Zucchini, Potato and Goat Cheese Frittata with Cilantro Sauce

01 Sep 2009 2 Comments

by marisashealthykitchen in Home Cooking, Vegetarian Recipes Tags: , ,

I love frittatas! They are so simple and make a big meal in not a lot of time. They work great for breakfast, lunch or dinner! I love that this meal has veggies and protein all in one. I guess this can be considered a one skillet meal, which saves on the cleaning! I love the combo of the soft potatoes, the creamy goat cheese and crunchy pumpkin seeds. MMM!! I am not a big cilantro fan, so this can easily be made leaving that sauce out.

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Zucchini, Potato and Goat Cheese Frittata with Cilantro Sauce

Cilantro Sauce:

2 cloves garlic
1/2 cup olive oil
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 bunch cilantro
1 chile pepper (serano or jalepeno)
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
1/2 teaspoon salt

Frittata:

12 large organic eggs
2 tablespoon olive oil
2 small onion, chopped
3-4 small potatoes, thinly sliced
1 zucchini, chopped
1/2 cup goat cheese, crumbled
1/4-1/2 cup pumpkin seeds, toasted
couple pinches of salt

  1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees
  2. Make the cilantro sauce by pureeing the garlic, olive oil, lemon juice, cilantro, chile, cumin, and salt until very smooth. Taste and add more salt if needed and set aside.
  3. In a bowl whisk the eggs with a small pinch of salt. Set aside. In a 10-12 inch ovenproof skillet over medium-high heat add the olive oil, onion, and another pinch of salt. Saute, stirring, until the onion starts to brown, around 5 – 7 minutes. Add the potatoes and zucchini and cover. Cook for another 3  minutes or so. Empty skillet into a bowl and set aside.
  4. Turn down heat to medium-low and add eggs to the skillet and cook for 5 minutes until eggs are set on the bottom. Add a few tablespoons of the cilantro sauce and add potato zucchini mixture.
  5. Turn off stove and place skillet in the oven for about 10-13 minutes. Add the goat cheese and pumpkin seeds on top and put back in the oven for 2 minutes. Remove from oven carefully since it will be super hot.
  6. Cut into slices and drizzle sauce on top. Serve. Enjoy 🙂

Raw Spicy Corn Chips

27 Aug 2009 2 Comments

by marisashealthykitchen in Raw Vegan Recipes, Vegan Recipes, Vegetarian Recipes Tags: , , , , , , , ,

These were really great with my Cheddar Cheeze Dip. They are also yummy with salsa or just by themselves. They really have a kick, so they make for a great snack! These make a lot of chips, so if you want fewer, just halve the recipe.

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Raw Spicy Corn Chips

5 cups golden flax seeds
2 cup fresh or frozen corn kernels
1/2 ripe avocado
1 cup sunflower seeds, soaked beforehand
4 tsp. white sesame seeds
1/2 onion, minced
4 cloves fresh garlic, minced
2 tsp. paprika
2 tsp. chili powder
1 tsp. cayenne powder (depending how spicy you want them)
2 tsp. Celtic sea salt
1 pinch of white pepper
water

  1. Blend everything together till smooth.
  2. Add a little water if mixture is dry.
  3. Taste and add more salt and pepper if necessary.
  4. Spread onto teflex sheets and dehydrate at 115 degrees for 4 hours.
  5. Flip onto a mesh dehydrator sheet and score into chips. Dehydrate for 6-8 more hours.
  6. Enjoy 🙂

Orange Chicken and Mixed Greens Salad

26 Aug 2009 3 Comments

by marisashealthykitchen in Home Cooking, Raw Vegan Recipes, Vegetarian Recipes Tags: , , , , ,

I love bright summer vegetables! It is so lovely walking through the markets seeing all the gorgeous veggies! I always like to take advantage of using them as much as possible.

This is a large dish, so if you have less people just halve the recipe. Enjoy!!

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Recipe adapted from Bon Appétit
serves 7-8

2/3 cup plus 1/4 cup fresh orange juice
1/4 cup honey
4 large garlic cloves, minced
1 tablespoon minced fresh thyme or 1 teaspoon dried
2 teaspoons grated orange peel
8 boneless skinless chicken breast halves

3 oranges, peel and white pits removed

6 tablespoons olive oil
1/4 cup white wine vinegar
1 large shallot, minced
1 pound mixed greens
1 red bell pepper, chopped

  1. Mix together 2/3 cup orange juice, honey, 3 garlic cloves, minced thyme and orange peel in a dish or plastic bag. (I prefer a foodsaver bag) Add chicken breasts and turn to coat. Cover and chill overnight, turning occasionally.
  2. Prepare barbecue (medium-high heat) or preheat broiler/griddler. Remove chicken from marinade; reserve marinade. Season chicken with salt and pepper. Grill chicken until cooked through, about 4 minutes per side. Transfer to plate.
  3. Boil reserved marinade in heavy small saucepan until reduced to 1/4 cup, about 10 minutes. Cut oranges between membranes to release segments.
  4. Whisk oil, vinegar, shallot and remaining 1/4 cup orange juice and garlic clove in small bowl to blend. Season dressing with salt and pepper. Combine greens, bell pepper and orange segments in a very large bowl. Toss with dressing.
  5. Serve the chicken with the reduced marinade and the salad.

Fig Fennel Pasta

25 Aug 2009 3 Comments

by marisashealthykitchen in Raw Vegan Recipes, Vegan Recipes, Vegetarian Recipes Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

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!

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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

  1. 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.
  2. Put ingredients for dressing together in a blender and puree.
  3. Put the dressing and the remaining ingredients, except salted zucchini, in a large bowl and toss thoroughly.
  4. 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.

Blueberry Sorbet

24 Aug 2009 3 Comments

by marisashealthykitchen in Raw Desserts and Treats, Raw Vegan Recipes, Vegan Recipes, Vegetarian Recipes Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

I am so obsessed with fresh summer fruit and I have always loved frozen treats! For me in the summer there is no better dessert. Cool, sweet, fruity and refreshing! Deelish!

This mixture would work great in an ice cream maker, but if you do not have one you can simply freeze this in ice cream trays. After it is frozen add the cubes back to the blender for the perfect smooth treat!

You can also substitute raspberries, strawberries or any other fruit you want for the blueberries. I am sure it would come out delicious every time! Enjoy!!! 🙂

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Blueberry Sorbet
makes 4 servings

2 cups blueberries
1 1/2 cups almond milk
3/4 cup agave
1 tbs. lemon juice
2 tsp. vanilla

Blend until smooth. Chill and then process through an ice cream maker or freeze in 2 ice cube trays and blend.

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Cinnamon Raisin Flax Crackers

23 Aug 2009 6 Comments

by marisashealthykitchen in Raw Vegan Recipes, Superfoods, Vegan Recipes, Vegetarian Recipes Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

I use flax seeds all the time to make dehydrated snacks and breads. When the people over at FlaxMatters offered to send me some of their fabulous Organic Whole Golden Flax Seeds I jumped at the chance to try them out. They were gorgeous in color and ended up tasting great! Thank you so much FlaxMatters!!

I knew when I saw the flax seeds that I wanted to make something special. These Cinnamon Raisin Flax Crackers were delicious, chewy and really amazing! I have always loved raisin bread and these were the raw version of that. The bananas in the mixture made them chewy and the raisins made them so sweet, so good! When I soaked the flax seeds they became gelatinous, very similar to chia seeds. I love the gels that these seeds make!

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Look at that golden gorgeous color!

Look at that golden gorgeous color!

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Cinnamon Raisin Flax Crackers

Recipe adapted from Brigitte Mars
Makes about 2 -3 dozen crackers

Ingredients:
2 C flax seeds
4 C water
1 1/2 C raisins + 1 1/2 C raisins
1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
2 bananas, peeled
1 tsp. sea salt

Preparation:
Soak the seeds in the water for about 2 hours, and do not strain. Set aside 1/4 of the flax seeds and then combine the rest of the flax seeds and all ingredients in a food processor until smooth, stirring in the additional 1 1/2 C raisins and the set aside flax seeds by hand. Spread the mixture onto three solid dehydrator sheets. Dehydrate for 4 hours at 110 degrees. Remove the dehydrator sheets and flip the crackers onto mesh sheets.  Score the crackers and continue dehydrating until that side is dry around 6-10 more hours.  When dry, the crackers will keep for several weeks in an air-tight container.

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Raw Cheddar Cheeze Dip

20 Aug 2009 1 Comment

by marisashealthykitchen in Raw Vegan Recipes, Vegan Recipes, Vegetarian Recipes Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ,

As gross as it sounds I have always loved nacho cheese! This dip is similar and of course made with much healthier and non-processed ingredients. I ate this with raw corn tortilla chips and carrot sticks. I am sure this would also be delightful over broccoli, mmmm! Enjoy!

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Raw Cheddar Cheeze Dip
Recipe adapted from Vibrant Living by James Levin & Natalie Cederquist

1 cup red bell pepper
3/4 cup cashews, soaked
1/2 cup water
3 tbs rolled oats
2 tbs nutritional yeast
2 tbs lemon juice
2 tbs tahini
2 tsp onion powder
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp salt

Blend all ingredients until smooth. Add more water or oats until desired consistency is reached.

Lemon Pepper Chicken and Sauteed Spinach with Garlic and Oil

18 Aug 2009 3 Comments

by marisashealthykitchen in Home Cooking, Vegetarian Recipes Tags: , , , ,

Most of the time I like to own my kitchen. But sometimes we cook together and not only do I appreciate it but it really is a ton of fun! Michael and I were making dinner, raw corn tortilla chips (new recipe to come soon) and kale chips and we managed to do this all so quickly because we were working together. (btw Michael’s kale chips were the most deelish I had ever had! He is the kale master!)

This chicken dish is my go-to dish when I am tired or am super busy but still want to put a healthy dinner together for my husband. The chicken is super quick and so was the spinach. I love that this dish is so fast yet looks and tastes (Michael says 🙂 ) like a good home cooked meal.

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Lemon Pepper Chicken

  • 2-4 Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breasts
  • Juice from 1-2 lemons
  • Lemon Pepper, enough to coat chicken breasts
  • Salt to taste
  1. Set the oven to 350 degrees
  2. Line a baking sheet with tin foil and spray with non-stick oil
  3. Cover the chicken breasts with lemon juice and coat with lemon pepper and a sprinkling of salt
  4. Bake for 10-15 minutes, until there is no pink when you cut into a breast
  5. Serve

Sauteed Spinach with Garlic and Oil

  • 1 bag of 10 ounce organic spinach
  • 2 tablespoons of olive oil
  • 2 cloves of garlic
  • Salt to taste
  1. Coat a pan with olive oil
  2. Simmer garlic for 1 -2 minutes
  3. Add Spinach and sautee until wilted
  4. Salt to taste
  5. Enjoy

Luscious Peach Cobbler

17 Aug 2009 1 Comment

by marisashealthykitchen in Raw Desserts and Treats, Raw Vegan Recipes, Vegan Recipes, Vegetarian Recipes Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , ,

I was loving all the gorgeous peaches that we picked yesterday so much that I decided to make a Raw Peach Cobbler. I know one of Michael’s favorite desserts is cobbler and I was so happy to make a raw version for us. We thought it tasted amazingly close to the original version! Either way it was so good!! This dish was also beyond fast to make and then to serve. The original recipe called for Pineapple in the glaze over the peaches, but instead I just used more peachy goodness.

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Luscious Peach Cobbler
Recipe adapted from Purely Delicious Magazine
Serves 6-8

Filling:
4 fresh organic peaches, with seeds removed

1/2 C fresh dates, pitted
2 fresh organic peaches, with seeds removed
2 T honey or agave nectar
1 T lemon juice
1/2 tsp. alcohol-free vanilla
1/4 tsp. ground ginger
1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp. sea salt

Topping:
1 C cashews
1/2 C pecans
1 T coconut butter
1/4 C dates, pitted
1/2 tsp. alcohol-free vanilla
pinch of sea salt

Preparation:
Slice peaches very thin and place them in a medium-sized bowl and set to one side. Process remaining filling ingredients in a blender or food processor until smooth. Pour over peaches and gently toss to coat well. Place mixture in cobbler dish. To make the topping, place all topping ingredients in a food processor and blend until well-combined, with the nuts finely chopped. Sprinkle over peaches and enjoy!

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Raw Food Dinner Party part 3

12 Aug 2009 4 Comments

by marisashealthykitchen in Raw Desserts and Treats, Raw Vegan Recipes, Vegan Recipes, Vegetarian Recipes Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Ahhh Dessert!! Even when I am so full I can always manage a bite or two! These were super yummy and plus this recipe gave us leftovers, which we love! The chocolate sauce could have been thicker to coat better, but I don’t think anyone would complain, it was deelish!

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Raw Chocolate Candy Bars

Recipe By Ashley Skabar, About.com Guide to Dairy Free Cooking Makes about 8-12 bars
Base
4 1/2 cups raw cashews, finely ground
6 T. agave nectar or maple syrup
1 T. cold water
1/4 t. sea salt

Caramel
3/4 cup raw tahini
3/4 cup maple syrup or agave nectar
1/8 t. sea salt

Chocolate Topping
1 1/4 cup cocoa powder
1 1/4 cup maple syrup
1/3 cup coconut oil or cold-pressed oil
1/4 cup cold water
1/8 t. salt

1. Line an 8″ x 8″ pan with parchment paper. In a bowl, combine the finely ground cashews, agave or maple syrup, cold water and salt, stirring until the mixture is very thick and just holds together. Press the mixture into the prepared pan and place the pan in the freezer for at least 1 hour.

2. Make the “caramel.” In a small bowl, combine the tahini, syrup and salt, mixing until smooth. Spread the “caramel” over the cashew mixture and return the pan to the freezer for 1 hour more.

3. Make the chocolate topping. In a small bowl, mix together the cocoa powder, syrup, oil, water and salt until smooth.

4. Line a plate or casserole dish with parchment paper. Remove the pan from the freezer, and, using a sharp knife, cut the mixture into bars. Dip each of the bars into the chocolate mixture, then place on the prepared plate or casserole dish. Pour any excess chocolate sauce over the bars, then return the plate or dish to the freezer for 1-2 hours more or until set. Serve from the freezer, and enjoy!

My note: I did not feel that the chocolate was thick enough, so next time I may leave out the water. I ended up basting the bars in order to keep coating them with the chocolate.

So that wraps up my Raw Food Dinner Party fun. It was such a blast! I cannot wait to do it again!!

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