Posted on December 20, 2009 at 7:36 pm

Green Savory Smoothie/Curry/Soup with Rainbow Chard

Ingredients:
1. 2 Rainbow chard leaves. Even Red leaf lettuce can be used.
2. 1/4 Avocado
3. 1/4 Lemon peeled
4. 1/3 of small red onion peeled
5. 8 Basil leaves
6. 2 Celery sticks / 4 celery heart sticks
7. 2 cups water lukewarm
8. Salt to taste

Preparation:
Blend all the ingredients with hot water/ cold water to get desired consistency, depending on what you want- smoothie or curry or thick soup.
This is super tasty and filling. Its just enough for a light dinner.

Serves:2 small bowls.

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Posted on December 20, 2009 at 7:28 pm

Raw Hot Tomato Soup

Ingredients:
1. 1 Tomato
2. 1/4 Avacado
3. 1 stalk celery heart
4. 1 clove gralic
5. Little piece of Ginger
6. 1 tsp Coriander seeds ( You can use freshly ground powder too)
7. 1/2 tsp Cumin seeds ( You can use freshly ground powder too)
8. Salt to taste
9. 2 Tsp Coconut butter

Preparation:
Blend all the ingredients with hot water.Keep a thick consistency.

Serves:2 small bowls.

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Posted on November 27, 2009 at 8:15 pm

Healing Barley Soup

Am so happy to invent this recipe. We were feeling feverish and flu like symptoms and having this soup during the night was so much soothing and cleansing !!

Ingredients:

1. 1/2 Cup Steamed and nicely cooked Barley
2. 2 Tsp Coconut Butter
3. 1 Tsp fresh coriander seeds ( This is very important ingredient. Coriander powder will also do, but fresh seeds make a LOT of difference !!!)
4. Pinch of turmeric powder.
5. Salt to taste.
6. 1 Tbsp chopped broccoli florets for garnish (Optional)

Preparation:
Blend all the ingredients with hot water.Keep a thick consistency.Optionally dress with broccoli.

Serves:2 small bowls.

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Posted on November 27, 2009 at 5:16 pm

Hot and Spicy Raw Soup

Ingredients:

1. 2 tsp Olive oil
2. 1/2 tsp Fennel seeds
3. 2 Garlic cloves with peel
4. 1 Tomato
5. 5 big Basil leaves
6. 1/2 Jalapeno pepper
7. Salt to taste
8. 1/2 Zucchini
9. 1/4 Cucumber
10. 1/4 Yellow Bell pepper.

Preparation:
Blend all the ingredients with hot water.
Toss some flax oil and rosemary leaves.

Serves:2 small bowls.

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Posted on November 27, 2009 at 5:07 pm

Collard Quick Burrito


Ingredients(Measurements)

Wrap:
1. 2 Collard Leaves.
2. 1 Tsp Flax oil.
3. Salt to taste.
4. 1 Tsp Lemon juice.

Cheese

1. 6 Macadamia nuts
2. 1 Tsp Pine nuts
3. Salt to taste
4. Herb to taste (ex: Pinch of dill seeds or Pinch of basil powder or 3-4 leaves of fresh rosemary)
5. Cayenne to taste

Filling

1 cup Soaked Arame ( 15 minutes)

Preparation
1. Lay the collard leaves on a flat surface, back side up.
2. Mix the flax,salt,lemon juice in a bowl.
3. Spread the mix on the collard leaves.(I prefer doing this : I take a once used half of lemon which has some lemon juice in it still, dip it in the flax oil+salt mix and rub it on the leaves).

Let the leaves sit for 30 minutes.

1. Blend all ingredients of cheese and transfer to a bowl.

After 30 minutes :

1. Cut off the stem of collards with a sharp knife. You now have 4 parts , 2 of each leaf.
2. Spread the cheese
3. Spread the sea vegetable, Arame.
4. Wrap the collards.

You now have 4 tasty wraps !!! Enjoy. You can design your own wrap now. The fillings are bounded by your creativity :)

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Posted on November 2, 2009 at 8:32 pm

Raw/Steamed Pumpkin Seed Thai Sauce Curry.

Ingredients for the Sauce.
1. 1/2 cup Soaked Pumpkin Seeds.
2. 1/4 Jalapeno Pepper.
3. 1 clove Garlic.
4. 5 Sprigs Parsley.
5. Salt to taste.
6. 1 Tbsp Flax oil.
7. 1 Tbsp Coconut oil.
8. 1 cup Hot Water.

Preparation of Sauce:
Blend all and pour in a deep dish.

Ingredients for curry:

1. 10 florets of Cauliflower (Steamed/Raw)
2. 2 leaves of Collard (cut into ribbons)
3. 1 BottleGuard(Turai) (cut into small cubes)
4. 1 Potato ( cubed and steamed)
5. 5 Mushrooms (Steamed/Raw)
6. 4 Baby Corns
7. Few strips of Red Pepper.

Preparation:
You can basicaly add any vegetables of your liking.
Pour the vegetables into the sauce and mix well. Let it sit for 30 minutes.

You can eat this with rice or alone.

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Posted on November 2, 2009 at 8:09 pm

Beet Cucumber Mint Soup

This soup strangely is green in color. Perhaps, because yellow beet does not have that strong color as red beet and also cucumber and mint make it look green.

Ingredients:

1. 1/2 Cucumber.
2. 2 Sprigs’ Mint leaves.
3. 1/2″ Ginger.
4. 1 small Yellow Beet.
5. Dash of Cumin powder
6. Dash of Sea salt.
8. 1 cup hot water.
9. 1 tsp Lemon juice.
10. A small piece of avocado(Optional)

Preparation:
Blend all the ingredients .
Toss some flax oil.

Serves:2 small bowls.

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Posted on October 5, 2009 at 8:59 pm

Quick Breakfast Recipes

Don’t have time to go thru the recipes?. OK. Here is a quick list of breakfasts. All with greens and fruits.

I highly recommend getting a vita mix for an extremely quick, nutritious way of blending.

1. Avocado, Bananas- blend. Dress with blueberries/strawberries.
2. Spinach, Mango – blend
3. Banana, Kale, Water – blend.
3. Papaya, Banana, Tahini – blend. Dress with blueberries/strawberries.
4. Celery, Orange, Water – blend. Add ice optionally.
5. Orange, Collard, Water – blend.
6. Orange, Apple, Chard, Water – blend.
7. Nutmilks – Soaked nut of your choice, Water, Honey , Nutmeg powder, Cardamom powder – blend. Strain the pulp if desired. Use the pulp in soups, dehydrated breads, dehydrated cookies. Refrigerate the milk and sip with straw on hot summer noon.

By the time you try these, you would have your own recipes. Take care.

Note: Do not eat nuts with fruits/starchy vegetables. You will have bloating !!!.

Posted on September 20, 2009 at 9:03 pm

ChickPea (Chana) Hummus

Ingredients:

1. 2 cups sprouted Chick Peas (If you are not raw, you can steam them for 10 minutes).
2. 3 teaspoons Tahini. (Paste of Sesame/Til and Oil)
3. 1 teaspoon Lemon juice.
4. 1 clove Garlic.
5. 1/4 teaspoon cumin powder.
6. 1/4 teaspoon cayenne.
7. Salt to taste.
8. 1/4 cup water.

Preparation:
Blend all ingredients.

Place Hummus in a bowl on a flat dish in the center.Pour some olive oil and garnish with parsley , canyenne.
Cut vegetables of your choice, like, carrots,cauliflower,broccoli, zuchhini, cucumber, celery in the desired shape.
Arrange them beautifully around the hummus bowl.

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Posted on September 16, 2009 at 9:39 pm

Cranberry dressing


Ingredients(Measurements)

1. 1/2 cup dry Cranberries
2. 10 dry Pista
3. 1 orange
4. 1/4 teaspoon Balsamic vinegar
5. 1/4 teaspoon Mustard seeds
6. Sea salt to taste
7. 1 Tbsp Olive oil

Preparation

Blend all together adding water for desired thickness.
Is wonderful on greens especially Spinach or just a LOT of sunflower microgreens !!!.

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