23 Sep 2009
by marisashealthykitchen
in Raw Desserts and Treats, Raw Vegan Recipes, Vegetarian Recipes
Tags: agave, cacao, chocolate, coconut, coconut water, comfort food, dessert, Matthew Kenny, pudding, quick and easy, raw, snack, superfood, vegan, vegetarian
I doubled this recipe and I am so glad I did 🙂 It was deeelish! Super chocolatey and smooth pudding. MMMM! 2 young thai coconuts gave me about 2 cups of coconut meat. This is one of those raw dishes that anyone would love (except if they did not like chocolate!). This also left me with delicious coconut water leftovers that we happily used in our smoothies. So refreshing and good!
Raw & Vegan Double Cacao Pudding
Recipe by Matthew Kenny
- 3/4 cup coconut meat
- 4 tbsp raw cacao powder
- 5 tbsp agave syrup
- 1/3 to 1/2 cup coconut water
- seeds scraped from 1/2 vanilla pod
- 1/4 cup cacao nibs
Blend Coconut Meat, Cacao Powder, Agave, Coconut Water and Vanilla –
stir in half of the nibs and use the rest on top as a garnish
Young Thai Coconuts
21 Sep 2009
by marisashealthykitchen
in Raw Desserts and Treats, Raw Vegan Recipes, Vegan Recipes, Vegetarian Recipes
Tags: agave, cacao, Cashews, chocolate, comfort food, dessert, goji, quick and easy, raw, snack, vegan, vegetarian
I have been waiting to make this dessert for such a long time and I am soooo happy I finally did! This is going to be repeated (which I almost never do because there are so many other dishes I want to try!) It was super simple to make, froze quickly and eaten very happily afterwards 🙂 If you want this for dessert I would suggest setting it in the freezer just before preparing dinner and then dessert will be ready to serve immediately after. The chocolate becomes this gorgeous bright red-orange color that is sweet but chewy with crunchy bites. It is amazing!
before freezing
frozen and ready to enjoy
RAW Orange Goji Berry White Chocolate
Posted by Sheryl Duruz on RFT
Grind up:
1/2 cup goji berries (usually sticky, not really a powder)
Blend until smooth:
1/2 cup melted cacao butter
1/2 cup raw cashews (grind these first, it will be easier that way)
1/2 cup agave nectar
Blend in Goji powder
Then by hand mix in whole:
1/2 cup cacao nibs (optional)
1/2 cup whole goji berries
The zest from 1 orange finely zested
Spread in a glass pie plate (think chocolate almond bark).
Chill in the freezer until firm.
20 Sep 2009
by marisashealthykitchen
in Home Cooking, Vegetarian Recipes
Tags: comfort food, quick and easy, vegetarian
We have been loving the fritattas lately if you haven’t noticed 🙂 They are quick, one skillet and really nutritious and of course super yummy! They can easily work with almost all the left over vegetables you have in your fridge. So feel free to change up my recipe. Of course you do not need cheese either I just think it enhances the frittata so much. I love zucchini in them and I think next time I am going to coarsely grate them for a different taste.
Fontina, Asparagus and Zucchini Frittata
1 tablespoon of olive oil
1 large onion
1 tablespoon of minced garlic
1/2 bunch of asparagus
1 zucchini chopped, sliced thin or grated
12 eggs, whisked
1/2 cup of fontina cheese chopped or coarsely grated
3 tablespoons of grated parmesan cheese
1/4 cup chopped fresh basil
salt and pepper to taste
Preheat over to 375 degrees. Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Sautée onions and garlic for 5 minutes. Add asparagus and zucchini and cook for another 2-3 minutes. Turn heat down to medium and pour eggs on top of vegetable mixture and let settle. Add fontina cheese by sprinkling around the settling eggs. Top parmesan, basil and salt and pepper. After 5-7 minutes on the stove top put the skillet into the oven for another 10-15 minutes to set. Once it is golden on top you can take out and Enjoy 🙂
17 Sep 2009
by marisashealthykitchen
in Raw Vegan Recipes, Vegan Recipes, Vegetarian Recipes
Tags: agave, chips, flax, quick and easy, raw, sides, snack, vegan, vegetarian
They should call this OMG Raw Onion Bread! I am totally loving it. It helps that I love all things onion, but this is super tasty! This is double the recipe from Cafe Gratitude’s book but you will want to make a big batch as it is so good it will disappear quick.
Raw Onion Bread
3 lbs Sweet Onions chopped
1 cup ground sunflower seeds
1 cup ground golden flax seeds
1/2 cup olive oil
3 oz Tamari
Agave to taste
- Process the onions in a food processor until chopped but not mush.
- Pour into a mixing bowl and mix well with the other ingredients.
- Spread out evenly over Teflex sheet, will make two and a half trays and dehydrate for 1 hour at 145 degrees and then 10 or more (until dry) hours at 115 degrees.
- Break into small pieces and store in an airtight container. ENJOY 🙂
Thanks to Cafe Gratitude!
16 Sep 2009
by marisashealthykitchen
in Home Cooking, Vegan Recipes, Vegetarian Recipes
Tags: asian, pasta, quick and easy, sides, soba, soy, tamari, tofu, vegan, vegetarian
This was deelish! I love soba noodles because I love pasta and I feel so much better eating buckwheat pasta than regular ole’ semolina. It was strange boiling the pasta in such a small amount of liquid but it became this thick soupy sauce that tasted delightful. Scooping out all the ginger pieces was quite a task so maybe consider tieing them up in a cheesecloth that you can quickly remove. We do not normally cook too much tofu in my house, but this was a great tofu dish. It was able to soak up so much of the flavor from the ginger and the broth. Enjoy 🙂
Ginger-Poached Noodles
adapted from 101cookbooks
4 cups vegetable broth
2 ounces fresh ginger, peeled and thinly sliced
8 ounces firm tofu, cut into small cubes
1-2 cups (half a bunch) of broccolini, broccoli, or baby broccoli – trimmed
8 ounces dried spinach noodles, soba, or noodles of your choice
1 – 2 tablespoons shoyu or soy sauce
1/4 cup fresh basil, shredded
scant 1/4 cup fresh mint, shredded
a squeeze of lime juice
crushed red pepper flakes (opt)
toasted sesame oil (opt)
Place the broth, ginger and tofu in a large saucepan and bring to a boil. Turn down the heat and gently simmer for ten minutes or so. Remove (just) the tofu from the pan using a slotted spoon and set aside. Now add the broccoli to the simmering broth. Cook for just a minute, until bright, and remove from pan with slotted spoon. Add pasta to ginger broth and cook until done, stirring regularly. Remove pasta with fork, set aside, and remove all the ginger slices. Return the tofu, broccoli and noodles to the pot. Stir in the soy sauce, basil, mint, and a squeeze of lime juice. Finish with a couple pinches of crushed red pepper flakes. Taste and season to taste with salt, soy sauce, and perhaps a drop or two of toasted sesame oil.
Serves 3-4
14 Sep 2009
by marisashealthykitchen
in Raw Desserts and Treats, Raw Vegan Recipes, Vegan Recipes, Vegetarian Recipes
Tags: agave, banana, coconut, comfort food, Crepe, dessert, quick and easy, raw, snack, strawberry, vegan, vegetarian
It was our 1st anniversary this weekend (yeah!!!!) and I thought what better way to start it off then with some delicious and decadent crepes! mmmmm! These were amazing! They were also pretty light as we were not weighed down by sugar, flour, heavy cream etc. The crepes had the texture of banana fruit roll-ups and went so perfectly with the cream and the berries! There was only enough cream for 6 of the crepes, but 3 each was more than enough. They were so good! They were also quite simple. You have to plan ahead with the crepes and soaking the cashews but they are both so quick and easy it was no trouble at all 🙂 and soooo worth it!
Raw Strawberry Banana Crepes
Recipe adapted from http://rawmazing.com/
Dehydration Time 6-8 hours Makes 8 crepes
Crepes:
3 Bananas
juice from 1 lemon
Place bananas in food processor. Add lemon juice and process until liquid. Pour into 5″ rounds. Dehydrate overnight at 110. Do not over dry these. You want them to be flexible.
Cashew Vanilla Cream
Pulp from one young coconut
1/2 C Cashews, soaked overnight
splash of madagascar vanilla
2 tablespoons agave
Place the cashews in Vitamix blender. Blend on high speed. Add the coconut meat, vanilla and agave. Process until well blended. You can refrigerate to thicken if needed.
1-2 cups of berries
Assembly
Spoon the Cashew Vanilla Cream into half the crepe. Top with berries and add more cream. Fold over and experience joy!
13 Sep 2009
by marisashealthykitchen
in Raw Desserts and Treats, Raw Vegan Recipes, Vegan Recipes, Vegetarian Recipes
Tags: breakfast, Cashews, chia, coconut, dates, dessert, Lucuma, pudding, quick and easy, raw, snack, superfood, vegan, vegetarian
I am always experimenting on myself by changing up my eating. Starting this week I have incorporated breakfast instead of just my juice. I am still drinking my juice, but having a solid breakfast first. I have already started to notice changes so I think this was a great decision for me. For this first week I decided to make Kristen’s Chia Pudding- I have wanted to make this for a while. As you know I love all things chia so I thought this would be the perfect go-to breakfast of choice. The best part is you can make a big bunch and it stays fresh in the fridge for 5 days or so. I doubled the recipe so that it would last me the whole week and it did 🙂 I over did it on the spices, so just have a lighter hand than me when you get to that part. Other than that this was deelish and a welcome change to my morning routine.
perfect little breakfast portions
Holiday Chia Pudding
By Kristen Suzanne
Yield 1 1/4 cups
1/4 cup chia seeds
1/4 cup dried coconut, shredded & unsweetened
1 cup water
1/4 cup raw cashews (soaked 1 hour, drained and rinsed)
4 soft medjool dates, pitted
2 cloves
1 teaspoon lucuma powder
1/2 teaspoon powdered ginger
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/8 teaspoon cinnamon
Place the chia seeds and coconut in a small bowl, briefly stir to mix, and set aside. Blend the remaining ingredients until smooth. Pour the blended cashew mixture into the bowl with the chia seeds and coconut and stir. Wait a few minutes and stir again. Wait a few minutes, again, and stir. Do the “wait and stir” once more, and then place the Holiday Chia Pudding in the refrigerator for about 15 – 20 minutes (or longer, if desired). I normally leave them in overnight. Then, enjoy.
08 Sep 2009
by marisashealthykitchen
in Raw Desserts and Treats, Raw Vegan Recipes, Vegan Recipes, Vegetarian Recipes
Tags: banana, Cashews, coconut, cookies, dessert, quick and easy, raw, snack, vegan, vegetarian
These were super good! I love banana and coconut and this was such a great combo! If you want them gooier take them out of the dehydrator earlier. Enjoy 🙂
Banana Coconut Cookies
1 cup of cashews
4 cups dried coconut
3 ripe bananas
- In a food processor combine the cashews and coconut until chopped fine
- Add the the bananas and process until smooth
- Roll the dough into your hands into cookies and flatten them.
- Dehydrate at 115 degrees for 8-10 (overnight) ten hours
- Enjoy 🙂
07 Sep 2009
by marisashealthykitchen
in Home Cooking, Vegan Recipes, Vegetarian Recipes
Tags: burgers, chicken, comfort food, quick and easy, sides, vegan, vegetarian
This night was extra special fun as my girlfriend came over to help cook. As you know I love to cook and want to spread the love around. Some of my girlfriends want to learn to cook but didn’t know where to begin, so that is where I come in. This was good times and a cooking class all while preparing a meal for my husband and her guy 🙂 Fun!! Both men really enjoyed this dish! The cute part is she cooked with me but then brought the meal over his house. (hence the Tupperware)
My husband being so used to all the fabulous raw corn salads I prepare, suggested that this would also have been amazing with just using raw corn and I am sure he is right. Raw fresh corn is sooooo good! But still the salsa was deelish. And really with corn and mango together, of course it is!
My girlfriend does not eat chicken so this was still a great recipe for her. We took Praeger’s Veggie Burgers and followed all the same steps as we would have with the chicken to prepare for her. We made sure to prepare and cook hers first so that there was no chickenness on her veggie food 🙂
Cormeal-Crusted Veggie Burgers and Corn Salsa (minus the mango)
Huge Cornmeal-Crusted Chicken Breasts to go
Love that Corn Salsa!
Cooking up the chicken
Cornmeal-Crusted Chicken with Toasted Corn Salsa
Recipe adapted from Gourmet
yield: Serves 4-6
For salsa:
- 7 tablespoons olive oil
- 6 tablespoons fresh lime juice (from about 3 lime)
- 3 garlic cloves, minced and mashed to a paste with a pinch of salt
- 6 cups fresh corn (cut from about 10-12 ears)
- 2 1/2-3 cups diced peeled mango
- 1/2 cup finely chopped scallions
For chicken:
- 6 skinless boneless chicken breasts
- 3/4 cup yellow cornmeal
- 3/4 teaspoon paprika
- 3/4 teaspoon cayenne
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
Make salsa:
In a bowl whisk together 6 tablespoons oil, lime juice, garlic paste, and salt and pepper to taste. In a non-stick skillet heat remaining tablespoon oil over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking and sauté corn, stirring, until deep golden, about 5 minutes. Add corn and remaining salsa ingredients to bowl and toss to combine well.
Make chicken:
Pat chicken dry and season with salt and pepper. On a plate stir together cornmeal, paprika, and cayenne and press chicken into mixture, coating both sides. In skillet heat olive oil over moderately high heat and sauté chicken until golden and cooked through, about 5 minutes on each side.
Serve chicken with salsa. Enjoy!
02 Sep 2009
by marisashealthykitchen
in Home Cooking, Raw Vegan Recipes, Vegetarian Recipes
Tags: avocado, chicken, quick and easy, raw, salad, sides, vegan, vegetarian
Have I mentioned lately that I have been in love with summer fruits and veggies, well I am! The peaches that we picked in the Hampton’s are long gone but we still got to enjoy a few local peaches with this salad. I have been freaking out about the fresh east coast corn as well. It is so sweet, crisp and fresh. (It also just makes the most perfect quick and deelish snack too! just shuck and eat!) And of course the addition of avocado in any dish is welcome in our house 🙂
The Grilled Chicken is a basic go-to quick cooking dish, but of course we still have to give it some flavor. Michael thought it paired nicely with the salad. As for me, I was beyond happy with a huge bowl of that yummy salad! mmmm
Grilled Chicken
- 1 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground pepper
- 4 small skinless boneless chicken breast halves
Whisk 1 tablespoon olive oil, lime juice, 1 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper in 11×7-inch glass dish. Add chicken and turn to coat. Marinate 30 minutes, turning occasionally.
Prepare bbq, oven or griddler to medium-high heat.Grill chicken until cooked through, about 5 minutes per side. Cut into thin slices.
Peach, Avocado & Corn Salad
- 4 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground pepper
- 2 scallions, chopped
- 1 shallot, finely chopped
- 1 1/2 tablespoons sherry wine vinegar
- 2 teaspoons fresh thyme leaves, chopped
- 1 teaspoon honey-dijon mustard (or dijon mixed with agave)
- 2 peaches, pitted, diced
- 1-2 avocados, diced
- 2 cob of corn worth of fresh shucked corn
- 4-5 cups mixed baby greens
Whisk 4 tablespoons oil, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/2 teaspoon pepper, scallions, shallot, vinegar, thyme, and mustard in large bowl. Mix peaches, avocado, corn and greens into dressing and toss.
This is the salad before I added the greens and the avocado. Check out those colors!!!
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