I decided to blog on food this week, since many of my friends have kick started January off with good health intentions. Im a vegetarian/carbotarian and I love vegetables, grains, potatoes and overall eating healthy and being healthy. Its never too late to start eating healthy. I do not eat fast food and my advice to everyone in the whole world is to not eat fast food. ITS BAD FOR YOU! Don't forget to keep hydrated and get plenty of water intake for each day. If your not big on drinking water try adding lemon juice or fruit to flavor it. Start the day with drinking 16 ounces or more of water. The Importance of Drinking Water Video.
EAT YOUR SPINACH
Morning Blender Meals
A green smoothie is the best way to sneak some spinach into your daily intake.
Green Smoothy
Try a combination of banana, pineapple and spinach. Its great.
Healthy Breakfast Smoothy
I also like to blend almond milk, banana, dates and cinnamon.
Overnight and Ready Oatmeal
I also like to blend almond milk, banana, dates and cinnamon.
Did you know that its perfectly alright to eat a bowl of oatmeal in the morning? Oatmeal contains whole grains, complex carbohydrates that break down slowly and keep your blood sugar stable. It's high in fiber, since it's a whole grain, and it can keep you feeling full longer. A bowl of oatmeal is relatively low in calories as long as you resist the urge to load it with sugar. You could top a bowl of oats with a little coconut sugar to sweeten it up.
Lunching Healthy
I make this veggie patty recipe a lot. I add into the recipe, barley, brown rice, and mushrooms and veggies. You can replace the egg with flax seed meal. It's one tablespoon flax seed meal and three tablespoon water per egg replacement. This patty is great served with vegan non-cheese on top and no bun. I generally have a veggie patty for lunch with a small bowl of salad. Like it spicy? To make this recipe even more awesome, try adding in a little bit of black beans and corn with some chopped jalapeno or green chiles. Tip: Form patties flat, wrap individually and freeze them before cooking. Cook frozen on medium heat with a little dash of vegetable oil. The patties cook quickly.
Check out my 3 Grain Veggie Patty Recipe
This salad is great with a spicy vegetarian patty.
Its a benefit for the body to incorporate healthy salads into your daily food intake. Get creative with vegetables and try a variety of lettuces, such as, iceberg, butterhead, green leaf, and romaine, these are just a few of the many lettuces available at your local stores or farmers markets.
Potatoes are Great!
Most of the time, I have baked potatoes in my fridge, ready and waiting to be made into a quick and delicious snack or meal. Potatoes are very good for you, minus the butter and sour cream.
Vegan Sour Cream - Recipe- Click Here.
Vegan Cheese Dip
1/2 cup ground white rice powder
2 C. potatoes, diced large
1 C. carrots, diced large
2 C. water
1 tsp. salt
1 tbsp. lemon juice
1/2 C. nutritional yeast flakes
1/4 tsp. onion powder
1/4 tsp. garlic powder
dash of cayenne (opt.)
dash of turmeric
dash of dry mustard
2 tsp. of white miso paste
5 tbsp of agar agar (or cornstarch)
Instructions
1 Boil the potatoes and carrots until soft.
2 Blend potatoes and carrots together along with the rest of the ingredients on high in blender until the cheese is extremely smooth.
3 Cook over medium heat until you see the mixture turn glossy. Lower heat and cook 2 minutes longer.
4 Pour mixture into containers and let sit to cool without a lid. Once cooled put on the lids and store in refrigerator for up to a week.
*** Add diced jalapeno to spice it up***
1 Boil the potatoes and carrots until soft.
2 Blend potatoes and carrots together along with the rest of the ingredients on high in blender until the cheese is extremely smooth.
3 Cook over medium heat until you see the mixture turn glossy. Lower heat and cook 2 minutes longer.
4 Pour mixture into containers and let sit to cool without a lid. Once cooled put on the lids and store in refrigerator for up to a week.
*** Add diced jalapeno to spice it up***
* Tip: Nutritional Yeast is sold in health stores. It ranges from $10.00 - $20.00. A little goes a long way.
Vegan Non-Cheese Nachos Dip
- 2 cups cooked potatoes or sweet potatoes
- 1 cup water
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- ¼ cup nutritional yeast flakes
- 1 garlic clove
- 1½ tablespoons cornstarch
- ¾ teaspoon fine-grain sea salt or to taste
- pinch cayenne pepper
- 1 4-ounce can green hatch chilies
- Add the cooked potatoes or sweet potatoes, water, lemon juice, nutritional yeast, garlic, cornstarch, sea salt, and cayenne pepper to a high-powered blender. Blend on high for 2 minutes or until the mixture is completely smooth.
- Pour the mixture into a medium sauce pan over medium heat.
- Whisk continuously for five minutes or until the mixture has thickened.
- Turn off heat and stir in the green hatch chilies.
Bake your own at home, Vegan No Oil Crisp Tortilla Chips. Click Here.
Zucchini Ribbons and Non Cheese Alfredo Sauce
A vegetable peeler, a couple of zucchinis,
some Non-Cheese Alfredo Sauce and we can call it a meal.
some Non-Cheese Alfredo Sauce and we can call it a meal.
Creamy Alfredo
Makes 2 cups
Ingredients:
2-1/2 cups dairy free milk
3tbsp corn starch or 4tbsp flour (gluten free if intolerant)
1-1/2tbsp veg stock powder
3 tbsp nutritional yeast
2tsp garlic powder
1tbsp onion powder
1/2tsp black pepper
Add all of the ingredients into a blender and blend well until smooth. Pour into a saucepan and cook over medium high heat. Continuously whisk the mixture. Once the mixture comes to a boil and begins to thicken reduce the heat and cook for 2-3 minutes and then serve over pasta or vegetables.
Dinner is a Winner
Julie Marie has an awesome lasagna recipe. I love this non-cheese lasagna.
Remember, pasta is okay, as long as you serve it with a nice salad and other veggies.
I often skip the pasta and use eggplant or zucchini as pasta replacement.
Cooking Rice Made Easy
Cooked brown rice stores well in the freezer. It's a good plan to always have cooked rice on hand
when you need a quick meal. I love brown rice, baked tofu and steamed veggies for dinner! If you dont like brown rice try combining brown rice and white rice cooked together. Its great.
I would add avocado. Yummy.
SNACKIN VEGGIE STYLE
Cauliflower Wings Recipe. Delicious!
