Thursday, May 22, 2014

Raw vegan chilli

Ingredients 
For the base:
-Approximately 2 cups of ripe tomatoes (cherry, grape, or roma tomatoes)
-1 cup of oil free sun dried tomatoes
-3 dates 
-one tsp of paprika, cumin and chilli flakes if you are feeling brave. 

Veggies to add in:
-Another 1/2 cup of sliced cherry or grape tomatoes
-1/2 cup of raw corn
-1/2 cup of diced zucchini
-1/2 cup of diced celery
-1/2 cup of diced red bell pepper
-half a cup of chopped carrots
-half a cup of chopped green onions
-1 cup of sliced mushrooms
-half cup of red onions
-half cup of diced cilantro
-quarter to 1 cup of diced avocado (1 avocado) optional 
-1 diced jalapeƱo pepper (optional)


Blend your ingredients for the base and then just chop all your veggies and mix with your sauce, wrap in lettuce or cabbage wraps and you are done! 

Monday, May 19, 2014

Split pea soup

Such and easy soup, split peas are my favorite and I think that they make a great combination with cumin, so good. 

Ingredients 
200 gr of dried split peas 
1 big carrot 
1 small onion 
Swiss chard  
Cumin 
Salt and paper 
1 cup of water

Cook your split peas first in a cup of water untill you feel that they are quite soft, peel and cut the carrots and onions, and the Swiss chard add the spices bring to a boil, then just let it simmer for around  30min when the veggies are fully cooked and the peas has soaked most of the water and are super soft and mushy it means that it's ready. 


Rice porridge

This is a perfect recipe if you have left over rice and you are tired of the daily oatmeal, this is super creamy, warm and delicious. 

You will need:
-One cup of cooked brown rice( feel free to use any rice that you have, I think that with sticky rice this would be great) 
-A little bit less than 1/2 cup of any nondairy milk of your choice 
-1 tbsp of vanilla 
1 tbsp of cinnamon 
-Sweetener of your choice 
-1 ripe banana 
-A handful f raisins 

Add everything to your casserole (mash the banana) except the milk, you want to add the liquid little by little if you want the rice to be thick, cook everything untill the rice soaks most of the liquid and you are ready to enjoy this creamy porridge 

Thursday, May 15, 2014

Pumpkin and butternut squash stew

Ingredients 
Lentils 
Butternut squash 
Pumpkin
1 carrot
1/2 cup of tomato paste 
Onions 
Swiss chard 
Paprika 
Cuminn 
Pepper and salt to taste 

Cut and wash all your veggies into cubes, bring to boil with the lentils and the spices add the tomato paste and let it simmer untill everything is soft and creamy. 

Cinnamon raisin peanut butter

Ingredients 
300 gr of peanuts
1/2 cup of raisins 
Cinnamon 
Salt if desire 

In a food processor, process your peanut until you have the creamy texture, remember you have to be patient because it will take some time, when it's creamy add half of the raisins and a 2 tsp of raisins and the salt if using, keep blending untill it's all creamy, add the rest of the raisins and mix with a spoon
 

Tahini and bell pepper dressing

This is such a perfect dressing for a raw salad, so fresh and super yummy 
Ingredients 
2 tbsp of tahini 
1 red bell pepper 
Lime juice 
Orange juice 
Green onions 

Blend everything until desired consistency. 


Saturday, May 3, 2014

Bircher muesli

This is one of my favorite breakfast, I find this really refreshing and creamy, it taste like summer. 


What you'll need: 
1 grated apple 
1/2 cup of oat 
1/4 cup of almond(or any milk of your choice) 
1/4 cup of orange juice(you could use apple as well) 
1 tbsp of chia seeds 
One tbsp of cinnamon 
One tsp of vanilla
Any sweetener of your choice 
Add nuts, dried fruit 

Then in a modicum bowl combine everything, cover, and leave in the refrigerator overnight. Serve with more almond milk and top with more nuts or dried fruit if you want to 


Banana oat pancakes

Today I was craving pancakes so badly, it was insane, I never have pancakes, I'm just not a big fan of them because I find them always drowned in syrup or butter, and ew no. 
Anyway, I woke up today feeling like pancakes but guess what, I didn't had any kind of flour? So I came up with this 
Pancakes made of oat flour, super easy, super tasty. 

Here's what you need: 
 1 banana 
One tbsp of chia seeds + 3 tbsp of water( let it soak for aroun 7 minutes to make a chia egg) 
One tbsp of baking powder 
One tbsp of vanilla 
One tsp of cinnamon 
3/4 cups of rolled oat ground into flour 
Around 8 tbsp of any non dairy milk of your choice 

Blend everything together, then fry them with a little bit of coconut oil and wala, yummy gooey banana pancakes, I topped mine with my cinnamon raisin peanut butter, enjoy .