Recipe: Raw Pasta

Zucchini
Yellow Squash
Tomatoes
Avocado (or tahini)
Herbs & Spices to taste
Black Sesame Seeds

Equipment: Sprilizer, or anything that cuts long thin strips

Sprilize the veggies into long thin (or thick) strips
Dice Tomatoes
Blend an avocado or tahini w/ herbs and spices
Prepare placing veggies in a plate, pour over the avocado or tahini, add diced tomatoes & sprinkle on black sesame seeds

There are lots of ways of making this, just like there are lots of ways of making pasta - the replace the pasta with the strips of veggies. So have fun, be creative & enjoy

Recipe: Banana Smoothie

6 Bananas
1/2 to 1 Cup Coconut Milk
1 Tablespoon Hemp or Flax Seeds
1 to 2 Dates

Blends all ingr. in a blender & In-Joy!

I drink this most every morning. It fills me up, and sometimes I'll have it for lunch too.

Can replace Coconut milk with or add rice/soy/oat/almond milk.

Recipe: Banana Ice Cream

Bananas
Champion or other type Juicer

Freeze bananas
Run through juicer w/ proper attachment for ice cream. A high speed/power blender will do the same thing.

Optional: Freeze other fruits and prepare the same way. Berries are always a hit.

Recipe: Date Coconut roll

Shredded Dried Coconut
Whole Dates (can be pitted)
Almonds

Soak Almonds overnight & peel skin
Push the almond in where the pit of the date is, pushing the date out & replacing w. almond.
-or- slice the date open long ways & roll it around the almond.
Roll in shredded coconut

Serve!

Recipe: Vegan Pannini's

Pannini Bread - Sliced Italian bread works well, or a hoggie roll
Avocado
Zucchini
Yellow Squash
Tomatoes
Salt/Pepper
Italian Seasoning
optional: oil, lettuce, cucumber

Equipment: Pannini Grill

Slice Zucchini & Yellow Squash, grill & put aside
Slice open avocado & mash. Spread the avocado onto the bread
If the veggies are cold add them on the sandwich prior to cooking, otherwise add them after.
Opt: oil the top & bottom of the bread & sprinkle on seasonings
Grill on pannini press.
Open and add tomatoe & any other ingredients.

Recipe: Vegan Mac n "Cheese"

the healthiest "mac n cheese" ever

pasta - any kind
coconut milk
butternut squash, chopped

all below are optional
zucchini &/or yellow squash, chopped
turmeric
fenugreek
parsley flakes
rosemary
coriander
salt, pepper
nutritional yeast
-any other seasonings

Put coconut milk in large sauce pan w/ all ingredients except pasta. At the same time boil water for pasta.
Cook sauce partly covered on low-med heat, until butternut squash is soft. Drain pasta, add sauce to pasta & serve.

Notes:
-if the coconut milk is getting too thick add water, soy milk or rice milk.
-if using zucchini or yellow squash, add it to sauce when you put the pasta to cook, it cooks up quicker than butternut squash
-Blending the cooked sauce w/ a hand blender will make the dish more cheese & creamy
-nutritional yeast has a cheesy flavor & can be sprinkled on upon serving
-these seasonings are what I typically use, but you can change them to what suits your taste
-the sauce will thicken when refrigerated, great reheated

recipe also featured here:
http://done-with-dieting.blogspot.com/2009/01/soul-full-eating-recipe-center.html

Recipe: Vegan Pizza

Use a regular pizza dough & tomatoe sauce recipe - those are easy to make vegan. The topping is sometimes tricky, we found a great one that will have you wanting more!

Recipe

1 pizza dough: flour, water, yeast

tomatoe sauce: crushed or diced tomatoes, tomatoe paste, rosemary, oregano, thyme, parsely flakes.

topping: vegan cream chesse, shredded carrots, shredded zucchini, shredded yellow squash

Prepare pizza dough as you normally would (I usually just buy a pre-made dough at the local italian bakery)

Prepare sauce by mixing all the ingrediants together, spice, salt & pepper to taste

Prepare topping by shredding the vegetables, mix with cream chesse.

Roll out dough onto a baking sheet or pizza pan, pour on sauce, spread on topping & bake.

I typically add nutritional yeast after it is done, it adds a more cheesy taste.

Recipe of the day - Quick, Simple, Tasty

Carrot/apple salad

I love this, especially on a nice bed of greens, or with anything really. Chris grew up eating this, so it's surely a favorite in this house

Shred carrots
Shred Apples (or chop)
Dried Fruit (figs or raisins work best)
Optional - Lemon

Mix it all together, and let it sit for a bit, to allow the flavors to blend, or if u can't wait, just eat while mixing, lol

Enjoy
:)