This pasta dish is easy, full of flavor and wholesome ingredients, and if it was offered in a restaurant, I'd pay money for this one. Serves 2-3 Ingredients: 1 tsp of the best quality extra virgin olive oil you can get (omit if oil-free) Some diced onion Some diced baby bella and shiitake mushrooms Some de-stemmed and chopped Lacinato (AKA Tuscan or Dinosaur) kale - or your favorite greens 1 tsp minced garlic (about 2 cloves) A few chopped sundried tomatoes (I used ones packed in oil and use...

I like to keep my product photography simple. It's my aesthetic, and I also don't have the lighting, cameras and props to do more than simple. So this blog post is about how I personally take pictures of my products. I initially learned how to take product photos when I was preparing to publish my cookbook a couple years ago. Here are a few tips I learned along the way. Photography "studio" and lighting I have a rudimentary studio set up on a table that is next to a window. This gives me...

In honor of St. Patrick's Day here's my shamrock smoothie, made with whole food plant-based ingredients. I've had my share of McDonald's shamrock shakes in my life. They come out around this time of year and are only available for a short time. Light green in color, they have a minty flavor, and I've tried to capture that essence in my own plant-based version. Ingredients: 1 cup of your preferred plant-based milk (I use organic unsweetened soy milk) Mint flavoring - 1-2 drops of peppermint...