Sunday, June 16, 2013

Quinoa Corn Salad

First - there won't be any pictures with today's recipes. I'm trying to something with the new Vine App! So if you're on Twitter, there's a small video that goes along with the recipe so Check it Out!

Ingredients 

  • 1/2 cup corn
  • 1/2 cup black beans
  • 1/2 water Quinoa
  • 1 cup water
  • 1/4 Eggplant Spread from Trader Joe's
Directions
  • Cook Quinoa and water together on medium heat until water is absorbed
  • Add all other ingredients to a bowl
  • Add cooked Quinoa, stir, chill, and serve

Saturday, June 1, 2013

Sea Kelp Quinoa

Ingredients
☆ 1 cup quinoa
☆ 2 cups water
☆ 1/4 chopped onion
☆ 2 tbsp minced garlic
☆ 3 tbsp sea kelp
☆ Olive oil to desired consistency

Directions
☆ Add quinoa and water to pot, cook until water is absorbed
☆ Blend onions,  garlic, sea kelp,  and oil together (I used my nutra bullet)
☆ Remove quinoa from heat and mix with kelp sauce
☆ This can be served by itself or as a great filler for wraps

Spicy Butternut Squash Polenta

Ingredients
- 1/2 cup corn meal
- 2 cups butternut squash soup
- 3/4 cup of water
- red pepper flakes to taste
- garlic to taste
- salt & pepper to taste

Directions
- Mix all ingredients in a medium size pot
- Bring mixture to boil
- Reduce heat and cook until all liquid has been absorbed,  stir frequently
- Can be served hot or when cooled will harden and you can slice it to eat like a loaf

Sunday, May 26, 2013

Pineapple Honeydew Drink

So I recently bought myself a nutrabullet. Therefore I'll be playing around with different things I can use this for.  I made yesterday's "Not So Tuna Salad" with the nutrabullet also.

Ingredients
- chopped pineapple
- chopped honeydew
- chia seeds about 2 tbsps
-omega oil (I used Barleans Omega Twirl - it's vegan) I put in about 3 squirts

Directions

-Put ingredients into blender for about 15 seconds and you have your drink!

Advice: depending on the consistency you like you may want to add a touch of water to make it more like juice

Saturday, May 25, 2013

Not So Tuna Salad

Ingredients
- 1/2 small onion chopped
- 1/2 tbsp sea kelp
- 1 lemon juiced
- 1/2 water
- 2 cups almonds chopped

Directions
- Add all ingredients to processor or blender
- Blend until smooth
- Season to taste with salt and pepper
- Serve with crackers

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Green Salad

Ingredients

  • Asparagus (about 6 stalks - I used a peeler on mine)
  • Green Beans (about a handfull)
  • Garlic (1 spoonful)
  • Onion (1/4 cup)
  • Tempeh (1.2 package)
  • Vegan Mayo (about 2 spoonfuls)
  • Cilantro (1/4 cup)
Directions
  • Chop vegetables
  • Mix all ingredients into bowl 
  • VOILA! 



Saturday, May 4, 2013

Cinnaholic!

So Cinnaholic may be one of my new favorite places! It's a nice size store in Berkeley that is 100% vegan. I was so excited to find this. Often tooling through airports, the wafting smell of Cinnabon makes me want one.   Now finding Cinnaholic, this craving is fixed! In addition, this shop will even ship their rolls and frosting. Great to know for Holidays when sometimes finding Vegan baked goods is hard. I highly recommend this if you are in the area. It's definitely becoming my Saturday morning routine to go and get a Cinnamon Roll while walking around downtown Berkeley.

This was today's special in honor of the Star Wars Day! A Wookie Cookie!