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Moroccan Vegetable Tagine

Dinner

Moroccan Vegetable Tagine

Butternut Squash Shells and Cheese

Dinner

Butternut Squash Shells and Cheese

Chickpea and Chard Shakshuka

Dinner

Chickpea and Chard Shakshuka

Spicy Poblano and Sweet Potato Chili

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Spicy Poblano and Sweet Potato Chili

My 2020 Holiday Gift Guide is here! 🎅🏻 🎄

Wishing you a happy, healthy, abundant Thanksgivin

Wishing you a happy, healthy, abundant Thanksgiving. This year may look very different than years past but let’s stay grateful for all that we still have. 🧡 (This veganized version of @inagarten French Apple Tart just came out of my oven and I’m pretty jazzed about it.)

We are big soup people in this house! I make a big

We are big soup people in this house! I make a big batch of soup every week, year round. It’s the perfect one pot, one bowl meal and a fabulous way to use up any veggies or beans/legumes hanging out in your fridge. My littlest one is OBSESSED with soup (or, “shoop”, as she calls it 🥰) and literally asks for it for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Her favorite is a simple pastina soup I make with celery, carrots, canned plum tomato, veg broth and sometimes a handful of lentils. I used Fideo pasta in this batch, and after I ladled out her bowl, I chopped up a huge handful of mustard greens and chickpeas and threw it into the pot to simmer with my portion. It was so good... the mustard greens really balanced out the flavor so well, and the chickpeas added a bit more nutrition and heartiness. Soup is so adaptable and fun to play with - use what you have and enjoy!
#souplover #homemadesoup #vegansoup #plantpowered #foodforlife #wfpb #onepotmeal #notsaddesklunch #feedfeedvegan

One year ago today, I went to the doctor to deal w

One year ago today, I went to the doctor to deal with a “nagging cold”. The doctor suspected I had pneumonia, so she ordered a diagnostic X-ray. As the images were being taken, I had a very odd premonition that something bad was about to happen. After the x-ray was complete, I was randomly asked by a concerned-looking technician if I had a breast implant. Confused, I replied “no” and sat there trying to contain my growing fear. Minutes later, the doctor walked in, looked at me, and said, “Listen, try not to worry, but we found something on your X-ray other than the pneumonia. You have a large mass in your chest. And you need to go to the ER right now and have a CT scan.” What happened next was a blur - I felt the bottom fall out, a paramedic team was called, I was given oxygen, and I eventually found myself staring at an illuminated cherry blossom ceiling pane as I was being slid into the CT machine.

After a brief hospitalization, I began the very long journey of dealing with a near 13 cm thymic cyst that abutted my heart. My story has many unusual twists and turns, and in March, everything was removed during an open thoracotomy, widely recognized as one of the most painful surgeries to recover from (I was not a candidate for minimally invasive procedures). I have two scars on my left ribcage - one long one, to remove the cyst, and a shorter one for the chest tube that was removed post-surgery. I was released from the hospital prematurely due to COVID concerns on March 11 and began the road to recovery at home, while the rest of the world shut down. One day, I hope to tell this story to completion (I told you it has unusual twists and turns!) but for now, I am so grateful to be here, a year later, feeling good and ready to celebrate Thanksgiving. I know it seems like life really sucks right now due to COVID restrictions, but 2020 has taught me to just be grateful to be alive. All of this other stuff will pass and there is so much life left to live. “You are the sky; everything else, it’s just the weather.” -Pema Chodron

GIVEAWAY! I want to celebrate all of you lovely pe

GIVEAWAY! I want to celebrate all of you lovely people and start the holiday season with some SPICE!
I professed my love recently on Stories for @burlapandbarrel spices and turns out, they dug it and agreed to gift some product to the lucky winner of this giveaway! If you win, you’ll receive their FUNDAMENTALS COLLECTION - 6 super high quality, single origin spices that you’ll use ALL the time - a $50 value! I’m so stoked about this giveaway because it will really enliven your cooking, and/or make for the perfect gift. #burlapandbarrel HOW TO ENTER:
🌶 Follow @lauren_kretzer and @burlapandbarrel
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🌶 Tag a friend in the comments (1 comment = 1 entry, unlimited entries)

#Giveaway ends 11/22 @midnight EST. Must follow all rules to be a valid entry. Winner will be announced by DM on 11/23. This giveaway open to US residents only.

Every year, I feel like Thanksgiving really sneaks

SO excited to see so many new followers here, WELC

SO excited to see so many new followers here, WELCOME! Just wanted to re-introduce myself for anyone who just found my little corner of Instagram! 👋
I’m Lauren, a professionally trained vegan chef and recipe developer. I love, love my job! I primarily work at home to develop recipes for my clients, who include NYT best selling authors, wellness companies, food brands and popular print and online media outlets. My recipe ethos is simple, seasonal food that nourishes our bodies from the inside out. Lately, I’m diving deep into the incredible benefits of a plant based diet as it relates to preventing, reversing and controlling chronic disease. I’m pretty obsessed with the power of food to heal our bodies and the planet. Oh, and I love all animals and don’t want to hurt them, ever. 🐄 🐷 🐑 🐔 🐠
I am a classic introvert who thrives being at home with my family. I love the outdoors and nature in all its forms. I’m a Pisces through and through, and feel best when I’m talking about my feelings 😂 or just quietly contemplating and writing in my journal.
I love travel, especially international travel, but also love exploring my home state of NJ and beloved birth city, NYC 🗽.
Most days, I can be found chasing my two beautiful daughters, feverishly cleaning my house, washing endless dishes, chopping garlic, sneaking in pages of a book, listening to podcasts, visiting family, going on hikes, and finally kicking back at the end of the day with my husband to watch a favorite show over a dinner of preferably homemade pizza or pasta 😋
Thanks for stopping by! I can’t wait to get to know you all.
📷: @iamjohnduarte

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