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Kite Hill hits the jackpot with dairy-free, vegan ravioli. Follow Foods For Long Life on Facebook and Pinterest. Ravioli Over the past few years there has been great progress in vegan cheese products. Miyoko's collection of artisan vegan cheeses are amazing. I serve them every time I entertain. And I absolutely love Go Veggie's Parmesan Style Topping on my pasta. But we are just beginning to see companies use their yummy vegan cheeses in products, like ravioli. You might find a high-calorie, sugar-ladened cheese cake, but not a lot of delicious and relatively healthy products that you feel good about serving for dinner.  Happily, Kite Hill has come out with several ravioli products using her almond-based ricotta. Last night we enjoyed Mushroom and Ricotta ravioli with a simple tomato sauce that I canned from last summer's tomatoes. It was absolutely wonderful! I am allergic to dairy and haven't been able to eat ravioli in years so I can't tell you how excited I w...

Garden of Life LLC expands recall On January 29th, 2016 Garden of Life issued a voluntary recall of certain RAW meal Organic Shake and Meal Chocolate, Original, Vanilla, and Vanilla Chai products because of the potential of being contaminated with Salmonella.  On February 12th, they identified the likely source of the contamination to be from Organic Mooring Leaf powder from a supplier used only in RAW meal. They just started using this material in September. Their recall includes any lot of RAW Meal manufactured with this source of Moringa. (Moringa oleifera is a tree native to South Asia. It's leaves have been used medicinally for thousands of years). The recalled lot numbers are as follows. RAW Organic Meal Vanilla Chai 10 CNT Tray, Lot #  47183200, expiration  8/1/2017 RAW Organic Meal Chocolate Half Size, Lot #  47198400, expiration  8/1/2017 RAW Organic Meal Vanilla Half Size, lot #  47198500, expiration  8/1/2017 RAW Organic Meal Vanilla F...

Even in winter, we should consume some amount of raw food. Follow Foods For Long Life on Facebook and Pinterest . Raw Food in the Winter In the winter we crave hot soup, warm muffins, and cooked meals in general. I admit I have been favoring steel cut oatmeal over cold smoothies in the morning and soups over salads lately. But it's very important to include some raw foods in your diet no matter what season we are in. In my book, Health Begins in the Kitchen: Delicious and Easy Vegan Recipes and Seasonal Food Plan , I discuss how those amounts vary with each season. And what better way to add a little raw food in your winter diet than to eat a lovely raw kale salad with seasonal fruit such as satsuma oranges. My Seasonal Food Plan discusses how the amount of raw food consumed should vary throughout the year.  *                           *                   ...

Make these dark chocolate crinkle cookies for your Valentine! Follow Foods For Long Life on Facebook and Pinterest . Do you have a Gluten Free Valentine? Are you looking for a special Valentine's day treat that is vegan and gluten free? Well, here's a popular chocolate crinkle cookie with a special twist. Besides being flourless, it's made with meringue produced from aquafaba instead of egg whites! What's Aquafaba? Aquafaba has been all the rage in the vegan community. It's basically bean juice. You know, the stuff that you usually throw out when you open a can of beans. It's a great egg white replacer and whips up to make a beautiful, white and fluffy meringue. The first time you make it, it will blow your mind! When you drain a can of beans, save the juice!  I have just started experimenting with this so you will be seeing more recipes as I continue my experimentation. But for today, I want to share this decadent cookie recipe in time for Valentine's day...

Feed a crowd with this delicious pot of chili. Follow Foods For Long Life on Facebook and Pinterest . Feeding a Crowd Whether you are having a party on Sunday to watch the Panthers play the Broncos, or just getting together with friends to watch the commercials or Lady Gaga sing the national anthem and watch Coldplay perform the halftime show, you may be preparing to feed a crowd. Here's a dish that doesn't hurt your wallet or your waistline. And, it's incredibly simple and quick to make. After preparing a big pot of this 5-bean chili, you can stretch it even further by serving it on a bed of rice or quinoa. Being Italian, my favorite way is to stir it into a big bowl of fusilli pasta topped with Go Veg parmesan topping. Or make a bunch of baked potatoes and serve it over a split potato topped with vegan sour cream and grated cheddar or jack style cheese. But first, let's make the chili! Canned Beans I usually make my beans from scratch to avoid the BPA (bisphenol-A) l...

Vegan tapioca is delicious and easy to make! Follow Foods For Long Life on Facebook and Pinterest. Can't Live without my Instant Pot I honestly can say that the Instant Pot pressure cooker has changed the way my husband and I cook. We use it in the morning to make oatmeal. We use it to cook at least one dish at every meal. And now, we use it to make tapioca. But before I go into that, let me talk about Jill Nussinow (the Veggie Queen). I met Jill about 5 years ago at a vegan potluck at the Sonoma Humane Society. She was giving a demonstration on how to use an electric pressure cooker. I had an old stovetop pressure cooker that had been gathering dust in the back of my closet for at least 10 years, so I wasn't convinced I'd ever use another one. It actually took me a few more years before I broke down and bought an Instant Pot but now I can hardly imagine my life without one. Jill Nussinow, The Veggie Queen The biggest challenge in using a pressure cooker, is to know how l...