch, but there are so many good options today that it’s hard to desire a homemade option. I solidly believe though, with just about all foods, homemade is always better!   When it comes to tofu,...

                    Hello & Happy Monday!!           If there is one thing I crave, it’s a fun vegan sandwich! The majority of my days are filled with green juice, salads and fruit. However, I love to mix it up and make a faux meat concept from scratch. While I know there are so many good ready made options, this crispy tofu sandwich is so cheap and easy to throw...

              Hello & Happy Thursday!!             If there is one thing I crave it’s a fun vegan sandwich! I typically love to make everything from scratch, but there are so many good options today that it’s hard to desire a homemade vegan sandwich. However, I solidly believe that homemade is always better, and that couldn’t be any truer for vegan sandwiches!  ...

                      Hello & Happy Tuesday!!       If there is one thing I’m all about, it’s putting a fun modern vegan spin on Southern staples! One of my personal favorites? Fried Green Tomato Sandwiches! Believe it or not, this was one of the first concepts I explored on EDS back in 2014. Whether you love or hate tomatoes, there is something about this...

                            Hello & Happy Tuesday!!             I’ve been going thru some bucket list concepts and these vegan Greek Meatball Gyro’s was one of them!! If you know me, you know I have an affinity for all the Greek flavors. Whether it’s the cucumber, oregano or fresh dill, I’m just all about it!  ...

                                  I can’t even begin to describe how much I love Greek Food, or well, the concept of dill, olives, feta and cucumber! While my number one favorite thing to do with dill is make a mean vegan Chickpea Tuna Salad…   My second favorite thing to do with dill is, .. MAKE VEGAN GREEK BURGERS!!   This recipe was...

                                  If there is one sauce I’ve always gravitated towards, it’s bbq! Perhaps because it’s smokey and sweet, I would just pair it with everything in high school… even mashed potatoes lol. (it’s like French Fries right? haha) While I don’t don’t ever buy bbq sauce today, I love to make it as...

                            If there is one thing I always crave, it’s a good vegan sandwich!! In my early vegan days I was enamored with the staple black bean burger. Today however, I carve the more innovative concepts as the options are endless with sandwiches and you can translate so many different cuisines into a vegan sandwich.    When it comes to any recipe,...

                                   We’re going thru effortless lunch concepts, and one of my favorites, is this vegan Teriyaki Portobello Burgers! I’ve tried a handful of portobello concepts and sadly any of them fell flat. That being said, years ago I was curious to explore one that really delivered in terms of flavor and texture, and the vegan Teriyaki...

                              If there is one thing I crave, it’s a good vegan sandwich!! As a Georgia native, egg salad and deviled eggs were iconic. As a result I gravitate towards them still today. Although I don’t do really do a lot of eggs, I was curious as to whether you could create a vegan version. However for the longest time, I never explored this...

                      I don’t know about you, but I love all things buffalo. To be honest though, I had an aversion to all things spicy for as long as I can remember. I’m not sure why, but I just hated anything with heat as I couldn’t tolerate it.    Today, I love everything with heat and its almost like salt to me. It’s a component in recipes that just always...

  Disclosure: This post has been compensated by Inmar Intelligence and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #FunWithGardeinFrozen                           Hello & Happy Thursday!!           Since exploring plant based living the last 17 years, I’ve tried countless vegan products. One company that has always stood out to me with the...

                        If there is one foodie obsession I have, it’s shiitake bacon! I discovered it back in 2014 and I’ve evolved to always have them on hand to create and throw in a recipe. In more recent times there has been a boom of eggplant bacon. I love all veggies, but eggplant is one of those that I only use in a handful of recipes. You can do a babaganoush,...

                            When it comes to vegan cooking, you have to have a staple veggie burger! Some of my personal faves are the Greek Burger, Beet Burger, Chickpea Curry Burger, and this new Jalapeño Zucchini Burger!!   Zucchini is one of those veggies I love. You can grill it (my fave), make a lasagna with it, throw it in baked goods to add moisture, and make fab...

                          Hello & Happy Tuesday!!               For many of us, the Fourth of July is an excuse to travel, attend a party, but leave the cooking to someone else. Since I cook full time and it’s just a party of two for right now (4 more weeks!), we are not cooking this year!.   For those that are, I’ve compiled...

                                        Over the years I’ve created over 500 recipes via Eat Drink Shrink. While I love all of them, there are many that have become staples in my kitchen! One of those, is this chickpea tuna salad!! Back in 2012 a vegan cafe called Terri produced this concept. It was everything and more, but I felt it packed a lot more...

                                      Hello & Happy Wednesday!           If there is one veggie that I’m forever completely enamored with, its cauliflower. it can take form in countless different ways, whether it be a sauce, a soup, a pizza crust, or a fab sammie, it just never ceases to amazing me!   One of my...

                        Hello & Happy Friday!!             I’ve never been a “beer person”, but I ironically love foods with a hint of beer! From beer cheese to beer cheese soup and even beer batters..    it makes for a fun recipe that keeps your tastebuds on their toes!   This recipe came to life while going through my...

                              Out of all the amazing vegan eats in the NYC, my ultimate fave quick bite is Mamouns Falafel in the West Village! I had it almost every day while studying at NYU, and enjoyed it even before I attended there. There is something about homemade falafel with all of the mediterranean flavors that I’m just crazy about!   Ironically, a...

                    Hello & Happy Thursday!!             I don’t know about you, but while I really enjoy curry,  I only utilize it in a handful of soups and a tofu dish. For the most part it just doesn’t seamlessly fit into a lot of my “go to” recipes as the flavor can be very overpowering and take over a dish. One of my personal...

                Hello & Happy Friday!!             As much as I love buffalo cauliflower bites now, there was a time where I just didn’t get it. The batter was soggy and it tasted simply like roasted cauliflower with hot sauce. Epic fail.    After getting my feet wet working with cauliflower, I’ve grown to love it! There are truly endless options as to...

                    Hello & Happy Monday!           For over nearly a year I’ve heard about jackfruit bbq concepts. On the other hand, even in New York City I can honestly say that I only saw people selling jackfruit perhaps a handful of times. Being that New York City is the epicenter of everything, especially food, that speaks volumes as to just how hard it...

                          Hello & Happy Tuesday!!             While I never was a bbq person, I love a good smokey sauce and grilling all my veggies!   Although jackfruit bbq concepts are in abundance, do you know how hard it is to locate jackfruit? HARD.     Even as an NYC gal, I saw it in Chinatown perhaps only a few times. That...