Saturday, April 26, 2014

Overnight banana oatmeal

This is such an awesome recipe, cooking your oatmeal overnight in the refrigerator with no actual cooking, great right? Breakfast on the go. 

The only ratio you need to remember is 1:1 . You'll soak 1 part of rolled oats with 1 part of any non dairy milk (I use almond) . You can use less liquid if you want a thicker oatmeal of more of you like it runny. 
The just add some vanilla extract, mash one banana with the mixture , some maple syrup,agave or whatever you want to make it sweeter. Then I added some raisins and one tbsp of chia seeds, give it a stir, put it into a jar, then let the jar sit overnight in te refrigerator, in the morning just top with more sliced bananas, any nut butter of your choise, dried fruit and nuts( I aded almond butter, raisins and dates) and that's it, enjoy! 

Saturday, April 19, 2014

Homemade almond butter


You really need some patience to do to this
So the ingredients for making your homemade almond butter are: 
3 cups of Almonds 
A food processor 
And patience. 

Place the aond in a food processor, and process for 20-30 minutes stopping and scraping down the sides as needed throughout the process. The almond butter is ready when the oils have released and the resulting butter is very smooth and cramy (BE PATIENT!!!) 


Feel free to add salt or spices. 

Citrus almond dressing


 citrus almond dressing 

1 garlic clove 
2 tbsp of almond butter (or peanuts) 
2 tbsp of low sodium tamari or soy sauce
1 tbsp of water 
2 tbsp of orange juice 
1 tbsp or lime juice 
2 tbsp of our maple syrup or any other sweetener 

Prices all dressing ingredients in a mini processor, the dressing may seem watery   At first but it thi cakes if you let it sit 

Raw vegan pad Thai


This is such a simple and awesome lunch I'm loving this at the moment 

Pad Thai:
 1/2 red bell pepper , thinly sliced 
1 zuchinni, julienned or spiraled 
1 big carrot , julienned of spiraled 
1/2 small purple cabbage , thinly slices
Green onions thinly sliced 

For the dressing : citrus almond dressing 

1 garlic clove 
2 tbsp of almond butter (or peanuts) 
2 tbsp of low sodium tamari or soy sauce
1 tbsp of water 
2 tbsp of orange juice 
1 tbsp or lime juice 
2 tbsp of our maple syrup or any other sweetener 

Add the vegetables into a large bowl and toss with hands to combine 
Then blend all the ingredients for the dressing . It may look a bit thin at first but if you let it sit ir will thicken 
Pour on dressing and enjoy 






Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Baked carrot cake oatmeal

This oatmeal is my favorite for sure. I'm so addicted. 
What you'll need 
3/4 cup of oats
1 banana
1 small grated carrot 
1 chia egg (1 tbsp of chia seeds with two tbs of water and let it soak for a few minutes) 
1 handful of raisins 
1 handful of any nut( I used almonds) 
Cinnamon 
Vanilla 
1 tsp of baking powder 
Any sweetener of your choice 
One tsp of raw cane sugar/brown sugar (optional) 

Peel and grate your carrot and mix with your oats, nuts, raisins, baking powder, cinnamon, then just blend your banana with some water to make you "banana milk" add to your dry ingredients with the chia egg untill you have a creamy mixture and add your vanilla, then you can top the mixture with the cane sugar and add some nuts so the top of your oatmeal can get a crunchy texture(you can skip this step if you want to) bake at 350 for 40 minutes or until your oat is slightly browned on the top, and that's it too your oatmeal with some almond milk or the rest of you banana milk and enjoy! 


Sunday, April 13, 2014

Pumpkin and white beans stew

What you'll need 
One can of white beans 
Pumpkin 
Butternut squash 
One carrot 
One small onion 
1 tsp of cumin powder 
2 tsp of curry powder 
Salt and pepper 

Cut all your veggies and add your beans to a pot add around 1.5 cup of water and all your spices, and simmer for about 35 minutes until the beans have absorbed all the water and the veggies are soft. 


Thursday, April 10, 2014

Spicy black bean, quinoa and mango salad

What you'll need
1 mango 
1-2 tomatoes 
1 red bell pepper
2/2 cucumber 
Canned or fresh corn 
Celery 
Spring onions
Cilantro 
Around 1/4 cup of quinoa(you can use all the quinoa that you want) 
Around 1/2 cup of black beans 
The juice of 1-2 lemons
One tsp of raw cane sugar 
Some chili flakes tu make it spicyyy 

 
Wash and cut all your veggies, cook your quinoa and beans if they are dried, add to your salad, then squeeze your lemons and add a tsp of the cane sugar, add some chili flakes and wala, Mexican style

Baked almond brownie oatmeal

What could it be better than this? Dessert for breakfast, and healthy, this is just perfection. This oatmeal is just like a cake.

What you'll need: 
3/4  cup of oats 
Around one tsp of organic cacao(fee free to use cocoa if you want to) 
banana 
Cinnamon 
1 tsp of baking powder 
Vanilla 
Silvered almonds ( you can use whole or any other nut if you want to)
sweetener of your choice 

Preheat your oven to 350. Blend your banana with some water until you have a creamy milky liquid(don't add to much water) then just mix all the ingredients together, add the banana "milk" little by little until you have a creamy mixture. Then pour into a small baking dish and bake for approximately 20 minutes or until crispy and lightly browned on the top, then add more almonds and the rest of te banana milk and enjoy! 


Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Baked banana/pumpkin oatmeal

This was so good, I seriously have NO words to explain how tasty this was 
So sweet, so gooey, heavenly.
 
What you'll need 
2/3 cup of rolled oats( add more if you want to) 
1 banana 
Pumpkin puree( I made my own, recipe below but you can use canned too) 
Cinnamon
Vanilla
One tsp of organic cane sugar(feel free to use any sweetener you want) 
One tsp of baking powder 

- blend your banana with around one cup of water(or maybe less) to make a creamy banana milk to use instead any non dairy milk 
-then just mix all the ingredients together untill you have a creamy batter (add the banana milk little by little to the mix until it gets really creamy) 
-bake at 350 for 30 minutes or more until you oatmeal is completely cooked, it should be kind of crunchy on the outside 


Homemade pumpkin puree 

What you'll need 
-pumpkin, cut in cubes
-vanilla extract 
-cinnamon 
-sweeatener 

Boil your pumpkin with the other ingredients untill the pumpkin is really soft, then transfer the pumkin to a blender and add a little bit of the water that you use to boil, blend and wala, you have home made pumpkin pure 

Monday, April 7, 2014

Baked cinnamon raisin oatmeal + Banana milk

What you'll need
For the banana milk( you could use just any non dairy milk too, but this taste way to good) 
1.5 frozen banana blended with water until you get a milky texture 

For the oatmeal
1/2 cup of oats (or more of cours)
Cinnamon 
Raisins 
2 tsp or organic cane sugar 
Vanilla 

Mix all the ingredients(including the milk of your choice) together until you get something like a cake batter, then just bake at 350 for 30 minutes or until it's brown and crispy on the outside 
This could be more easy 

Saturday, April 5, 2014

Easy vanilla banana "pudding"

Blend 4 frozen bananas with one unfrozen nana and some vanilla, add around 1/4 cup of water (you could add little by little until you get the desire texture) and wala! Just top with more nanas and whatever the hell you want, I topped mine with cane sugar. This recipe couldn't be more dumb 

Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Fat free potato fries

I love this potato fries, they are so yummy and guilt free, what could it be better? 
 Ingredients: 
3-4 potatoes washed and unpeeled, cut into 1/4 inch x 1/4 inch lengths 

Black pepper, cumin, oregano,garlic powder,  salt{or you could make them salt free} you can add any herb or spice of your choice 

Instruction:
Place the cut potatoes on a cookie sheet line with parchment paper 
Bake at 400 degrees for 15 minutes 
Take out and flip fries over and bake for another 15 minutes, or until they are golden brown and puffed up