Happy Buckwheat Month and National Day of the Horse!

Blogger of the Day: Heather at YumUniverse
Pubs:
YumUniverse
Holiday Survival Guide
30 Plant-Powerful Dinner Recipes
Dairy Freedom: Life Without Dairy Products
YU Test Drive Kit

Heather is a highenergy supersmart health and fitness guru...she created Yum Universe to show the world how spinningly delicious vegan (and glutenfree) living can be! She's a big fan of buckwheat for all of its nutritiousness, plus it makes fabulous pancakes too!  :)

Honor the National Day of the Horse...find a sanctuary and adopt, foster or sponsor a horse, volunteer, buy them something from their wish list or just spread the word about rescuing horses from...
• slaughterhouses
• the drug industry
• the carriage industry
• the entertainment industry
• rodeos
• racing

Buckwheat Blender Pancakes

Beautiful Buckwheat Kasha Cereal with Banana, Golden Raisins, Coconut and Pecans

Warm Blueberry Walnut Buckwheat Cereal

Apple Pie Chia & Buckwheat Travel Cereal

Buckwheat Soba Noodles with Steamed Veggies

Buckwheat Noodle Pad Thai

Shiitake Mushroom, Buckwheat & Quinoa Stir Fry

Spicy Pepper, Buckwheat & Lentil Collard Wrap

Buckwheat & Chickpea Nuggets

Orange and Toasted Sesame Buckwheat Pancake Snackers

Cacao Rooibos Kasha

Raw Mini Blueberry Cheesecakes with Pecan Buckwheat Crust

Buckwheat fun...
• Homemade Buckwheat Flour
• Cooking Buckwheat
• Sprouting Basics
• Ridiculously Easy Sprouting 101
• Buckwheat is not really wheat...it's a cereal grain and it's glutenfree!
• The hulls are used to stuff pillows and cushions and for garden mulch.
• Buckwheat is the name of several film characters and an actor and a fictional deer.
• Buckwheat Zydeco busts out the best rompin' stompin' goodtime grooves, especially on a sultry summer festival night.  ;)

And a little buckwheat love.  ;)

Where to buy buckwheat flour, groats, kasha, mixes and noodles...
Arrowhead Mills
Anson Mills
Bob’s Red Mill
Eden Foods
Hakubaku
Hodgson Mill
King Soba
Nuts.com
Shiloh Farms
The Birkett Mills

Got any favorite buckwheat treats? Or zydeco bands? Or horse tales to tell?  :)

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Happy Split Pea Day and Hug-A-Turkey Day!

Blogger of the Day: Stephanie at Hope For Healing

This is a marvelous soup to start midmorning for a hearty lunch in a hectic day, or fire it up later on to make a soulfilling dinner with a basket of homemade biscuits and a slab of fudgey cake...yumza!  :)

Stephanie's vegfriendly blog is entirely glutenfree which is superhelpful if you are cooking for GF guests or are GF yourself. It also features plenty of delicious milletbased recipes...perfect for National Millet Month! Visit Stephanie's professional website for even more healthy healing recipes!  :)

Smoky Split Pea Soup

Spinach Quinoa Socca Cakes

Curried Split-Pea Spinach Pasta Soup

Sweet Potato Lentil Quinoa "Meatloaf"

Curried Sweet Potato Quinoa Patties

Apple Cider Pancakes

Millet Morning Glory Muffins

Blueberry Lemon Coffeecake

Millet Oat Breakfast Bars

Date Sweetened Zucchini Fudge Cake

Sweet Potato Quinoa Chocolate Cake

Do you make your own soup or do you buy it? What's your favorite flavor? Do you sip it with biscuits, slurp it up with a hunk of bread, sprinkle it with crackers or...?  :)

Happy Hug-A-Turkey Day!  ;)

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Happy National Sandwich Day!

Bloggers of the Day: Meg and Todd at Beard and Bonnet

Sandwiches make the world go round so it's always a happy day when we can celebrate these handfuls of yum!  :)

November is also Teff and Millet month! These two grains are blissfully gluten-free...teff's nutty flavor makes it ideal for baking, and millet is delicious in a bowl or in breads (my favorite!). Bread and Bonnet is the perfect place to learn more about these crazycool grains, plus fabulous sandwiches too!

Meg and Todd also create colorfully photographed step-by-step tutorials on how to make...
Hummus
Hot Sauce
Fruit Roll-Ups
Vegan Parmesan Cheese
and more, plus gluten-free goodies like...
Gluten Free 101: Teff Flour
Beard and Bonnet's Custom Flour Blend

Some of their sandwiches are simple, some are more complex but even the parts are worth making separately. The pesto from their pesto patties is soooo good on pasta too and the couscous from their wraps rocks!  :)

Roasted Hatch Chile Cashew Cream Sandwich

Roasted Sweet Potato and Cilantro Cashew Cream Sandwich

“Pulled” Cauliflower BBQ Sandwich

Coconut Bacon BLT

Lentil & Roasted Red Pepper Tea Sandwiches

Persian Cucumber, Black Pepper, & Chive Canapés

Bánh mì Lettuce Wraps

Eggplant and Sun-Dried Tomato Couscous Wraps

Tex-Mex Beet Burger

Millet munchies...

Roasted Sweet Potato, Tuscan Kale, and Millet Salad

Millet Tabbouleh

Teff treats...

Fig Chai Tea Bread

Teff Peanut Butter Cookies

And stop in their shop for vintage jewels and kitchen gear!

Blk Market

What's your favorite sandwich stack? Are you a glutenfree vegan? Have you tried teff or millet? Which treasure would you choose from their shop?  :)

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Happy Barley Day!

Blogger of the Day: Lee at The Vegan Version

I am such a cheap date...take me on an evening trip to the local co-op and I'll be overthemoon happy especially if it ends with a superyumful meal! Our co-op store has it all...organic everything, fresh local fruits & veggies, my fave vegan bakery, vegan salads and sammies from the deli, sampling days (the best!) and a huge bulk section where you can buy boatloads of beans, grains and soup mixes for much less than bigbrand boxed versions. There's always something new to discover and today it's barley! One of the most healthful grains on the planet, it's high in fiber and B vitamins like niacin and it's ohsogood for breakfast! But today it's gonna be these spiced up mushroom burgers from Lee. She knows how to throw easy ingredients together to create downhome comfort foods, plus she whips up all sorts of worldlywonderful stuff like Lahmajun and Mexican Skillet Lasagna...and Arancini!  :)

Today's cheap date has to end in healthy burgers so bulkbin barley burgers it is!

Southwestern Barley Mushroom Burger

Quinoa Veggie Burger

Dani's Almond Currant Chickpea Salad

Mango Slaw, Wasabi Mustard and an Asian Inspired Veggie Burger

Couscous Beet and Fennel Salad

Chick'n Satay and Spicy Peanut Sauce with Cilantro Lime Rice

Sarma (Stuffed Grape Leaves)

Vegetable Dumplings

Za'atar Bread

Cinnamon Roll Pie

And because Lee says "Everything is better wrapped in Phyllo"...

Pine Nut Phyllo Triangles

Phyllo Wrapped Beefless Burgers

Sigara Borek

Simple Lemon Curd Tarts

Do you cook with barley? Have you tried grain-based veggie burgers? Do you buy from bulk bins when you food shop? What's your favorite thing to do on a cheap date?  ;)

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Happy Spelt Day!

Bloggers of the Day: Mike and Catrell at The Wandering Coconut

Spelt is a one of many grains in the wheat family with loads of nutritional goodness...it's easier to digest than wheat so sometimes people who are sensitive to wheat can tolerate spelt instead (though it's not gluten-free). Its rich nutty flavor is a favorite in things like spelt spaghetti, cereals and crunchable crispbreads...yumza!

Professional travel agents Mike and Catrell happily globegallop with their three sons, meeting exciting people, learning about cultures and cuisines, and sharing their veg-friendly recipes too! Their lookout on life is all about health and wellness and enjoying life...Mike says:
• Food should be enjoyed, not feared
• Avoid processed foods and eat mainly a whole food plant-based diet
• Eat a wide variety of fruits and vegetables daily
• Travel and staying healthy can go hand-on-hand
Read the rest of their handy Health Tips and check out these yumful muffins and more!

Blueberry Vanilla Spelt Muffins

Tropical Coconut Pineapple Vegan Muffins

Sloppy Joes and Kale Chips

Creamy Curry Thai Vegetable Rice

Turkish Lentil Soup

Sweet Potato Salad

Coconut Curry Wrap

Coconut Cauliflower Curry

Very Veggie Kep Lodge Spaghetti

Mike’s Potato Corn Chowder

Mexican Bean Salad

Speltify your pantry...
Arrowhead Mills: Organic Spelt Flour, Organic Spelt Flakes
Bob's Red Mill: Organic Spelt Flour, Organic Spelt Berries, Rolled Spelt Flakes Hot Cereal
One Degree Organics: Organic Spelt Flours, Organic Spelt Kernels, Organic Flax and Spelt Bread
VITA-SPELT: Flours, Kernels, Pastas, Pretzels, Sesame Sticks
Eden Organic Pasta: Gemelli, Rigati, Ribbons and Spaghetti
Eden Organic Imported Noodles: Soba and Udon
Your bread box...
Grindstone Bakery: Hi Flax Spelt Loaf, Multigrain Spelt Loaf, Sprouted Seed Spelt Loaf
Mestemacher: Organic Natural Rye and Spelt Bread
Rudi's Organic Bakery: Spelt Bread, Spelt Ancient Grain Bread, Spelt English Muffins
Vermont Bread Company: Spelt Organic Bread, Spelt Organic English Muffins
And your cookie jar!
New Moon Kitchen Vegan Spelt Cookies: Chocolate Chip, Bite Me, Momints, Snappers, Mokas, Love Bites, Goldies, Mackies

Do you like trying alternative grains? Have you had spelt spaghetti or spelt bread? If you could travel to any faraway place right at this moment, where would you go?  :)

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