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Vegan potato salad

Potato salad. . .a delicious side dish, easy to make, and like my favorite dishes, you can put virtually anything into it.

So why are my potato salads different? Because of one, essential ingredient, that I believe every good potato salad should have.

An apple!!

Yes, that's right - an apple gives the right crunch and sweet touch to potato salad. To be fair, this isn't even my idea. It was passed down to me by my Mom, who learned it with my best friend's Mom (who is czech, by the way, and has the most awesome recipes). Since I was five, all of my potato salads have had an apple in them.

So, go ahead, get creative! Here are some ideas of what to put in your potato salad:

• Homemade mayonnaise (that's a tricky one, and something I've never done. But in honour to my mom and my best friend who both know how to make it, I'll leave it written down).
• Corn
• Peas
• 4 boiled large potatoes
• A chopped apple
• Chopped celery (more crunch)
• Chopped spinach
• Chopped raw or cooked carrots

Mix it all up, chill, and enjoy! 

Vegan pizza n°2

This is just an idea of the wondrous ingredients you can add to a hearty vegan pizza. And this is also the third pizza I make this past two weeks- it's becoming my favorite dinner to whip up at the last moment.

The beautiful place mat is made by my mom. She sells them in Brazil.

This delicious pizza has:

• Purple cabbage
• Swiss chard
• Dried tomatoes
• Black olives
• Corn
• Soft tofu
• Olive oil & herbes de Provence :)
• Tomato sauce.

Basically, spread the tomato sauce onto the dough, and top with everything else. 

Here's the recipe for the pizza dough.  I substituted the white flour with whole wheat flour and it turned out beautiful. Enjoy!