Jan 11, 2012

Breakfast Chile Rellenos



Recipe is from Essential 3, 4, 5 Ingredient Cookbook
Regular recipe
2 (7 ounce) cans chopped green chilies, drained
1 (16oz) package shredded Monterey Jack Cheese
4 eggs, beaten
1/2 cup milk

**My spin on the recipe**
2 can green chilies, drained
Veggie pepper jack cheese- I just eye ball it
Egg whites- equivalent to 4 eggs
Layer green chilies, cheese, a little egg, and then chilies, cheese, egg again. Add salt and pepper to taste on top
Bake at 350 for 30 minutes or until light brown
Cool 5 minutes before cutting into squares.
I have made both recipes and Bill and I like mine better!!!
Enjoy!




Jan 10, 2012

Layered Eggplant, Zucchini, Tofu and Tomato Casserole

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I found this recipe and followed it but added Tofu, mushrooms, kale, spinach veggie mozzarella cheese (only 1/2-1C for entire casserole), walnuts and didn't use as much oil.

I use 1/4 of a yellow onion, 2 garlic gloves and started to cook them in a pan.
Add the following to the pan...
1/4 of package, extra firm Tofu, drain and dry, crumble into onion mixture in pan.
2 portobello mushrooms and about 1/4 of package of regular mushrooms. Diced and added to pan.
Once onions were slightly cooked, I added...
1 Can Diced tomatoes with Italian seasoning.
1 carton of Grape tomatoes
5 dashes of dried basil
5 dashes of Trader Joe's 21 Seasoning.
Cover and let boil until the tomatoes burst.
Once tomatoes burst, turn off heat,  smash entire pan with smasher.

Layer like recipe calls for. I layered mine the following way...
Eggplant, Kale, Very little Veggie cheese, Zucchini, Tomato mixture, Eggplant, spinach, very little Veggie cheese, Tomato mixture and little more veggie cheese. Topped with a mixture of Brown Rice Bread Crumbs and Whole Wheat Panko Bread Crumbs. Added some chopped walnuts on top too!
Bake 375 for 20 minutes and let stand for 5 minutes.

Enjoy!


Beat, Edamame, Baby corn salad


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1 Can Beats, drained cut and diced and placed in a pan to sautee for 5 minutes to get moisture out.

In a bowl mix...
1 Can baby corn, drained and cut
1-1 1/2C Edamame. ( I always have frozen on hand. I just put them in a coffee cup with water and warm up for 2 minutes. Drain before adding to bowl with corn and etc).
5 dashes of balsamic vinegar
3-5 small drops of Agave syrup
*Add the beats, mix and either serve warm or cold. 

Enjoy!

Mix

Veggie/Peanut Eggrolls


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I just started creating this recipe no measuring so here is what should work...
1 package of eggroll wrappers. I just used until I ran out of mixture

Mix in a bowl...
1C of the following or more if you have a big family...
Broccoli slaw, shredded carrots, shredded purple cabbage, spinach, bean sprouts
1/4C Chopped peanuts
1/4C Red peppers in oil. Just fork out the red peppers, cut and add to bowl.
1 Avocado, diced
1 handful of cilantro
pinch of pepper
2 dashes of red flakes.
Mix and fill wrappers--following the directions on wrapper package.

Bake on a sprayed non stick rack (cookie cooling rack) on a cookie sheet.
400 degrees about 30 minutes total. I still turned mine, eventhough, they were on a rack. I turned mine 3 times.

*I just created a sauce with sauces I already had. I didn't write it down and was so busy I don't even remember. You can serve with soy sauce, amino acids, teriyaki sauce, chili sauce, sweet and sour sauce or combine some of them.

Enjoy!


Homemade Tofu/veggie/walnut Dim Sum


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Sauce...Just Amino Acid

For the egg roll Dim Sum...
1/4 package of Extra Firm Tofu, drained, moisture taken out with paper towel. Once drained, crumble and put in bowl to be mix with the following...

1C of the following...
 shredded carrots, broccoli slaw, purple cabbage, mushrooms-break into pieces or cut and Kale.
1/4C chopped raw walnuts.
3-5 dashes of dried Onion
3-5 dashes of Trader Joe's 21 Seasoning.
Mix all together and then transfer to a pan and sautee for 5 minutes. Don't add any oil or anything. Just get the moisture out.

1 package of Eggroll or wonton wrappers. (I am on the hunt for whole wheat or whole grain wrappers). Wrap how says on package or create your own style!!

Steam Eggrolls until they are clear. You may want to spray your steam pan with non stick spray first.
Plate and serve. We had ours with Amino Acid and Red pepper chili sauce.
Enjoy!

For the Dumpling...
I only had a few Eggroll wrappers that I had left from a previous dinner. I had lots of veggie mixture left. So I added...
1/2-3/4C Korean Pancake Mix (you can probably just use Insta-bake or whole wheat flour).
1/4C Water
1/4C Egg Whites
I didn't Measure but probably 1/2C Brown Rice Bread Crumbs
Mix all together and form balls. Add more pancake mix or flour if still too sticky. They will stick a little but you should be able  to transfer them to the steamer. If not, dust with flour.
Steam for about 10 minutes.
Enjoy!

**I served mine with my Beat, Edamame, baby corn salad. See recipe**


Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Cookies


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Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Cookies
I found a recipe from and changed it! 

-Pre- heat oven to 375

-In bowl mix...
1/2C Unsweetened Apple Sauce
1/2C Agave Syrup
3T Egg Whites
1t Vanilla Extract

-Add to the mixture...
1 1/4C Whole Wheat Flour (you may need a little more, don't want mixture too runny).
1t Baking Soda

-Fold in...
1C Dark Chocolate Chip (In this picture, I used Dark chocolate pieces that I broke off of the Dark Chocolate brick I have for toppings and etc).

Use a Tablespoon to measure them out. These take a little longer to bake since there is so much liquid. Bake about 10-13 minutes if not longer.

Enjoy!








Jan 3, 2012

Kale Gnocchi


1 Box Potato Gnocchi ( I buy mine from Trader Joe's, Whole Foods, Sprouts. I just make sure I understand the ingredients).
1 Head of Broccoli cut
1 Zucchini Cut
1 Handful of Spinach
12 Raw Cashews for topping, need more for sauce
Couple dashes of EVOO
Food Processor, 2 pans, strainer

*For Dr. Fuhrman's Creamed Kale Sauce
2# raw Kale (I just did one bunch and added about 2-3 handfuls of spinach).
½ cup raw cashew nuts
½ cup soy milk ( I used my Almond milk)
2 tablespoons onion flakes
*I added a few dashes of Garlic pepper and nutmeg (Nutmeg should be added to any dark leafy green. It brings out the flavor).
Remove the thick bottom of the stems from the kale and place the leaves in a large pot with steamer. Steam 10-20 minutes, until soft. Remove from steamer, drain and keep draining the excess water.
Add all ingredients to food processor and mix until creamy.
  1. Place Broccoli, Zucchini and spinach in a sauce pan with a few dashes of EVOO. Just to soften and cook them
  2. Cook Gnocchi as directed.
  3. Drain Gnocchi
  4. Combine Gnocchi, veggies and some of the Creamy Kale sauce. Stir all together and decide if you need more sauce or not.
  5. I used a 1C measure to scoop out. I think I did 3 per person, because its not all Gnocchi, there is also the veggies.
  6. I then added about 12 Raw Cashews on top.
Enjoy!