07 Oct 2009
by marisashealthykitchen
in Raw Desserts and Treats, Raw Vegan Recipes
Tags: agave, almond butter, breakfast, comfort food, dessert, dip, quick and easy, raw, sauces, sides, snack, vegan, vegetarian
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!
06 Oct 2009
by marisashealthykitchen
in Vegan Recipes, Vegetarian Recipes
Tags: agave, almond milk, breakfast, comfort food, maple syrup, oatmeal, quick and easy, quinoa, sides, snack, vegan, vegetarian
Another great breakfast recipe! I love this one. The combo of oatmeal, my favorite quinoa, apples and raisins make this a real winner!! The apples are cooked and so soft and good! The raisins become plump and juicy when cooked. So good!! I put all the servings into 1/4 pound containers to have meals for the whole week!
Quinoa Apple Oatmeal
5 servings
1 cup oatmeal
1 cup quinoa
1/2 raisins
3 1/2 cup water
1/2 cup almond milk (You can just use all water and skip this if you want)
1 apple diced
cinnamon to taste
2 tablespoons agave
4 tablespoons maple syrup, or to taste
1 teaspoon salt, or to taste
Combine all the ingredients, except the sweetener in a large pot and bring to a boil. Turn down the heat and simmer until your breakfast is ready. Add the sweetners of your choice and Enjoy 🙂
Per Serving: 352 calories, 5g Fat, 0 Sat. Fat, 0 Chol, 46mg Sodium, 71g Carbs, 7g Fiber, 30g Sugars, 8g Protein
look at all that fiber and protein!!!
05 Oct 2009
by marisashealthykitchen
in Vegan Recipes, Vegetarian Recipes
Tags: comfort food, daiya, figs, non-dairy cheese, quick and easy, snack, vegetarian
Looking for a fast and deeelish snack or lunch? Here is a great option that I just put together. I think I have mentioned before how much I love figs! I am really taking advantage of them while they are still in season. This is such a simple and easy way to enjoy them.
Quick Fig & Fontina Flatbread
2 servings
6 fresh figs, sliced thin
1/2 tbsp Honey or agave
1 whole wheat or multi grain pita bread
1 1/4 ounce fontina cheese, sliced thinly (I use mozzarella daiya)
dash of celtic sea salt
Pre-heat a toaster or regular oven to 350 degrees. Split the pita bread into two halves. Spread the cheese out evenly on both halves. Place in the oven for 2-4 minutes till the cheese is melted and the bread is nicely toasted. Remove from the oven and place the sliced figs evenly onto the both halves. Sprinkle some salt and drizzle the honey on top. Enjoy!!
I have been looking up what I am eating to see the nutrition stats, so I will post them when I can 🙂
Here you go! Per serving: 244 Calories, 7g Fat, 4g Sat fat, 21mg Cholesterol, 303mg Sodium, 40g Carbs, 6 g Fiber, 24g Sugar, 9g Protein
01 Oct 2009
by marisashealthykitchen
in Raw Vegan Recipes, Vegan Recipes, Vegetarian Recipes
Tags: chips, comfort food, quick and easy, raw, sides, snack, vegan, vegetarian
When I make corn chips I normally do not make them so smoothly pureed but I thought this would be fun. These are so good and they are essentially just corn and jalapeno! How awesome is that! I started out with 2 sheets but we ate the first one as soon as they were done 🙂 I also normally score my chips but these we just broke into pieces. So simple and so good. This is such a great snack.
After you take it out, just break into pieces and ENJOY 🙂
Raw Just Corn Chips
4 cups frozen and thawed corn
2 jalapeno pepper, deseeded
2 tsp salt
1/2-1 cup water
In a Vita-mix or blender puree corn, pepper and salt adding water as needed.
Spread onto teflex dehydrator sheets and dehydrate for 8-12 hours. Once it is no longer sticking to the sheets flip over and dry the other side for 4 hours more. Break into pieces and enjoy!
30 Sep 2009
by marisashealthykitchen
in Home Cooking
Tags: chicken, comfort food, Edamame, quick and easy, Stir-fry, tamari
As the weather gets cooler I start breaking out the crock pot more and more. It is so nice to come home to a house with the great smells of home cooking yet all the work is already done! It was the perfect way to make this dinner super quick in the end. I put the dry brown rice, water and salt in the slow cooker in the morning and when I came home the rice was perfect and all I had to prepare was the stirfry. I also made sure to make extra rice for the rest of the week. If you prepare the chicken first and then prep the rest of the ingredients the chicken will be ready to cook and the entire meal will take you under 30 minutes to prep and cook. So fabulous after a long day! ENJOY 🙂
Chicken Stir-Fry with Edamame and Brown Rice
Recipe inspired from Bon Appétit
Serves 6
1/2 cup coarsely chopped walnuts
4 tablespoons tamari soy sauce
1.5-2 pounds chicken tenders, thinly sliced
1 teaspoon honey
4 teaspoons sesame oil
4 teaspoons minced fresh ginger
3 garlic cloves, minced
2 cups short-grain brown rice, cooked and cooled
12 ounce bag shelled cooked edamame beans
2/3 cup chopped green onions
Combine chicken, 2 tablespoons tamari and honey in medium bowl; toss to coat. Let stand 15 minutes.
Toast walnuts in a skillet for 3 minutes, shaking the pan consistently. Add 2 tablespoons tamari and stir until tamari coats walnuts, about 45 seconds. Cool.
Heat oil in large nonstick skillet over high heat. Add chicken and stir-fry 2 minutes. Add ginger and garlic and stir-fry 30 seconds. Add cooked rice and edamame; reduce heat to medium and stir-fry until heated through, about 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Divide rice mixture among plates. Sprinkle with green onions and walnuts.
24 Sep 2009
by marisashealthykitchen
in Superfoods, Vegan Recipes, Vegetarian Recipes
Tags: agave, almond milk, breakfast, comfort food, oatmeal, quick and easy, quinoa, sides, snack, superfood, vegan, vegetarian
As I told you last week my new addition to my diet is Breakfast and I am LOVING it!!! I plan to switch it up every week and try something new. This is a cooked breakfast and it was so good! I love quinoa but I don’t think it is ever thought about as a breakfast food. I thought that this super-grain would be great sweet and hot in the morning and I was right 🙂 So good and super nutritious. Love it!
Quinoa “Oatmeal”
serves 3
1 cup quinoa
1 cup almond milk
1 cup water
1/3 cup dried cranberries
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
3 tablespoons agave
Rinse the quinoa and add to saucepan with water and almond milk. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low and simmer for 5 minutes. Add the dried cranberries and cinnamon and simmer for 10 minutes. Stir in the agave. Cover and let sit for 5 minutes until all liquid is absorbed.
I can’t promise to do this for ever recipe but I looked up the nutrition stats for this breakfast. 🙂
Per Serving: Calories 324, Fat 4g, No Saturated Fat or Cholesterol, 71mg sodium, 67g carbs, 4g Fiber, 25g sugar, 7g protein
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 🙂
15 Sep 2009
by marisashealthykitchen
in New York Highlights
Tags: cake, comfort food
I don’t know how long this tradition has been going on for but I knew that we did not want to miss this one 🙂 After our wedding my mom took the top layer of our cake home to freeze it so we could eat it exactly 1 year later. Thanks Mom! Since we only had that one quick taste at the wedding (the other tradition where you feed each other the cake) we were really looking forward to seeing how it actually tasted, even if it was one year later.
We had gone out to a decadent and delicious and of course over the top anniversary dinner, although skipping dessert, knowing we would have our cake to come home to. So at exactly 12:01 on our anniversary we dug in! It was delicious! If there was ever a reason to dig into a big cake this was the perfect one.
Check out our before and after pictures. The flowers are still on my cake even after the whole year. Preserved in the freezer haha.
Our wedding cake
The top layer after 1 year in the freezer 🙂
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