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Fully Loaded Vegan Baked Potato

December 27, 2015 by Jillian Leave a Comment

Okay friends, this is not a baked potato in the traditional sense. There is no microwave involved or poking holes in the potato with a fork. I know. I’m such a liar 🙈 The main reason for the name of this recipe is the toppings associated with a traditional baked potato.

This dish is a delicious mess of tangy potatoes, melted cheese, crunchy chives, bacon, mushrooms, and instead of sour cream – my ultra amazing Magic Sauce. This recipe is so filling that I’ve eaten it by itself many times. However, it goes great with steamed broccoli and fresh lemon, salad, or whatever else your heart desires 💖

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Wintertime at Rowdy Girl Sanctuary

December 17, 2015 by Jillian 2 Comments

This is how I like my chicken ☝️ alive and showered with love 😘🐔I had such a great time during My Visit to Rowdy Girl Sanctuary back in September, that I just had to come back for more! Renee and Tommy are working so hard for the dozens of animals that would otherwise be slaughtered for food, and since I don’t live super far from their sanctuary in southeast Texas, I signed up to be a volunteer 🙌🎉 I couldn’t wait to see to see all my furry friends again and meet the newly rescued residents, including 2 pigs 🐷 and several cows from Florida 🐮

During this most recent trip to Rowdy Girl, Renee described to me all the preparations her and Tommy are making to ensure that the animals stay safe and comfortable this winter. Texas winters aren’t exactly brutal, but with immensely unpredictable weather, and all that rain coming from the coast, it can cause very treacherous grounds for the animals 🌊❄️ The pathways get so muddy that the cows’ legs sink down several inches and that’s no fun 😞 especially when it’s meal time and they want to get their food!

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Chocolate Sweet Potato Cake With Coconut Creme Fraiche

December 7, 2015 by Jillian Leave a Comment

Oh heyyy there, don’t mind me drooling/crying over this mouthwatering cake situation 😂 Maybe you’re thinking that I’ve finally lost my marbles because chocolate and sweet potato are two foods that you would never imagine mixing together. But wait! ✋ Let’s stop and think about this for a minute. After making the most delicious confections using beets as my secret ingredient (Fudgy Vegan Beet Cupcakes, Vegan S’mores Fudge Brownies, and Chocolate Chip Chia Beet Scones), I began to wonder what else I could bake using earthy root vegetables, because they make baked goods moist & amazing without tasting like earthy root vegetables.

Around this time I also began binge eating sweet potatoes in many forms, but mostly in the form of these Sweet Potato Fries with Magic Sauce. Let’s just take a minute and give sweet potatoes a shout out 👏💘😘🍠

What I came up with was a moist chocolate cake with a subtle sweetness, topped off with coconut creme fraiche and fresh mint 😍 You can thank me later.

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Quinoa with Sauteed Veggies & Gravy

November 12, 2015 by Jillian Leave a Comment

I think I can say it’s officially fall in Texas, which means I can use all autumn related emojis… 🍂 🍁 🍃 ☕️ 🎃🍎

While other states have already gotten snow and freezing temps, I’m down in Texas like… it’s November 😎 👙🍹

Here in the Lone Star State we like pumpkin spiced everything & cozy sweaters just like the rest of you, and the thought that maybe-just-maybe we’ll actually get to use our fireplaces at least once this year. It may have hit 80 degrees yesterday where I live, but that won’t stop me from making delicious, seasonal dishes that make me feel like we have autumn for more than two seconds in Texas.

Cue today’s post ☝️ because how fall/autumn does this dish look?! Quinoa with Sauteed Veggies and Gravy – I mean, how often do vegans get to eat gravy, am I right? I created this recipe after buying a box of Pacific Mushroom Gravy for the first time and then realized I had no idea what to use it for 💔 Then I came up with this yummy, filling (not to mention healthy) entree. It consists of fluffy quinoa with sauteed garlic, onions, squash & mushrooms, and all simmered in savory mushroom gravy 😍 👌

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My Visit to Rowdy Girl Sanctuary

November 5, 2015 by Jillian 8 Comments

Beautiful bovines! Magnificent moos! Chipper chickens! Purdy piggy! They all awaited me and more at the amazing Rowdy Girl Sanctuary in Angleton, Texas. The interesting thing about this particular sanctuary is that up until recently it was a cattle ranch, and had been for many years. But Renee Sonnen couldn’t bear to watch the calves torn from their mamas and loaded up into the red trailer to be taken off to the sale barn for slaughter. After stints of being vegetarian and even having a raw diet at one point, she made the connection between these sentient animals and the food she was eating and decided that she’d had enough. She went vegan and bought the remaining cattle from her husband Tommy, and the Sonnen Ranch became Rowdy Girl Sanctuary.

Renee and Tommy (and Jolene the dachshund) were kind enough to take me on a tour of the sanctuary and introduce me to these wonderful animals and their personal stories. Along with the cattle from their ranch, they have also begun rescuing other farm animals and hope to expand the sanctuary so they can accommodate even more cute critters 🐮🐔 🐷

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