Living Whole Food Plant Based

06/08/2026

I got a lot of questions about what recipe I use for my pizza dough and this is the recipe. Its no longer online so I scanned in my copy. I change out the bread flour to either be a mix of bread flour and whole wheat or all whole wheat depending on what I am making. I have tried it with lots of different kinds of flour and they have all worked well with it. I just put all the ingredients in my Joydeem Electric Dough Maker and let it do its thing but you can easily hand knead it of course. I have made it into rolls, loaves, pizza, calzones etc.. added in all kinds of add ins from herbs to sliced or roasted garlic etc.. just a nice all around dough recipe. I am pretty sure the coconut milk ( I use light ) is the game changer in this recipe but thats just a guess. Anyways hope that helps for those asking or looking for a good basic recipe for dough. Have fun!

06/08/2026

I have always wanted to do this and always put it off to do "some day" well some day is today! I ordered the silicone containers and as soon as they got here I washed them and got to work. I am SO FREAKING EXCITED about this. I always buy ginger and have to throw some out because it goes bad before I can use it up. I also am lazy and buy the huge container of fresh chopped garlic at Sams Club and even though we eat garlic like we are trying to ward off vampires or something it always gets a little bitter by the bottom as its getting older. So this way I can just portion it all out and freeze it and plop it in anything I want when ever I want. No waste. EEEE So excited! I do still have always on hand fresh heads of garlic but I use that more for when I use raw garlic like in salads etc. Anyways just wanted to share. The ginger is in a 1 tablespoon size and the garlic on the right is in a 2 tablespoon size. I got them on Amazon here https://amzn.to/3RVElg6 anyways off to get these in the freezer. Do you freeze ginger and garlic? What other things do you portion out and freeze like this?

06/02/2026

Dinner! I maybe a weeeeeee bit obsessed with my new oven. Gosh it bakes well lol Thick crust pizza for the win! What did you have for dinner tonight?

05/28/2026

Are you a savory breakfast eater or a sweet breakfast eater? What's your go to for breakfast?

Mine is always savory. Its either leftovers or some kind of rice cooker dish like this one. I think my favorite is rice cooker porridge though but this one is realllly good too.

Rice, carrots, onions, mushrooms, arame, a little coconut amino's and cook on the rice cooker setting. When done top with your favorite seasonings like dark and light sesame seeds and nori with a splash of soy sauce around the edge. Yum!

05/27/2026

Mongolian Chickpeas with steamed veggies and brown rice for dinner tonight and lunch tomorrow. What did you have?

recipe:https://www.veganricha.com/mongolian-chickpeas

05/20/2026

Made it up Bean Burgers for the win! Who else likes to just toss beans along with other this and thats into a bowl, squish it all around and then form it into burgers, pop into the oven for 20 to 30 mins depending on your oven and p**f dinner! So easy. I have 2 kinds tonight.

1. light and dark kidney beans, chickpeas, refried beans, corn and Mrs. Dash
2. dark kidney beans, red beans, chickpeas, navy beans and canned okra/corn/tomato mix

Both I added just a bit of ground up oatmeal to bind it all together.

Yummy!

How about you? Whats your favorite throw together bean burger?

05/15/2026

We are finally wrapping up the kitchen!! Here is my "Stove Side"... Guess I have no excuse to not get to cooking now lol

I would note only one thing in the before photo (top). The 2 cabinets you see in the dark stain actually were not stained before we started on the kitchen. We had started staining cabinets when I remembered to take a before photo. So pretend those are still raw unfinished wood.

The only thing I would add to the after photo ( bottom ) is that the dark cabinet on the left still has to be replaced and then moved as its just kind of sitting in there weird but that will be this weekend. It will look the same color though so still same idea. Oh and the new butcher block counter that goes under the rice cooker in the right is here we just have to cut it and install it but again thats this weekend. So pretend the oak one you see there is the new acacia butcher block there instead. 😜

So I think it’s safe to say it looks a wee bit better now. At least I think so. Finished? No we still have to live in it a while to get all the “what goes where’s” handled but the basics are done and thats enough for now.

Felicia ❤️

05/12/2026

We had a big bowl green salad for lunch today and tried this salad dressing. It was so good! Highly recommend. If you are looking for an "Italian" type dressing thats not "pucker your face off" but still with lots of flavor give this one a try.

Fat-free, oil-free dressing full of zesty Italian flavor! You'll love this low-calorie dressing on salads, veggies, pasta salad & more.

05/10/2026

New kitchen counters are in! They look so pretty!

05/09/2026

Months shouldn't start on a Friday lol After a couple of days of trying to find my feet again I full got back on eating right on Monday. Its always amazing how fast WFPB works. I already feel so much better and have lost 9lbs of the weight I packed back on over the last couple years. Cant say I am not still hurting but in fairness I also started working out a little bit and I am pretty sure thats what is hurting more than the normal aches and pains lol Honestly just feel better mentally to be back to doing what I know I need to do. Plus OMG the food this past week has been wonderful. "falling off" had never been about the taste, it had always been about the lack of connivence. What I wouldn't have given over the past 2 ish years for a WFPB food truck or restaurant. Anyways just glad when I needed it to be there WFPB was and is still there and still doing what it promised to do.

With that here is next weeks menu plan -ish. I say -ish because we have some from the previous week I still need to finish making and then we will move into this list of meals. I never plan to make all the ones I find but this gives me the ingredients in the house and options to choose from to narrow things down. Though I know for sure that Cajun Cabbage and Rice is happening because its one of my favorite recipes.

Ok enough chatter here are the links:

https://monkeyandmekitchenadventures.com/thai-vegetable-massaman-curry/
https://monkeyandmekitchenadventures.com/easy-mediterranean-lentil-chickpea-salad/
https://monkeyandmekitchenadventures.com/cajun-cabbage-and-rice/
https://thecookreport.co.uk/sweet-potato-quinoa-salad/
https://veganheaven.org/recipe/mexican-street-corn-salad-with-chipotle-dressing/
https://www.veganricha.com/cold-soba-noodle-salad-recipe/
https://www.veganricha.com/mongolian-chickpeas/

All recipes will be made animal product free and oil free.❤️