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Monday, March 21, 2011

Soy Sausage with Vegetables on Potato Pancake


The bottom is hash browns. The middle is soy sausage, egg whites, turmeric, tomatoes, sprouts, broccoli and red cabbage. Topped with guacamole.

Heather made black-eyed pea tempeh with oats and seaweed


Black Eyed Pea Tempeh Homemade by me!! Sauerkraut homemade too...

I have loved tempeh for its b12 content but never liked the fact I could only find it in soy bean style so I decided to buy my own starter and start my science project. I liked this one the best so far. I used my homemade green cabbage sauerkraut for this one but I like the purple one better, its sweeter and more visually pleasing . Homemade Russian Dressing, sprouts and kraut.


Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Indian Brown Basmati Rice with Cashews and Coconut Shreds

Make brown basmati rice into a treat!!
Take one teaspoon of brown mustard seds, 1/2 tsp of cumin seeds and roast in dry pan. Add olive oil and brown some cashews, throw mixture into rice, add flaked dry coconut, cilantro and black sesame seeds.

Polenta with Egg Whites, Sprouts, Tomatoes, and Avocado

Mashed Sweet Potatoes with Cashew Yogurt Indian Style

Mexican Tortilla Soup

Vegetable broth with cilantro, cumin, sweet onions, carrots and avocado. I add cayenne pepper and tortilla strips at the end.

Vanilla Creme with Fresh Berries and Mint


Vanilla Creme is made from Thai young coconuts, their water, coconut oil and vanilla bean with a touch of salt. Blend 2 c coconut meat with 1/2 cup coconut water, add water as necessary and 1/2 vanilla bean, 2 tbsp coconut oil , 1/4 c agave nectar and a dash of salt. Blend until creamy. Top your fresh fruit of choice and garnish with fresh mint sprigs.

Phyllo wrapped Potato Samosas with Indian Tomato Gravy


Tomato Gravy is spectacular. Use one can of Organic fire roasted tomatoes, soaked almonds or cashew, cumin, turmeric, coriander, and garam masala. Blend in the blender until desired consistency. Heat Earth Balance or Oilve oil in a pan and cook the sauce until throughly warmed and darkened in color. Garnish with cilantro.
Phyllo wrapped potato samosas are available at Indian stores and contain much less bread than traditional ones. Just saute frozen ones in oil til browned.

Raw Thai Curry with Butternut Squash and Sweet Potato


Spirals slice Butternut sqaush, sweet potatoes, carrots and zucchini or yellow squash. Add kale or collards or sprouts and red cabbage along with some soaked cashews. Mix one can coconut milk (or thai young coconut meat and juice blended) with some red curry paste to taste. Place in the Excalibur dehydrator until softened and warmed.

New Mexico Grilled Green Chili Soup


Roasted Green Chilis with Potatoes, Cilantro and Avacado in a cashew milk base with Cashew Sour Cream.
Not very often am I blessed with fresh roasted green chilis from New Mexico but Holly's kids went for Christmas and brought us some back.

Boil potatoes, add green chilis, cashew milk, vegetarian broth, and salt and pepper. Blend until desired consistency. Add chopped cilantro, chopped avacado and a little cashew sour cream. Cashew sour cream is made out of soaked cashews with a touch of water and a squeeze of lemon juice. Spicy and good!!

Chocolate Covered Cherry Smoothie


Cocao nibs with organic frozen cherries, coconut water, hemp seeds, almonds and a few vanilla bean seeds all blended together make a great smoothie that is very healthy for you. I like the Cocao nibs unsweetened for a little crunch. Add a banana at the end and do not over blend it. I usually blend coconut water with hemp seeds and almonds to make the base, add ice cubes of filtered water and then the cherries. Lastly, I add the cocao nibs and bananas so they dont get too blended. Yummy! It's a dessert for breakfast. Giving you all kinds of benefits.

Indian style Brussel Sprouts with Coconut Flakes

Indian style Brussel Sprouts with Coconut Flakes
Met some Earth Balance (not Smart Balance-always read the labels of what you buy, if you cant pronounce it, you shouldn't be eating it), add some black mustard seeds, approximetly 1 tsp, 1 tsp split urad dal (available at Indian stores) 1 tsp cumin seeds and heat until mustard seeds start to pop and turn grey.
I steam the brussel sprouts to leave the nutrients in tact and make a small x on the bottom of each to soften the hardest part of it.
Throw in the brussel sprouts with spices and Earth Balance and saute briefly. Remove and add 1/2 c coconut flakes, I like Organic Coconut flakes over shredded coconut. You can find it in health food stores.

Maple Glazed Tempeh with Jicama Whip and Salad


Maple Glazed Tempeh and Mushrooms with Jicama Whip and Salad


My favorite store bought tempeh (fermented soybeans in a cake like patty frozen) is from Gainesville. Either Jose's available at www.thetempehshop.com or Artie's available at Blue Planet or Diane's in St. Augustine, Florida in the frozen section. They use whole beans which I find to be much tastier than the Publix kind WestSoy which breaks up the beans too much for my taste.

I take the tempeh and saute it with Earth Balance and about 2 TBSP maple syrup, Grade B preferably because it contains more trace minerals than Grade A. Glaze the tempeh with the mixture and add mushrooms at the end and cook til tender.

Jicama Whip is a raw dish that contains soaked cashews or Brazil nuts. I use Brazil nuts because they are very high in selenium. Soak brazil nuts overnight and blend with chopped jicama, nutritional yeat, salt and fresh garlic. Blend in the Vita-mix on high to warm slightly.

My favorite salads are chopped lettuces, chopped sprouts, tomatoes, any kind of green veggies, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, hemp seeds, and flax seeds. I use 10 year old Balsamic Vinegar and extra virgin olive oil or some time nutritional yeast, olive oil and hemp seed blend. I cut the lettuce because you can eat two or three times the greens without even knowing it because you don't have to chew the whole leaves like traditionally served salads. We can all use more greens.

Lobster Mushrooms, Brussel Sprouts and Udon with Sake Glaze

Oatmeal Pancakes with Pecans and Strawberries


Oatmeal Pancakes with Pecans and Strawberries

Soak 1 cup oats in homemade cashw milk until absorbed and softened
1/2 c wheat flour
1 tbsp baking power
1 tsp salt
2 cage free eggs beaten
cinnamon

Because these are primarily oats they are much healthier than usual pancakes and for all of you looking to lower your cholesterol, oatmeal is a proven way to do it. Also use only egg whites and the dish is completely cholesterol free. They are very dense and filling so you eat less too. Chloe said it reminded her of banana bread, I am guessing because of its density. Feel free to add bananas or whatever fruit you prefer. Hope you enjoy them...

Toasted Barley, Fennel and Leeks with Red Wine Reduction


Toasted Barley, Leeks, Fennel and Red Wine Reduction w. Buckwheat Sprouts and Sunchokes


2 C barley, toasted on 400 degrees for 10 minutes, then boiled for 40
2 fennel bulbs and their fronds, boiled in Earth Balance and water for 20 minutes until softened
2 leeks steamed
4 sunchokes sauteed
2 c Dry Red Wine reduced on medium heat until thickened
1 cup buckwheat sprouts for garnish

Homemade Hemp Seed Milk Decaf Cappuccino


Homemade Hemp Seed Milk Decaf Cappuccino


3 Tbsp of Organic Hemp Seeds
2/3 Cup Filtered Water
4 cashews or almonds
1 tsp agave syrup
1/2 tsp coconut oil
a few vanilla bean seeds

2 cups Naturally Decaffeinated Coffee brewed
Cinnamon sprinkle

Blend the hemp seeds with the rest of the top ingredients on high speed, preferably in a Vita-Mix. This will heat and blend simultaneously. The longer you blend, the hotter it gets. Make sure to blend long enough that everything is liquified and there is a nice froth to the mixture. Pour over brewed coffee and sprinkle with cinnamon.

I recommend going to Whole Foods or other Organic stores to get Naturally Decaffeinated coffee, but if you like the buzz try espresso or regular coffee.

If this is too complicated, just do seeds, nuts and agave with water and leave out the other ingredients.
Hemp Seeds provide you with tons of Omega 3's which are important for brain function.