My favorite vegan restaurant in Halifax is the Heartwood on Quinpool Road. They do this fantastic dish called the Heartwood Bowl. You can choose from three different sauces, spicy peanut, coconut curry and tomato ginger. They serve this over a mix of steamed veggies, tofu and sweet potato, as well as a serving of brown rice or brown rice noodles. This is my version of the bowl. I skipped on the tofu, because I don't like to eat too much of the stuff. It is so easy to rely on tofu as a "meat replacer". I don't like the idea of planning my diet that way. Also, most of our soy products are heavily processed and full of GMO's. If you eat tofu, please splurge on organic. I've had some mad love going on for brown rice right now. I just can't seem to get enough of it. To cook it to perfection, ad equal parts rice and water, a small amount of your favorite oil, I used coconut and a sprinkle of sea salt. Put on high heat and allow to reach a rollllling boil, give it a stir, allow it to boil again. Cover, and reduce heat to low. Cook until all the liquid is gone. DON'T open the lid to check for a good 10 minutes. If there is still some water, re-cover and let sit another 5. For the veggies, just grab some of your all time favorites. I used organic kale, broccoli and cauliflower. I lightly steamed them and put them on top of the rice. Spicy Sunflower and Coconut Sauce 1/3 red onion, minced
large clove garlic, minced 1 inch fresh ginger minced Sautee on medium heat with your favorite oil until onions are translucent. Add, 1 Tbsp curry powder 1 Tbsp tumeric 2 Tbsp coconut manna 2 Tbsp sunflower butter 1/2 cup vegan milk 1 Tbsp agave nectar 1 Tbsp apple cider vinegar Simmer on low heat until thick and creamy.
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Yeah, you read that right. Light and fluffy and rich and decadent. But my favorite part... super good for you! I'm not a huge sweet person, but I am learning that has more to do with my dislike of sugar rather than my distaste for sweet things. This was the perfect cap on a healthy meal. I cooked down the last of my leftovers of the Lentil Dahl soup posted in the last entry, added a spoon full of peanut butter and served it over a giant pile of steamed organic kale. So damned good! So what is in it? Raw Vegan Chocolate Mousse 1 avocado
1 Tbsp Coconut Manna (found at your local health food store, made from the coconut flesh) 2-3 dates 2 Tbsp raw cacao powder 3/4 cup vegan milk ( I used almond) Whip up until frothy, and serve! I topped mine with some yummy goji berries and a sprinkle of cinnamon! Om nom. Nothing says "Brrrrr" quite like the first blizzard. Time for soup! All I wanted all day was a warm bowl of soup. So here ya go! It started off such an easy day, then the order came in at work (lots of heavy lifting) and then the snow came, and kept coming. Dark, cold and blizzardy was my drive home. Nothing quite like a warm bowl of curried red lentils to fix you right up. Here's the recipe! (This will make enough for 4)
Sautee in pot with 2 Tbsp coconut oil 1 white onion 4 cloves garlic 2 inches of fresh ginger 1 tsp sea salt Add after onion is translucent: 2 Tbsp curry powder 2 Tbsp tumeric 1/2 tsp hot pepper flakes pinch nutmeg and cinnamon Sautee until fragrant. Add 450 grams of dried red lentils, and enough water to cover. Add 1/2 cup cashews and 1 cup of vegan milk while boiling. Cook until lentils are falling apart. Blend with an immersion blender and thin out as necessary. Season to I found this in the organic section and was a little stunned! Finding this HUGE of an avocado means recipe time! If I'd needed to bring something for a party I would have made some guac, but instead I made one of my favorite salads. This insanely giant creature made more salad than I could eat in one sitting... Avocado Bean Salad with citrus dressing If you don't have an enormous avocado and just his regular sized brother or sister, use approximately 2-4 avocados for this recipe. Start by chopping them up. I open the avocado, and make a criss-cross slice in the flesh while it is still in the shell, them scoop it out. But whatever works. One giant avocado, or 2-4 smaller ones 1 minced garlic clove 1Tbsp minced fresh ginger 6-7 cherry tomatoes, sliced 1 can beans juice of one lemon 2 Tbsp hemp hearts pinch sea salt 1/2 tsp pepper Eating on this diet has from day one been about being healthy and good to myself and the environment. It was never a goal of mine to lose weight or drop dress sizes. But after a while it is hard to ignore the visible difference in the mirror. I've been shopping at second hand stores for the most part to avoid the consumerist world we are constantly bombarded with when we walk out the door. Also, to not contribute to this culture of waste and over production we live in. A side effect of that is I haven't really known my own dress size for quite some time. Second hand clothing is usually sized from a different time, or has shrunk over time. At the Superstore buying the additions I needed for this salad I was bitten by a curiosity bug... so I ventured over to the Joe brand selections, and I tried on a pair of pants. I brought 3 in with me, because I had no idea my size. Tried the biggest on first.. nope. I had only brought the smallest in by chance, thinking, no friggin' way I'm that small. I had to do a double take.
So I feel No guilt eating my own weight in avocado, on of the fattiest of the vegan food. Get those noms in me! |
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