Welcome to Beautiful Ingredient
Here, we're eating more plants with delicious food that happens to be vegan.
The recipes are designed to be easy, efficient, nutritious, and tasty - so feel free to dig in!
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I'm Kari - welcome to my kitchen! Here, the focus is on adding beauty to life through food. To me, a beautiful ingredient is colorful, botanical, and whole (or minimally processed). I like to keep my recipes and food ideas fuss-free so that you can even enjoy a plant-rich lifestyle on a busy weeknight. I'm off to the farmers market - happy eating!
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eating more plants with easy vegan recipes
At Beautiful Ingredient, it's all about realistic ways to enjoy flavorful, nutritious, beautiful ingredients.
Beautiful food can actually be on the table daily - even with little time, energy, or budget. The vegan recipes here are easy, fiber filled, and most take less than 30 minutes of prep.
Being realistic in the kitchen can mean working with an easy Beautiful Ingredient recipe or stocking a fridge with nutritious ingredients that can simply be tossed together for a beautiful meal.
Here, it's not about judging any diets. Just prioritizing whole plant-based foods, working them into everyday life without needing to be "perfect." By focusing on eating more plants, intake of highly processed foods can naturally be reduced. I benefit from that, my family does, and so does my environment. All these benefits, just from being more intentional about what we eat!
I believe food is about enjoyment and well-being, and that it's possible to get good food on the table without adding a lot of stress. In fact, the kitchen can become a place of calm and comfort.
Now, let's eat!