alison joy

vegan food & nature & life

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Potato Nachos with Butternut-Walnut Nacho Cheese Sauce

A healthier, whole foods vegan version that’s still immensely satisfying!

In the nacho cheese sauce: butternut squash, walnuts, soymilk, lemon juice, garlic, hatch chilis, nutritional yeast, smoked paprika, cumin, chili powder, white pepper, mustard powder, cayenne, black pepper, and himalayan salt.

For the toppings: black beans, red onion, red bell pepper, parsley, avocado, salsa, and kite hill unsweetened almond milk yogurt as a stand in for sour cream. YUM!

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Sweet & Sour Tofu with Broccoli, Carrot, Chard, and Red Onion

Served with Brown Rice

Sweet & Sour recipe adapted from:

https://www.sixvegansisters.com/2017/02/28/sweet-sour-cauliflower/

(Broccoli, chard, and carrots from my Full Belly Farms CSA Box)

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Huckleberry Botanical Regional Preserve

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Berkeley

January 2020

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Berkeley

January 2020

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Berkeley

January 2020

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Air BNB tiny home garden in Emeryville, California

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Lucy & Matthew

Summer 2019

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Grilled Yuca Tortillas with Corn & Black Olives

Served with Guacamole and Kite Hill Unsweetened Almondmilk Yogurt as “sour cream”!

Recipe from Veganomicon cookbook by Isa Chandra Moskowitz & Terry Hope Romero

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Roasted Butternut Squash, Cilantro, & Pumpkinseed Rice Paper Wraps with Spicy Sesame Soy Dipping Sauce 

Recipe from the Veganomicon cookbook by Isa Chandra Moskowitz & Terry Hope Romero

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Spicy Tempeh Nori Rolls (with avocado and scallions) from Veganomicon cookbook by Isa Chandra Moskowitz & Terry Hope Romero

The first recipe of many I am going to make from this cookbook!

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Lyubs

Double exposure film portraits

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Chia Pudding with Chopped Almonds and Strawberries (vegan, gluten free)

1/4 cup chia seeds

1 cup unsweetened plain soy milk

a healthy pinch of sea salt

1/4 teaspoon cinnamon

1/2 tablespoon agave nectar

1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract

add chia seeds to a lidded jar.  in a separate bowl, whisk together soy milk, sea salt, cinnamon, agave nectar, and vanilla extract. pour over chia seeds and with a fork, stir well. let sit for ten minutes, and then stir quickly, breaking up any clumps of chia seeds while you do. cover with lid and let sit in the refrigerator over night to enjoy the next day. top with chopped almonds and sliced fresh strawberries for a very special treat!

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I’ve been stuck between wanting to be invisible to the world and desiring to share my experiences, my stories, with it. On the one hand, being invisible is easy, and it feels safe. On the other, as I heal, the itch to share, to express myself through stories of my lived experience, arises. But mostly there is shame, fear, and self judgment of “oversharing”. So, here’s an in between: a late summer sunset view from my apartment patio.

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Turquoise Self Portrait 2019

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Around the Home, 2019

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Midtown Sacramento, 2018