by Denise Barratt | Jul 4, 2020 | Healthy Recipe Ideas to Make, Refreshing Beverages, Special Events, Summer, Veggie Love & Plant-Based Eating
My new vacation plans are for “summering at home”. This summer is a good time to get things done that I always put off and don’t seem to take the time but now I can. Many of us are in this boat, whether we might not feel comfortable traveling and...
by Denise Barratt | Jul 4, 2020 | GI Friendly Recipes, Healthy Recipe Ideas to Make, Summer, Veggie Love & Plant-Based Eating
When the weather gets hot, it time for some cool and creamy summer low fodmap desserts. In the summer time, the last thing that I want to do is to heat up the oven so I hope that you like these easy, no-cook and delicious desserts. In addition to being low in fodmap,...
by Denise Barratt | Jun 25, 2020 | Foods to Reduce Inflammation, Healthy Recipe Ideas to Make, Meatless Monday, Refreshing Beverages, Seasonal Eating, Summer, Veggie Love & Plant-Based Eating
Vegetarian Cookout Recipes I love a summer celebration out in our yard and I want to share some of my favorite vegetarian cookout recipes and menu ideas. Most of us think only about meat on the grill for a barbecue and that makes me so excited to share with you these...
by Denise Barratt | Jun 23, 2020 | Healthy Recipe Ideas to Make, Refreshing Beverages, Seasonal Eating, Special Events, Summer
Try These Perfect Mountain Picnic Ideas Now is the time to get away from it all and take your meal outside with these 4 Perfect Picnic Menu Ideas! Living in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains, my husband and I have lots of special places where we like to go for a...
by Denise Barratt | Jun 3, 2020 | Foods to Reduce Inflammation, Healthy Recipe Ideas to Make, Local Food in Asheville, Seasonal Eating, Summer, Veggie Love & Plant-Based Eating
I recently had a chance to talk with Chris Smith about the amazing health benefits of okra and many other reasons why we should grow it and eat it. Chris, an expert okra enthusiast, wrote “The Whole Okra: A Seed to Stem Celebration” which recently has been...
by Denise Barratt | May 27, 2020 | Foods to Reduce Inflammation, Healthy Recipe Ideas to Make, Meatless Monday, Veggie Love & Plant-Based Eating
Whether your work day is back at the office or never stopped being at the office, you can always use a few delicious vegetarian brown bag lunch ideas! healthy work from home lunch ideas. And for the 40 million people who have lost their jobs, you have been hard at it...
by Denise Barratt | May 13, 2020 | Foods to Reduce Inflammation, GI Friendly Recipes, Meatless Monday, Veggie Love & Plant-Based Eating
This week, we are going to continue our Meatless May journey by discussing some of the anti inflammatory benefits of a plant-based diet! I also want to share with 7 plant-based recipes that can help reduce the body’s inflammation. Let’s first talk a about...
by Denise Barratt | May 8, 2020 | Foods to Reduce Inflammation, GI Friendly Recipes, Healthy Recipe Ideas to Make, Meatless Monday, Veggie Love & Plant-Based Eating
Vegetarian Protein Foods In this post, I am going to share 10 Delicious plant-based protein recipes and foods that make meatless meals easy and delicious. Many people do not realize that there are many high protein foods that are plant-based but it is actually very...
by Denise Barratt | May 1, 2020 | Healthy Recipe Ideas to Make, Meatless Monday, Veggie Love & Plant-Based Eating
When I heard in the news that there may be a meat shortage in our food supply, I knew that I could help make this situation easier with healthy menu planning for vegetarian meals. So I have created a plant-based eating series called Meatless May where I will be...
by Denise Barratt | Apr 29, 2020 | Healthy Recipe Ideas to Make
Healthy Ways to Cope with Stress As we go into our second month of the effects of COViD 19, many of us may be needing to look towards healthy ways to cope with stress. When we are first faced with a emergency situation, our stress hormones kick in and we are often in... 
