Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Best thing I've made so far

Tropical Portobello

INGREDIENTS:
(makes 2-4)
2-4 large portobello caps (or small mushrooms of your choice)
1 mango
1 banana
1/2 small papaya
pine nuts
cilantro
hot peppers, peppers of your choice
hot sauce
black pepper, lemon pepper
chili powder or cajun seasoning
olive oil

Chop the fruit, and mix fruit, nuts, little bit of oil, and seasonings (excluding cilantro) in a bowl. Put a little oil in your fry pan and start heating up your portobello caps, whole or chopped (I did mine whole, and it turned out really well). Add fruit mixture, an cover and cook, stirring/turning occasionally, until cooked to your liking. Add cilantro at the end. Avocado is another delicious addition to this dish (which I excluded due to my suspicion that my body can't tolerate the starch/sugar content of avocado).


ALSO

PAPAYA SMOOTHIE:

BLEND:
frozen papaya
mango
apple juice
almond butter
hemp protein


Mmmm. Health.

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Complete Salad




Put this stuff in a bowl:

salad greens/herb salad
spinach
fresh dill
chopped nuts (pecans, walnuts, brazil nuts)
copious amount of mixed Greek olives
carrot, sliced
radishes, sliced
raisins or dried cherries
clementine/orange/etc

Dress with red wine vinegar and olive oil.

Top it with some salmon.

Mmmmmm.

Orange paste

This paste is great to put on fish, veggies, or as a salad dressing, especially with added curry seasoning/curry paste or hot sauce.

Put in a blender:
carrots
almonds, almond butter
clementine (or orange, or other citrus)
touch of lemon juice
vinegar & olive oil to taste

Mmm....

I also made roasted almonds coated in veg oil, cajun seasoning, cinnamon, touch of salt. Mixed those with some greens, with the paste and a little bit of curry paste, really great salad.

Friday, January 1, 2010

Broccoli, alond & Chive soup

Another soup recipe, based on my standard formula, i.e. blended stuff + chopped stuff. I like chopping everything pretty small so it's easier to eat. So I threw all this stuff in a pot together, cooked it for 25 minutes, after blending the stuff on the first list. DELICIOUS!

Blend:
chives
tomatoes
olive oil
almond butter
herb seasoning
paprika
salt or liquid aminos

Chop:
carrots
NAPA cabbage
broccoli
cauliflower
chives (bottoms... tops go into blender)
chinese celery
almonds (I put in lots... or you could use chicken or fish for the protein source.... or beans if you eat starch, which I do not)

Add enough water to cover most of the veggies, and cook it. MMMM.

The trick to these soups is to use PLENTY of herb for the blend. The last recipe (cabbage soup) I used a lot of basil in the blend, this time I used a lot of tomatoes and chives. I even forgot to put in onions... But the soup ended up with an amazing amount of flavor. Once I discovered herbs, I realized that I never needed to buy a can of brother again!