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Vegan Pesto Flatbread with Radish Salad
I love pizza so much that sometimes I have to trick Eric into eating it by calling it flatbread. This vegan pesto flatbread was so good. Really happy with the way it turned out. Eating salad on your pizza, I mean flatbread, was is also a great idea. Who doesn’t love that? We had some left over pizza dough from some breadsticks we made the other day and didn’t want it to go to waste. I also really wanted to try out this vegan organic basil pesto sauce that I bought at Sprouts because it looks so creamy. To make this pesto flatbread you need: Pre-made pizza dough Pesto sauce…
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Christmas Gift Ideas 2017
Christmas can be a stressful time of year. Thats why I try to get most of my shopping done early. I love shopping for my friends and family because I take pride in my ability to pick out gifts they will love. Sometimes it is something meaningful or just something small and goofy that I know will put a smile on their face. This post contains sponsored links from Uncommongoods.com. To pick out that perfect gift you have to think about what that person likes. Eric knows I really like hiking so a few years ago he was in a local outfitter store finishing out his last minute shopping. A salesperson asked…
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Goodbye October Hello November
Goodbye October! Saying goodbye to October makes me sad. It’s one of my favorite months full of fun fall activities and I can not believe it is November already. What are your plans for Thanksgiving? The holidays are right around the corner. It’s a little scary right? As much as I love Christmas and all that comes with it the holidays can be a little stressful and overwhelming. I honestly don’t have a lot of activities planned for November for that reason. When it is crazy busy at work sometimes it’s nice to have some down time at home on the weekends. So what has everyone been up to in…
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Camping at Monte Sano State Park
We went camping this past weekend at Monte Sano State Park. Monte Sano is a Alabama State Park on 2,140 acres atop Monte Sano Mountain (1,600 ft elevation) on the east side of Huntsville. This was our first visit to the park and we will totally be going back to Monte Sano because the campground was nice and there are so many trails to check out. There are over 20 miles of trails in the park varying from easy to extremely difficult. It is about a two hour drive from our house so it was easy to get to and set everything up before dark leaving around noon on Friday. One…
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Vegan Marshmallow Treats
On a recent trip to Trader Joe’s I picked up a few bags of their vegan marshmallows because we have a camping planned soon and I want to roast them over the campfire but I also decided to make treats with them. Everyone remembers growing up and eating Rice Crispy Treats right? Well these are just like that but better because they are vegan. I started browsing a Peta list of accidentally vegan cereals and saw that Cap’n Crunch was on the list. So that was and easy choice. I knew I wanted to make ooey gooey sticky vegan marshmallow treats with Crunch Berries. To make Vegan Marshmallow Treats you need:…
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Red Mountain Park in Birmingham
Fall is great time of year to go hiking and enjoy being outside. Red Mountain Park is an 1500 acre urban green space in Birmingham with 15 miles of trails, incredible tree houses with views of the city, a 6 acre dog park, a climbing tower, zip line adventures, and more! It is my favorite place to hike in the city. You will see a lot of bikers and trail runners in the park too. The park was built on land that was once an iron ore mine. If you check out the Red Mountain Park website you can find out more info on the park and the history of…
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Vegan Cuban Sandwich
If you love a huge sandwich this is for you! This is about as close as you can get to the taste of a real Cuban sandwich without the real meat. I love Cuban food so I had to make a vegan cuban sandwich. We served this sandwich with plantains and mojitos. It makes 2 to 4 sandwiches depending on how hungry you are. We make it into two sandwiches but we can never finish them. They are way too big. It is really easy to make if you have pre-made your seitan. To make the Vegan Cuban Sandwich you need: Basic Seitan – to changed the flavor profile…
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Goodbye September Hello October
Goodbye September! What a busy busy month! Time to make way for one of my favorite months of the year. I love October so I always try to cram way too many activities in. We are planning a camping trip for later in the month. Have you been to Monte Santo State Park near Huntsville? We have never been there before but it looks like they have a lot of cool hiking trails to explore. Speaking of hiking we did tons of that on our Colorado vacation at the beginning of September. Check out photos and recap if you haven’t already. Also worth checking out Louisville Vegan Jerky. We bought…
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Vegan Chicken Salad
Chicken Salad is taken pretty seriously in the south. It’s great for family gatherings and parties. I’m not sure if I have been to Wedding/Baby Shower where chicken salad wasn’t served. Unfortunately some people in the south also think vegetarians still eat chicken. No we don’t eat chicken (or fish I get that one all the time too). So here is my recipe for Vegan Chicken Salad. Everyones recipe is little different. It normally includes celery but I am not fan of the texture so I leave it out. I really like grapes and nuts in mine but it is also good with dried fruit. I was very pleased with…
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What’s for Brunch September
Good morning y’all! September is a busy month in the Crutchfield house. We got back from vacay last weekend and it has been a busy week at work for both of us catching up on what missed while we were out. It’s nice to have a little down time so this weekend we have been chilling at home. Perfect opportunity for a relaxing sunday morning fall brunch. The only thing planned for the rest of our sunday is watching football! I’m not totally committed to fall yet because it’s still pretty hot here in Alabama (highs in upper 80s) so I’m not ready to go full on apple cider or…
