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Recipes for Juicing
Juicing is one of the quickest ways to boost up your energy levels. A fresh-pressed juice first thing in the morning gives both your brain and immune system a healthy boost. There are many easy and convenient recipes for juicing available from books and websites. Most jui...
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Raspberry Cream Cupcakes with Dairy-Free Frosting
This dairy-free cupcake recipe is a year round classic for birthday parties and celebrations. It can be customized to fit any season, and right now, fresh berries and patriotic barbecues are the theme. For 4th of July gatherings, use a combination of blueberries and...
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Chia Seed Pudding
Chia seeds have gotten a lot of buzz lately for their health benefits and ease of use. The tiny little seeds look a bit like exotic black and white swirled eggs from up close. They absorb lots of liquid and turn very gelatinous. They have a neutral flavor and while the...
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How to Make Ghee
Ghee, also known as clarified butter, has become my new favorite cooking oil. It can withstand high temperatures without oxidizing or smoking and lends a nice buttery, nutty flavor. It sounds fancy, but it’s very easy to make. Simply melt butter and then skim off th...
Read more...Chocolate Chocolate Chunk Vegan Granola
Sweet Sundays: Alisa Fleming ~ A few months ago, I received a special request for a chocolate granola recipe from Attune Foods. You see, Attune has sadly discontinued their Chocolate Probiotic Granola. It was awesome, and had a loyal following, but marketing a refrigerated...
Read more...Miso Soup with Shrimp and Broccoli
Whole Foods has a nationwide sale today, Friday October 14th 2011, on raw, wild, 26/30 Wild Atlantic White Shrimp. They are just $7.99/pound in the seafood department at all Whole Foods Market stores throughout the U.S. - Today ONLY! But dont worry, if you are reading this...
Read more...Delicious Double Chocolate Dairy-Free Granola
I received some sad news at Attune Foods last month. Their chocolate probiotic granola is being discontinued. Since it has a loyal following, they requested that I come up with a chocolate granola recipe to help ease the blow. After some hesitation (roughly a millisecond) ...
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Raw Food for Real People by Rod Rotondi
MEDITERRANEAN BURGERS WITH PESTO SAUCE I originally created these in the form of croquettes at my first raw restaurant, Rod’s Wrap & Juice Bar. Some of my customers dubbed these my “meatballs” because they have a very meaty consistency. The rich basil-infuse...
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Raw Spicy Zucchini Chips Recipe
Eating raw zucchini is easy with this recipe. Just make sure you make a lot because they will disappear. Before I even started eating a raw food diet I tried making dehydrated zucchini chips and I wasnt too excited. You dont have to be on a raw vegan diet to ...
Read more...Vegan Blackberry-Banana Breakfast Smoothie
Alisa Fleming ~ One thing I love about the northwest is the abundance of fruit in the summertime, especially the blackberries … oh the blackberries. They cost something like $20 a pound to buy in stores, but grow freely on every street here, with only the price of a few th...
Read more...Tempeh Temptations at NGI
The class I took this past Saturday at NGI was “Tempeh Temptations.” If you look over at my tags, you’ll see that I do use tempeh a fair amount of the time, but I use it in basically the same ways all the time. I like the ways that I’ve been making it, but I also wanted to...
Read more...Watermelon-Cucmber Salad
I mentioned on my Facebook Page earlier today that I’m sick- just before Vida Vegan Con! That is why I didn’t post yesterday. I am doing this quick post right now, and I have a post to give you about the class I took at NGI yesterday, but that will have to wait. I’m r...
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Banana Flax Crackers
A sweet, flaxy, crunchy cracker. Finally, right? Youre probably thinking it sounds pretty weird - and truthfully, when I first found the recipe I did too. But it seemed simple enough to try, so I did. They are AMAZING. These crackers satisfy both my sweet tooth and my ...
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Lactation Cupcakes with Cinnamon Frosting
Our very own Katie, who is also a vegan chef, made these delicious lactation cupcakes for the Granola Babies Big Latch On. And upon request, here is both the original recipe, followed by Katies Vegan version. Lactation Cupcakes 1 cup whole wheat flour ...
Read more...Healthy Graham Cracker-Based Recipes
Alisa Fleming ~ Some of you will recoil in disbelief when you read my next statement, but I could easily live the rest of my life without cake. This isnt to say that I will never nosh on another cupcake as long as I live, but cake has never really been my thing. I prefer d...
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grilled chicken za’atar
I want to start out by saying that we grilled out on the hottest day of the year, probably my lifetime. Although, if you want to get technical, I watched from our chilly, air-conditioned apartment as that future-husband-of-mine survived temperature c...
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Open-Face Eggplant Sandwich
Buy in season. It may seem like a obvious thing to say, but how many of us have succumbed to the bright pink raspberries at the grocery store in December (for $7.99 a pound)?. Buying in season not only ensures you getting the biggest bang for your buck, it also mean...
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healthy whole grain zucchini bread
The more years I spend tending a garden, the more I’m starting to realize that gardening is definitely a long-term sport. Gardeners may measure successes in seasons (“This was such a great year for my tomatoes!”) but the true value of a garden’s skill isn’t defined...
Read more...Summer Rolls with Ginger “Peanut” Sauce
Alisa Fleming ~ Ani Phyo’s new un-cookbook, Ani’s Raw Food Asia, is gorgeous! I’ve review two of her prior cookbooks (Anis Raw Food Kitchen and Anis Raw Food Desserts), but this is by far my favorite, both visually and in terms of the recipes. Ani’s Raw Food Asia is ...
Read more...Rosemary-Lime Wild Salmon Kabobs
Wild Alaska salmon season is in full swing, and Whole Foods is offering a one-day-only sizzling summer deal on the fillets for $8.99/pound on Friday, July 29, 2011! This is a nationwide sale, and available at all of the U.S.-based Whole Foods Markets. Heres a little info f...
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Organic, Real Food on a Budget – Beef Tacos
Beans. They are great for stretching out a meal. Soups, pastas, and many mexican dishes can be almost doubled with a wide variety of beans. As a kid, my mom always made beef tacos with kidney beans in the mix. I thought this was “normal” but later realized she was s...
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Blue Cheese Mushroom Crostini
This dish is both luxuriously flavored and perfectly hearty. Creamy blue cheese coats mushrooms for a delicious crostini topping. I had this dish recently at King’s Wine Bar in South Minneapolis and it was my favorite dish of the evening by far – I k...
Read more...Beat the Heat with Great Gazpacho
Gazpacho is a cold tomato-based raw vegetable soup that credits its origins to Spain. It has been enjoyed throughout the years as a light summer meal to help cool off and to take advantage of summers abundant produce. Traditional gazpacho recipes typically use fresh...
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low fat muffin: big fat taste
I’ve been cooking for all these years without much worry over the fat content in my foods, especially in regards to my baking; I use super-healthy olive oil and coconut oil in nearly everything without much concern over the amount. However, after a recent cooking cl...
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Portabella Mushroom and Zucchini Tempura
Can it get any more humid out there? We are having a case of the sleepies in our home. We have 3 fans trying to circulate cool air in our duplex with only 1 window A/C unit in one room. It is HOT folks. How are you coping? I have had to work from coffee ...
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Curried carrot salad
I have never been a fan of cooked carrots. Ever. Now raw carrots, preferably with a vat of hummus, I’ll gladly take. So I was a little hesitant about this recipe, but for some unknown reason, it just sounded really good. That obsession that...
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Quick Meals Good Eats for One
I live with a great man that I love to cook for. And he cooks for me too… but, we never cook together. We are both bossy Aries and just cannot share the kitchen. Anyway, he is out of town this week, and so I am cooking for one, and thus all the creativity and thou...
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Strawberry-Rhubarb Cobbler Berry Cobbler
There is nothing like having some good cobbler during the summer especially when you can get everything at the market. Before I get to the yummy details I would like to announce the winner of the Kikis Fashions Giveaway. The winner is Kristi Ehnis! Thanks to ...
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Aloo Gobi (Spiced Cauliflower and Potatoes)
My 2nd Indian meal to prepare in my lifetime. Can you believe this? I have only made a coconut curry once and that was before I was married. Can you believe that I actually was craving this dish and I had never had it???? What does it mean? Can I tell you I ...
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Hibiscus-Lemon Iced Tea (sugar-free)
Im a tea drinker. Morning, noon, night. Tea. Morning its usually a green tea, followed by something like a rooibos chai later in the morning (usually a homemade latte chai), a decaf green or mint tea in the afternoon, and maybe another rooibos or apple chamomile bef...
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Fusilli with Chard, Bacon, and Cream
First a bit of housekeeping – If you follow my blog via RSS feed or email subscription, you may have noticed the change to a partial feed. Unfortunately I’ve had an issue with others lifting my content and using it as their own, so I need to build a layer of ...
Read more...Sun-dried Tomato Loaf
3 cups unbleached flour 3 tbsp sugar 1 tbsp + 3/4tsp baking powder 12 oz cold beer cup sun-dried tomatoes in oil, drained and chopped 2 tbsp oil (from the sun-dried tomatoes) Instructions: Preheat the oven to 350F. Grease a...
Read more...Healthy, Homemade Granola Bars
These are not your typical granola bars. Whats so special about em? Look closely... You dont see any oats, do you? Or sugar. I know you cant see theres no sugar, but I promise you its not there (okay, so theres 1 tiny teaspoon of honey in the whole ...
Read more...Healthy Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
Why have I made carrot cake over ten times in the past three days? To come up with a Healthy Carrot Cake thats low in carbohydrates and gluten-free for you! This fragrant and flavorful cake is also dairy-free and nut-free, if you omit the classic add in of chopped walnuts. I p...
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Zesty Peach Barbecue Sauce
I’ve been holding out on you. I actually whipped up this batch of zesty peach barbecue sauce wayyyyyy back in December as a fun Christmas gift. The extra mason jars full of the sticky, spicy sauce have been sitting in our pantry waiting for summer ever since. I kin...
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Sweet and Creamy Coleslaw
Remember when I got a tiny head of cabbage in my CSA a few weeks back? No? Well me neither. Because as I was looking for something else in the produce drawer, out rolled this sad little guy from the depths of the crisper. He looked up at me, batted his little...
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Organic, Real Food on a Budget
This week, we’re soaking up the sun at Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri. The beautiful water, cool mornings, and starry evenings provide us with ultimate relaxation. On our way to Missouri, we stopped in Texas to see family and I began craving my Grandma’s banana pudd...
Read more...A Favorite: Chickpea Ratatouille
It seems Ive been testing new recipes forever. Now that I have this new book completed, I can leisurely get back to some of my very favorite recipes. Like Chickpea Ratatouille. This recipe is from Vive le Vegan!, and will always be in my top-picks. I only wish ...
Read more...White Russian Cupcakes
What a relaxing weekend! I hope everyone had as great weather as we did. After more than a week of rainy and cloudy weather, we were blessed with sunshine and cool winds. Who could ask for anything more? On Friday we had company over. I was really ble...
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Organic Homemade Corn Dogs
I met Matt for the first time in Mexico. After a red-eye and only two hours of sleep, there I sat with 8 other bloggers for dinner at a beautiful restaurant. I was a bit intimidated. I mean, come on. It’s Matt Armendariz . He’s a crazy talented photographer, writes ...
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