These Braised Garlic Green Beans are awesome. Period. Seriously, if you want to get your kids to eat their green beans, make them this way! My kids go crazy for these, and every time I make them, I make more than we need for one meal, because they will snack on them! I first fell in love with these delectable green beans when my husband and I used to camp in Santa Barbara. We would drive up the coast, and when we got to Santa Barbara, we would stop at a health food store and get some deli items to eat while camping. Our favorites included BBQ’d tofu, and these green beans. When we bought them, they would sometimes have sesame seeds and red pepper flakes on them. Occasionally, I make them like that too, but to keep this recipe kid friendly, we’ll stick to basics and add the sesame and red pepper as options….
Easy Dairy-Free Coleslaw
Super Easy Non-Dairy Coleslaw (and Bon Jovi!)
Hi guys! How is summer treating you so far? I hope you are having tons of fun! My boys are keeping me busy with swimming, sleep overs, parades, trips to the beach and the water park, and movies! It’s been so much fun so far! Last week we went out to go shopping (Target, Whole Foods, etc) and the most wonderful thing happened! (Well, I guess spontaneous world peace, or winning the lottery, might be the MOST wonderful thing, but this was regular day most wonderful…) When we were leaving Target, we heard Bon Jovi music, and as we listened closer, we discovered that it sounded live, and that it was coming from a small park next to the parking area. So we went over there, and they were having a concert in the park! Not the real Bon Jovi, but a cover band that LOOKED and SOUNDED just like Bon Jovi! They were really, really good! I have to say that the teenager in me was pretty darn happy. We stayed to watch them and had so.much.fun! Speaking for myself anyway.. I think the kids were like, ‘can we leave now?!’, but when they saw the huge smile on my face, they settled in. 😉 Little kids were running around, people were eating and drinking, playing with beach balls, women were taking selfies with the band in the background, and lots of people were dancing. When they started into “It’s My Life”, a beautiful 60 something woman went dancing by, and it just filled my heart with joy. It was a really awesome, summer fun scene! I’ve been a fan since I was 10 years old, so I was really happy to be there. It was the BEST shopping trip ever. And that’s just one of the reasons that summer is so awesome. Everyone is out and about, and everyone is ready to have some fun. BTW – the band was “Wanted” and they play all over the U.S., so you might be able to catch them somewhere if you love Bon Jovi too! Anyone else?
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Braised Garlic Kale
Juicy, Braised, Garlic Kale
Hey everyone! So, if you read my blog regularly, and I hope you do (!), you’ll notice that I use Braised Garlic Kale in a bunch of my recipes… I’m just kind of in madly in love with it! It goes with just about anything, and when I make a big batch of it, I keep it in the fridge for a few days and use it as a side dish, add it to rice, eat it on some pasta, put a little in my soup… my kids love it on top of baked potatoes with a little vegan ranch! It goes with almost anything. Best part is that it only takes a few minutes to prepare. So even though, you can find the instructions for this, within several of my other recipes, I thought I’d just pop on here quickly and write a quick post and give this little gem to you separately, so you can dream up your own scenarios for this awesome veggie!! And so you don’t have to go searching for them… here’s a couple of links to recipes that I’ve used this Braised Garlic Kale for.
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Angel McNall is the author and photographer of High Vibe Lifestyle. For over 20 years, Angel has been teaching people how to live more vibrantly by eating a plant based diet, and using plant based medicine. 
