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And then Cyndi Lauper’s Time After Time began to play and Cauliflower, Portobello, and I all did an interpretive ballet routine while all the other plants and shoppers watched in awe. While it’s not the most typical combination of flavors, the joining of baked sweet potatoes, meaty mushrooms and lentils, sun-dried tomatoes, and green olives is just kismet. The sloppy joe-style filling comes together easily and quickly so by the time your sweet potatoes are soft and luscious on the inside with a crispy exterior, it’s raring to go. Add the liquid aminos and cook for another few minutes, stirring occasionally, until the liquid has almost cooked away.

I’ve found an incredible therapist and a great weekly support group, I’ve reconnected to journaling, I’ve started meditating, I’ve added weekly yoga back in to my life, and most importantly, I’ve surrounded myself with a group of strong, fierce, and loving friends (and family) who hold me up when I am unable to. I also prefer, instead of cooking the pasta the traditional way in a pot of boiling water, to fill a bowl with hot water and add the noodles to the bowl (spreading out the strands so you don’t have large clumps of pasta stuck together) and let them soak for 10 to 15 minutes, until it’s time to add them to the pot. The noodles continue to cook when you add them to the pot with the veggies, tofu, and sauce, so it’s best to not overcook them beforehand. Add the carrots (and tofu, if you're skipping the above frying step), and cook for 3 to 4 minutes, stirring occasionally, or until the carrots are becoming tender.

Within” collaboration with Disney•Pixar’s Incredibles 2, a year-long initiative to provide families with healthy, delicious, and fun recipes to help them unleash their own inner-hero, I was 110% on board. These strawberry banana muffins are vegan, gluten-free, and so moist, flavorful, delicious, and healthy that they’ll appeal to everyone in the family. Dole is also partnering with Action for Healthy Kids, a non-profit that provides grants to schools to help teach children about nutrition and healthy lifestyles. You can help them out by uploading a photo of how your family is eating healthy, and Dole will donate $2 to Action for Healthy Kids for every photo uploaded.

I knew which two dairy-free frozen dessert flavors I was using: Peachy Maple Pecan and Chocolate-Drizzled Bananas Foster, two of the five new frozen dessert flavors from So Delicious. For the Peachy Maple Pecan, I used pecan cookies, a dollop of caramel sauce, and then after topping it with the other cookie, I smashed chopped pecans around the perimeter of the sandwich and then rushed them to the freezer. For the Chocolate Drizzled Bananas Foster, I used the chocolate chip pecan cookies and the same dollop of caramel. So Delicious’s new flavors– Peachy Maple Pecan, Chocolate Drizzled Bananas Foster, Blueberry Cardamom, Toasted Coconut Key Lime, and Cold Brew Coffee.