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Thursday, March 31, 2016

Spicy Cabbage and Onion Saute-Vegan-

Items for this are quite easy:

1/2 green cabbage
1 large onion
2 Tblspns of Clubhouse Greek Seasoning
1 tsp garlic powder
1tsp cracked red pepper flake
1 tsp of Himalayan pink sea salt
1 Tblsp lime juice
1/4 cup water
1 Tblsp of extra virgin olive oil- for sautéing

Simply slice the cabbage as you would for coleslaw, julienne the onion.
In a small bowl mix together the seasonings get them ready.

Place a large stirfry pan or pot on element and heat on medium-high until you can smell the olive oil
add the onion and cabbage and cook for roughly 10 minutes toss and stir occasionally so not to burn.  half way through cooking time add seasoning and give a good toss add the lime juice and water at this time.  Cover and cook slowly for another 10 minutes.  Cabbage should have a slight crunch to it when done serve up and enjoy.

Another take on this instead of the Greek spice mix try the Tex-Mex.  Both of these are just great spice mixes and considered vegan.

Vegan Chickpea Salad- "NOT RAW"

 Dinner last night was another simple salad that was quite yummy to say the least.

What you will need
1 can of chick peas
1 can of black olives
5 cups of mixed spring greens
1/4-1/2 cucumber-diced

Dressing
1/2 fresh lime-
pink sea salt
fresh ground pepper
1 Tblsp extra virgin olive oil

Simply put all ingredients in a large bowl.  Than mix together the juice from the lime and the olive oil and pour over the salad mix thoroughly grind the salt and pepper over the salad give one more toss and enjoy. 

Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Berry Smoothie Explosion Recipe


My Breakfast smoothie one of them anyways:

2 bananas organic if possible and nice and ripe ones spotted no greenies allowed
1-2 cups of mixed berries I use simply frozen
2 cups of water you could use coconut or some dairy alternative if you wish
My go to LeanFit Vegan plant based protein powder one scoop.

Altogether with Protein powder coming in at 110 calories and 19grams of protein the whole smoothie will ring in about 350 calories with the fruit little more if you use almond milk or the coconut water.  Good caloric intake for breakfast. 

Toss this all into your fav. blender and blend until nice and smooth unless you like it chunky I do not.  Drink up enjoy this should easily power you through until lunch.

If no one has ever told you this than here it is eating green bananas never a good thing not only are they bitter and kind of tasteless they can give you some gut aches and are harder to digest than some nice sweet ripe ones now when I say ripe they do not have to be black not like we are making banana bread here brown spotted is fine a little green at the stem is fine   If you do not have some ripe bananas use another fruit like mango for instance or some pineapple. 

Awesome Mixed Green Salad- with Pineapples and Olives


My dinner last night another great salad concoction:

1/2 can of black olives sliced
1/2 cucumber
1 cup pineapple
4 cups of organic mixed greens and herbs
1/2 cup of Renee's Sweet Onion Vegan dressing with some balsamic vinegar added to it this addition actually worked out well curbed the onion a tad.

Start off by adding olives to a large bowl, cup up cucumber in bite size pieces, I grabbed a fresh whole pineapple as they were on sale so peel a potion of the fruit and than cut into nice size chunks.  Greens are already triple washed and organic so they can be tossed right in.  I only had a small amount of dressing left so I poured the balsamic right into the bottle gave it a good shake with lid on of course and poured it over the salad.  Gave the salad a good toss and dived in water was the accompaniment and for dessert a couple of the almond date rolls.   I could easily make them but the Natural Delights from Bard Valley were on special if you have not tried them go for it you will not be disappointed. 


Tuesday, March 29, 2016

COOKED Vegan Veggie casserole- No Pasta-

  Made this for my Easter dinner as I was going over to in-laws who are not vegan.  This is what you will need

1 large sweet potato/yam
1/2 butternut squash or acorn unless it is small use whole thing
1 zucchini
I used some Keg Steakhouse seasoning I had lying around a good mix of herbs, salts, and pepper.
1 Tblsp. of Extra Virgin olive oil or you could use Avocado or Coconut.
I tossed this all about in a corning ware dish and baked at 350 degrees for 45Mins.

Yes this is not considered raw I many times do some cooked vegan dishes as well just for a change.
I had this and my sister in-law made some roasted beets with olive oil and seasonings which was perfect.  For dessert while they ate homemade carrot cake I munched on some almond&date rolls.

When you know your going some place a vegan option may not be possible prepare.

Tasty Baby Bok Choy Salad with Sesame Soy Dressing



This is what I concocted for dinner last night and it turned out rather good so I thought I would share it.  This is what you will need too accomplish this taste sensation:

6-8 Baby Bok Choy or Shanghai Bok Choy
2 heads of broccoli 1 big or 2 small
1/2 cucumber
1/2 bunch of fresh cilantro
1/2 container of Renee's  Vegan Soy Sesame Dressing this is fresh stuff so in fridge section.  You could also make your own if you wish this was used out of convience leftover dressing.


Chop the bok choy into a large dice rough chop nothing to it
Broccoli take a knife a chop the tops off the staff into tiny florets like bite size
Cucumber simple dice cut in half lengthwise and than large bite size dice
Cilantro rough chop this is for flavor




This was a rather simple salad nothing fancy or elaborate but the taste was there if I had them would have thrown in some pickled banana peppers and maybe some mushrooms.

These recipes are some of the best limited ingredients so your stomach is not like what are you trying to do to me easy to digest and happy colon with all the fiber.  This may seem like a lot of food but when your vegan consuming large salads is just part of the lifestyle low calorie means you must eat more to get the calories required to function. 

I cracked some Himalayan sea salt and fresh cracked pepper to really send this into the stratosphere of taste.