March 10, 2010
Raw Ice Cream Trio Sundae
I love Banana Ice Cream! It is always so deelish and you can have so much fun playing around and making so many yummy flavors. Michael and I were Loving this one! Sundaes are so comforting and fun to eat. They are even more fun when they are healthy and delicious!
Pre-Topping Yummyness
Complete Sundae Love!
Raw Ice Cream Trio Sundae
2 big servings
3 frozen bananas
2-3 tablespoons nut butter (I used almond)
2 tablespoon agave nectar
1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
dash sea salt
2 1/2 cup frozen strawberries
1 1/2 tablespoons cocoa powder
toppings of your choice
- Start off my combining the frozen bananas, nut butter, agave nectar, vanilla and dash of sea salt in a Vita-mix, blender or food processor until well combined and smooth.
- Have 2 serving bowls ready and using a large ice cream scoop or spoon, scoop out 1 scoop for each bowl and set in the freezer.
- Next, add the frozen strawberries to the frozen banana mixture in your blender and process until well combined.
- Take the bowls out of the freezer and add 1 scoop of the gorgeous strawberry “ice cream” to both bowls and put back into the freezer.
- Add the cocoa powder to the strawberry “ice cream” and process until well combined.
- Take the bowls out of the freezer and add 1 scoop of the chocolate “ice cream” to both bowls and put back into the freezer to set.
- Feel free to eat as is or add toppings. I made a strawberry sauce out of agave and strawberries in the blender. I also used chocagave on top, yum! Use nuts, cocoa nibs, etc.
- DEVOUR and ENJOY
March 1, 2010
Spinach and Tofu with Peanut Sauce
YUM!!! I love peanut sauce, tofu and spinach so what can be bad here?!?! You can serve this over rice or noodles as there is more than enough sauce to go around. What a deelish dinner!
Spinach and Tofu with Peanut Sauce
adapted from Vegan Feast Kitchen
Quick peanut sauce:
1/4 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup veggie broth
1/2 cup plain soymilk or nut milk
2 Tbs coconut powder
2 Tbs sweet Thai chile sauce
1 Tbs lemon or 2 Tbs lime juice
1 Tbs tamari
Whisk all ingredients in a small saucepan and heat gently.
The rest:
Cube 1 block of firm tofu and brown it quickly in a nonstick skillet in 1 Tbs. peanut oil
Add the peanut sauce mixed with:
1 tsp. roasted (Asian) sesame oil
a few shakes of Thai or Vietnamese hot sauce
Stir this around the pan until the tofu almost absorbs it.
Add 12 oz. of fresh, cleaned baby spinach.
Stir around over high heat JUST until the spinach wilts. Serve immediately and ENJOY
January 13, 2010
Cold Sesame Noodles
I was always obsessed with Cold Sesame Noodles from Chinese restaurants. If there is one food that I remember loving from my childhood, it is this one. And although I occasionally indulge in it now, we rarely order it in. We ordered some recently from Vegetarian Paradise 2, so yummy! I love this place but since it basically is just vegan chinese food, we almost never treat ourselves to it. After having that small taste, a couple of days later I was hankering for more. I chose to whip some up for myself and I was pleasantly surprised by how deelish it came out!
Before Mixing
After Mixing - don't they look so authentic!?!?!
Cold Sesame Noodles
3 tablespoons tamari
2 tablespoons rice vinegar
A squeeze of Sriracha
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
1 tablespoon sesame oil
1 teaspoon grated peeled fresh ginger
1/2 cup water
1 pound spaghetti
In a pan combine the soy sauce, vinegar, Sriracha, brown sugar, peanut butter, oil, ginger, and water. Simmer the mixture while stirring until thickened and combined, only a few minutes. Cook the noodles and drain. Toss with the sauce and chill until it reaches your desired temperature or if you just can’t wait any longer. if you want it traditional add chopped scallion and cucumber strips
YUM!!
January 10, 2010
Sweet Potato Fries with Raspberry Dipping Sauce
Go JETS!
Game Day at my house is always an event! I don’t always make fun and fabulous foods but I try to. This one was so perfect and yummy! On these kind of days I can appreciate the short prep time so we can just sit down and enjoy ourselves. I always love making a sauce like this because not only is it amazing but it is so bright and gorgeous too!
The inspiration for this dish was from one of the great NYC vegetarian restaurants, Gobo. When I was younger I would order their Yam & Yucca fries that always came with a yummy raspberry dipping sauce. I haven’t ordered french fries anywhere in years, so this was such a pleasure to indulge in! I love taking something classic like that and updating it with a healthy twist! Deelish!
Sweet Potato Fries with Raspberry Dipping Sauce
3 to 4 sweet potatoes
2 tablespoons olive oil
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1/3 cup sweetened dried cranberries
1/2 bag of frozen raspberries
1/4-1/3 cup agave
Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. Spray or lightly grease a large baking sheet. Peel the sweet potatoes and cut them in 4 slices lengthwise. Then cut east piece into 1/4-inch wide strips. Place them into a large bowl and add the oil, salt, and pepper. Toss gently to coat the potato slices well and spread them on the baking sheet in a single layer. Bake until the potatoes are lightly browned and crisp on the outside and tender on the inside, 25 – 35 minutes. Make sure to rotate them once halfway through. While potatoes are baking; combine the frozen raspberries with agave until smooth in a food processor or blender and pour into a serving dish. When the potatoes are done serve immediately with dipping sauce.
Raw Sweet Potatoes
December 2, 2009
Dina’s Chili-lime Ginger Tofu in Coconut Basil Broth with Rice Noodles
My fabulous girlfriend Dina sent me the most deelish and simple recipe recently. I made it and was beyond delighted. I am already thinking about making it again soon. It was really quick and I had almost all the ingredients in my house already. This was just so tasty! I used wide noodles which took about 10 minutes to cook. It came out with the most delicious, thick, coconuty sauce! If you use thin noodles, it might need less cooking time and turn out more brothy. I had sliced the yam with a mandolin so it was super thin and broke up during cooking which just added to the thickness of the sauce. We do not normally eat that much tofu in our house, but Michael and I agreed that this was the best we ever had it prepared, it was so good!
Dina’s Chili-lime Ginger Tofu in Coconut Basil Broth with Rice Noodle
2 cups veggie broth
1 can light coconut milk
1 cup coconut water (or more veggie broth/coconut milk)
Fresh basil, chopped
1 yam, peeled and slice thin
rice noodles
2 tsp safflower, grapeseed or another neutral oil
1 block tofu, cubed
Soy sauce or tamari, to taste
fresh ginger, grated
juice and zest from 1 lime
red pepper flakes
sriracha sauce.
Combine the veggie broth, coconut milk and coconut water in a saucepan over medium heat. Next add basil and the yam and bring to a boil. Cover and let simmer until the potatoes were tender. Add the rice noodles and cook till soft, 3-7 minutes.
Pour the oil in saute pan over medium heat and add the tofu. Hit it with some soy sauce, ginger, lime zest, lime juice, red pepper flakes and sriracha sauce. Saute until nice crust forms on tofu.
Combine broth, noodles and tofu in a bowl. As Dina says, “Holy guacamole!!!!!!!! Try it! You’ll never do Thai takeout again!!”
November 9, 2009
Marmalade Chicken and Roasted Broccoli
My husband loved this one! Using chicken tenders made this quite simple and super quick! The sauce was thick and looked deelish I served this with my go to broccoli dish. I normally make a big batch of the broccoli and freeze it in individual servings for future sides.
Marmalade Chicken
2-3 servings
1/2 cup chicken or vegetable broth
1 tablespoon red-wine vinegar
1 heaping tablespoon orange marmalade
1/2 teaspoon Dijon mustard
1/2 teaspoon cornstarch
12 ounces chicken tenders
1/8 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
3 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil
1 large shallot, minced
1 orange, zested
Whisk together broth, vinegar, marmalade, mustard and cornstarch. Salt and pepper the chicken. Heat 2 teaspoons of oil in a skillet, add chicken and cooked till no longer pink inside. Remove chicken and add remaining oil and shallots and cook until they begin to brown. Add broth mixture and reduce heat. Simmer until reduced and add chicken to rewarm. Once warm remove from heat and add zest. Serve and Enjoy
Roasted Broccoli
Makes 6 servings
2 bunches of broccoli, trimmed and cut into bite-size florets
2 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 teaspoon salt
Preheat oven to 350°F. Toss broccoli, oil, garlic and salt in a large bowl until evenly coated. Spread in an even layer on a baking sheet. Bake until the broccoli softens, 30-45 minutes. Stirring occasionally.
November 3, 2009
Edamame Guacamole
I served this with pita chips and it was deelish! This was a great way to enjoy heaping chips full of guacamole with more than half the fat! Check out the nutrition stats below!!! Love it!! Just be careful how much lime juice you use. I used a whole lime and it came out a little too limey. If you want traditional guacamole add cilantro. I don’t enjoy cilantro so I didn’t add it.
Edamame Guacamole
Serves 6
1/2 cup shelled edamame
1/2 cup broccoli stalks, peeled
1 avocado
1 scallion, minced
1/2 red onion, diced
1 clove garlic, minced
1 jalapeno, minced
juice of 1/2 lime
1 tomato, diced
salt to taste
cilantro – optional
Bring 4 cups of water to boil. Add edamame and broccoli to boiling water for 4 minutes till softened. Drain and puree in a food processor. With a fork or a whisk mash the puree with the avocado. Add in the avocado, scallion, red onion, garlic, jalapeno, lime, tomato and the optional cilantro. Salt to taste and enjoy
Per serving: 66 calories, 4 g fat, .5 g saturated fat, 0 g cholesterol, 10 sodium, 2.5 g protein, 6 g carbohydrates, 1 g sugar, 3 g fiber
October 26, 2009
Chocolate-Covered Katie’s Banana Butter
Chocolate-Covered Katie came up with this great idea of mixing peanut butter and bananas to make a deelish Banana Butter! Adding the banana makes an amazingly spreadable and much lower calorie butter. You can make it thinner or thicker depending on the amount of nut butter you use. This recipe is so simple yet so super enjoyable!
I know this would be great with any nut butter but because I had just “made” my deelish Agave Pecan Butter I thought this was perfect time to use it. The butter was the perfect dip! We enjoyed this with apples and with pita chips as well. So creamy and sooo deelish!!
Katie, I totally want to be a member of your band This is so fabulous!!!!
Chocolate-Covered Katie’s Banana Butter
Makes about 1.5 cups
- 2 bananas
- 8 tablespoons of nut butter
Super simple…. just blend together and enjoy!
October 7, 2009
Agave Pecan Butter Surprise
Sometimes while making a recipe in your head it doesn’t always come out as planned. But sometimes you are left with a welcome surprise. That is how I came up with the Agave Pecan Butter. It is a great, super smooth spread and still raw! You don’t often see super smooth raw spreads and this one is a good one. I wish all mistakes were this successful haha! Of course if you want less butter half or quarter the ingredients. This is a great dip for apples or substiute for any nut butter.
Agave Pecan Butter Surprise
3 cups Pecans
1/4 cups Agave
1/2 cups Water
dash of celtic sea salt
Blend the pecans till a fine flour and then until it forms a butter. Add the agave, water and salt and continue processing until smooth and deeelish!
August 25, 2009
Fig Fennel Pasta
I love love love figs! They are so sweet and quite possibly the best fruit ever! This dish has so many elements and so many flavors yet works so perfectly with the figs. This was very filling as there was so many ingredients involved. I loved the whole dish as it was so delightful! I always appreciate zucchini pasta but this was one of the best preparations I have seen so far. The summer brings us so many gorgeous vegetables and this dish really takes advantage of them. Enjoy the figs while they are still in season!
Fig Fennel Pasta
Recipe adapted from Living Light
Serves 4-6
4 medium zucchini
1 tablespoon sea salt
Dressing:
1 cup basil leaves
1/4 cup olive oil
1/8 cup pine nuts
1 tablespoon lemon juice
3 fresh figs, destemmed
2 cloves garlic
½ teaspoon ground fennel seed
Salad Ingredients:
1 cup tomatoes, diced
1/2 cup yellow or red bell pepper, chopped
1/2 cup carrots, shredded
8 fresh black or green figs, sliced
1 shallot, finely chopped
2 tablespoon capers
2 tablespoons fresh basil, cut into long thin strands
1 tablespoon scallions, very finely sliced
2 teaspoons fresh tarragon, minced
2 teaspoon parsley, minced
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- Use a spiralizer to slice the zucchini into long noodles. Add one tablespoon salt to the zucchini noodles and toss thoroughly. Allow it to stand at room temperature for 15 – 20 minutes while preparing the dressing and vegetables.
- Put ingredients for dressing together in a blender and puree.
- Put the dressing and the remaining ingredients, except salted zucchini, in a large bowl and toss thoroughly.
- Gently squeeze the excess liquid from the zucchini, rinse and drain well. Pat zucchini noodles dry, and add them to the vegetables. Toss everything together gently and salt to taste. Serve chilled.
