Author: Jennifer Kurdyla

Refreshing Fruit Salsa

Refreshing Fruit Salsa

Read the full post here [LINK] Recipe from VBQ: The Ultimate Vegan Barbecue Cookbook, by Nadine Horn and Jorg Mayer

Gluten-Free Vegan Triple Coconut Bread

Gluten-Free Vegan Triple Coconut Bread

As spring weather continues to tease us during these transitional months between winter and summer, it seems that a lot of people are itching for a tropical escape–an opportunity to start fresh and reset mind and body. This moist bread is just the thing you need ifread more

10 Ways to Cultivate Self-Love During the Holidays

10 Ways to Cultivate Self-Love During the Holidays

Most likely, if you live in the United States you’re being bowled over by the gusts of spirit, cheer, and all the warm and cozy feels that roll over us like the first icy breeze of the winter season. These powerful gusts are conduits ofread more

The Art of the Regift: How to Do Christmas With Nothing New

The Art of the Regift: How to Do Christmas With Nothing New

“To live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as one’s own in the midst of abundance.” —Buddha Back in March I set myself a goal to not buy any new things for a year. Inspired by Colin Beavan’s No Impact Man, I vowedread more

Creamy Vegan Butternut Squash Curry

Creamy Vegan Butternut Squash Curry

Some of my friends and family members talk about a bowl of pasta like it’s a drug–a food the mere thought of making on a chilly fall evening could send them on a carb spree that would make Marie from Everybody Loves Raymond the proudest mama outread more

Whole Groat Vegan Breakfast Porridge

Whole Groat Vegan Breakfast Porridge

For years I worshipped at the temple of rolled oats for breakfast, but I’ve recently converted to whole oat groats—the same grain, but with the sanctity of its entire nutritional profile honored. A two-step process of soaking and pre-cooking softens these tough seedy grains onread more

Perfect Oil-Free Roasted Vegetables

Perfect Oil-Free Roasted Vegetables

When I started cooking without oil about a month ago, I held a silent memorial for roasting: one of my favorite, most satisfying, and easiest vegetable preparations that appeals to non-vegans and is the perfect base for a variety of dishes. Over many years ofread more

Work-Life Balance

Work-Life Balance

There’s nothing wholly certain about living in New York City except for this: You will learn the intricate choreography of the MTA. Trying to dance your way through the city to a different beat will inevitably leave you plastered on the floor like a sad competitor onread more

Unknowing Fear

Unknowing Fear

Are you scared? I unconsciously punched out a text message back to my mom. What would I be scared of? She’d just asked me to stop by a police station around the corner of my office to pick up a car accident report for a recentread more

Keep Families Together + How to Throw a VBQ

Keep Families Together + How to Throw a VBQ

This week’s readings in the Catholic liturgy seemed to bear more poignant relevance to the current goings-on of our country than usual. The gospel told a story of Jesus’ healing a girl afflicted with hemorrhages for twelve years. Her father had beckoned Jesus to come saveread more