Vegan Citrus Olive Oil Cupcakes
Delicious and easy to make. Can make this with either organic lemons or oranges Make sure the zest is organic. Make sure your baking soda and baking powder are not expired. Line 2 twelve cup muffin pans with cupcake paper liners. I used unbleached standard size, greaseproof paper cupcake liners from Amazon. The paper liners…
Daily Smoothie
Trying to eat healthfully, one hears all this advice about healthy food. Eat this; it is good for that; this is an antioxidant and that is an anti-inflammatory, etc. It can be overwhelming. There are so many recommendations. I cannot eat this much food in a single day – too many calories. Why not put…
Maltese Bruschetta
These are easy to make and such a unique delicious flavor. Fresh bread, sliced. Baguette is a nice size for appetizers. Toasted is optional for crunch. Ingredients: Mix equal parts olive oil and balsamic vinegar onto a bread size plate. Dip sliced baguette face down into mixture. Top the dipped side with a slice of…
Fennel Potatoes
This is a family favorite. 6 potatoes, sliced 2 onions, sliced 2 garlic cloves, minced 1 quart vegetable broth olive oil fennel seeds Salt and pepper Peel and slice potatoes and onions. Place in a sauce pan. Add garlic. Sprinkle w fennel seeds, salt, and pepper. Pour in vegetable broth, enough to almost cover potatoes.…
Tasty Earth Friendly Chili
All of these portions can be customized to your own taste preferences. Serves 6-8. 2 1/2 cups of dried red kidney beans (Prepare in Instant Pot pressure cooker. You can also prepare with traditional method of soaking for several hours and boiling) 6 cups of vegetable broth * 1 cup raw coarse bulgar ** 1.5…
Delicious Vegan Double Chocolate Cupcakes
If you like dark chocolate, you will love these cupcakes. The secret is in the zucchini. It adds moisture and a “vegetable”. Yields about 18-24 cupcakes. Make them various sizes to give people some choices. Some may want more, some may want less. During Covid serving cake in the form of cupcakes is a great…
Vegan Italian Black Truffle Linguine
This recipe is super easy and so elegant. Delicious meal for some lucky mom on Mother’s Day! Serves 2-4 depending on your portion sizes. Ingredients: 1 cup raw cashews, soaked in 2 cups of water for at least 2hrs Linguine (use about 1/2 pack for 2 servings) 1/2 jar Truffle Carpaccio in olive oil (6.35…
Instant Pot Vegan Butternut Squash Tagine
An easy family favorite. If you like the texture of Japanese squash that just melts in your mouth, you will like this recipe. Serves 4-6. Ingredients – 1 cup dried chick peas (or use 2 x 15. 5 oz cans. The dried tastes much better) 1 onion, chopped 2 tbsp cooking oil (avocado or coconut)…
Queer Eye Eggplant Dish
If you haven’t watched it already, Queer Eye is a Netflix series where 4 guys and a person AKA the Fab Five go around solving people’s life problems. In each episode, they coach someone who is stuck in their life, move on and thrive. Each of the Fab Five specializes in different life topics that…
Natural Immune Boosting Ideas
It is a preventive so you do this before you get sick Raw Garlic (as Toum*) Ginger (tea). Also ginger pieces boiled with scallions as a tea* Chrysanthemum tea Pineapple ( I can only handle a piece a day. Too much Bromelain can cause canker sores) Shiitake and Maitake mushrooms cooked (These are the easiest…
Try these Hot Cinnamon Rolls for the Holidays
These super fast home-baked organic cinnamon rolls are from Costco. When you and your friends/family are together for the holidays, this is one of the comfort foods. On top of being organic, they are also vegan/plant-based. Prior to baking it in my toaster oven, I did not space the rolls out like it recommended on…
Healthy Blender-Free Smoothie Recipe
This is a great smoothie. Easy to make. Healthy ingredients. Sugar free. Tasty. I make it the night before, leave in fridge overnight and grab it on my way out the door in the morning. It will be my lunch. All of the ingredients are from either Costco or Amazon. The amount of each ingredient…
Green Tea Instant Oatmeal
Thaw out berries in a covered glass container in fridge. Keeps for a few days. Make a cup green tea with hot water. Steep for 3-4 minutes. Put Oatmeal in a bowl. Add the hot green tea. The amount of tea you use will be determined by how thick you like your oatmeal. Top with…
How to make “decaf” Tea
Add your tea bag to hot water. Wait 30 seconds. Pour that water out and add fresh hot water to bag. Steep for another 3 and half minutes. When tea is steeped for more than 4 minutes total, the oxalates start to leach out. Oxalates are associated with renal stones. Now I don’t have any…
Baked Tofu Bowl as Main Dish
Topped with Kim Chi and Asian Pickled Greens, Sweet Potatoes, Spinach This recipe is for the Baked Tofu. The bowl is filled with Brown Rice, then topped with Seasoned Tommy’s Sweet Potatoes from Costco, Spinach, Pickled Veggies, Baked Tofu recipe is below. To keep it low carb, you can skip the rice and use a…
Roasted Cauliflower with Vegan Aioli Dip
Ingredients: One head of cauliflower cut into floret pieces, or buy ready cut olive oil spray salt and pepper 1/2 cup Trader Joe’s Vegan Spread and dressing 1 tsp minced garlic Sriracha Sauce optional Prep: Spray a baking sheet pan with olive oil. Put the florets in pan, spreading them out. Spray the Florets with…
Honey Tofu Chocolate Pudding
Makes 6 servings Ingredients: 5 tbsp raw honey, 1/4 tsp salt. One squeeze of lemon, 1/2 cup Cacao powder 14 oz soft Tofu- put into a food processor or blender Coconut oil 2 tsp Coconut milk 3-6 tbsp Vanilla 1 -2 tsp 18 Raspberries and Fresh Mint leaves to decorate Prep: Blend all the ingredients…
Sauté Spinach and Onions
Side dish for 6 Ingredients: 1 small or 1/2 large onion, chopped 1-2 tsp garlic, chopped 1 tsp ginger, grated 2 tbsp Avocado oil 1 – 16 oz bag of frozen organic spinach 1/2 cup Vegetable broth or 1 tsp Vegan Bouillon Squeeze of lemon or sprinkle of apple cider vinegar Salt and Pepper Prep:…
Valentine Almond Cookies
This is a recipe from the Island of Malta. You can shape them into Hearts and decorate with a Maraschino Cherry (Whole Foods has sans food coloring). These cookies have 2 versions: vegan and traditional with egg whites. Bake @ 400F for 8-10 mins. Makes 84 x 2inch round cookies Ingredients: 4 cups ground almonds…
Holiday Vegan Main Dish – Stuffed Squash
This is easier to make than a Turkey…. Ingredients: 2 Medium Acorn Squash 1/2 cup Orange Juice 1 good sized onion, chopped 1/2 cup Wild Rice 2 tbsp Avocado oil or coconut oil 2 cups Vegetable Broth Spices- 1/2-1 tsp Curry powder; 1/2-1 tsp Cinnamon; 1 tsp Cayenne pepper, salt and pepper to taste 1/2…
Easy Dinners in Bowls
This meal’s prep time is not 10 mins but around 25 mins with some pre-planning. Pre planning –> Make ahead: Miso dressing (See Sept 2017 blog for recipe or way down at bottom of this recipe) and set up rice cooker with brown rice. Turn on rice cooker few hours before guests arrive. Serving a whole…
Easy Vegan Dinner #2
This dinner takes about 10 mins to make. Needs to get these ingredients together from Trader Joe’s and some basics from Costco. Prepare Carrots as per package but bake convection oven at 400deg for about 8 mins to brown carrots. Then Microwave covered for about 2 minute to soften (depends on wattage of your microwave).…
Easy Vegan Dinner #1
You can make this in 10 mins- I was at Costco and bought these 3 things- Potato and Spinach Pierogies, Korean Gondre Herb Rice and precooked Beets I pan fried the Pierogies with avocado oil over medium heat, covered, 4 minutes on each side with a splash of water in the last minute…
Victory Vegan Burgers for the 4th or anytime
Makes about 4 burgers – I doubled the recipe to have extra later in the week. Ingredients 1 can of green jackfruit, drained and rinsed 1 L of vegetable broth 1/3 Cup Chickpea/Garbanzo Flour (Sprouts had this) 1/3 Cup chopped red onions 1 tsp of grated Ginger 2 tsp minced Garlic 1/4 Cup Cilantro, chopped…
Curry Vegan Burgers
Makes about 4-6 burgers. Ingredients 1 can of green jackfruit, drained and rinsed 1 L of vegetable broth 1/3 Cup Chickpea/Garbanzo Flour (Sprouts or Indian grocery store) 1/3 Cup chopped red onions 1 tsp of grated Ginger 2 tsp minced Garlic 1/4 Cup Cilantro, chopped 1 tsp of Curry powder 1 tsp paprika 1 tsp…
Coconut Lentil Soup with Roasted Golden Beets and Mango Slaw
This recipe is only going to work easily if you have a Trader Joe’s near by. You could make everything from scratch but that would take much more than the 5 minutes it takes to make this meal. Mix about 1/2 cup of canned coconut milk (note this is not the coconut milk substitute for…
Vegan Black-Eyed Peas with Collard Greens
My motto for cooking: healthy, simple, fast, plus delicious. Menu Black-Eyed Peas with Collard Greens Spanish Rice Avocado (right now in California, Avocados are everywhere) Dark Chocolate Tequila Strawberries (Fondue optional) The trick is to have a dish that looks like this. Any food served in this heart shaped dish will be “Valentine’s” appropriate. Main…
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