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Friday, February 12, 2016

Vegan Pizza!

Vegan Pizza!
Pizza is one of my favorite foods! However, pizza ordered from a take-out place is not always the healthiest food so if possible make your own!   

-1 Whole wheat pizza dough (fresh obtained from your local grocery store, Trader Joe’s etc. read the ingredients)
-1/2 glass jar of organic tomato sauce (Trader Joe’s also has this)
-1/2 tbsp olive oil
-1/2 sliced onion
-2-3 bulbs of garlic
-1/2 cup black olives (or more if you're like me and love olives!)
-1 cup of non-dairy Mozzarella (Daiya or other brand)
-1/2 cup of fresh basil leaves
-1/2 tsp oregano (I have also used the Italian spice from Trader Joe’s)
-1 cup of fresh organic broccoli
-1 cup of organic white mushrooms

Preheat the oven according to the dough’s packaging (usually 450˙) and roll out the pizza dough. I also use cornmeal when rolling out the dough to give it a little bit of a crunch when it is done baking. Put onto pizza pan, spread around about the olive oil and tomato sauce.

Sauté onion and garlic for a few minutes and place onto the pizza dough.

Put ½ cup of the Daiya on top, then the broccoli, mushrooms, olives and spices. After this top it off with a little bit more sauce (if you’d like) and the other ½ cup of Daiya.

Cook according to package, usually around 20 minutes depending on how crunchy you like your crust.

Enjoy!

Monday, February 8, 2016

Tofu Scramble Happiness


When I have time to make breakfast I love to make a tofu scramble. For years I have tried to perfect my recipe and although it changes from time to time the below recipe is what I tend to start with. I took the recipe from one of my favorite bloggers the Minimalist Baker and changed it a bit. The picture of my creation is on my website, which you might have seen to get to this recipe! The tofu scramble is a great breakfast to start your day, protein, fiber and vegetables! 


Tofu Scramble Happiness
Serves about 2 or 1 person for two breakfasts!
8 oz extra firm tofu (organic if possible)
1 tbsp olive oil (about)
2-3 cups of organic spinach
½ a purple onion (can sub with white onion)
½ red or yellow bell pepper
2 garlic cloves
Salt and pepper to taste
¼ tsp turmeric
½ tsp mustard powder
 -Take out tofu and dry by putting paper towel around it and putting something heavy on top in order to help liquid drain out
-While the tofu is drying out make a sauce by combining the mustard powder, turmeric and salt and pepper with a little bit of water or oil to make an almost pourable sauce
-After slicing the onion, mincing the garlic cloves and cubing the bell pepper add them to a pan with the olive oil
-While this is going on cut the tofu and use a fork to crumble into small pieces.

-Take the tofu and mix it with the sauce created earlier and then put the tofu into the pan with the onion, garlic cloves and bell pepper

Homemade Vegetable Soup

For my mom’s birthday several years ago my friend and I made an amazing vegetable soup. On my website the beautiful picture of the soup is there which you know if that's how you got to this recipe in the first place! 


Great vegetable soup recipe:
Serves about 8

1 box of low sodium vegetable broth (organic if possible)

8 potatoes cut into cubes

1 bunch of Bok choy ripped or cut into pieces

2 chopped red bell peppers

4 celery stalks 

½ of an onion

4 whole carrots cut

2 tablespoons of nutritional yeast

2-3 bay leaves

2-3 garlic gloves

1tbsp of olive oil

Salt and pepper to taste


First put the bay leaves and the vegetable broth into large pot on low heat. Next chop up the onions and garlic gloves and sauté in separate pan. After those are cooking cut up the potatoes and the carrots and put into the large pot with the vegetable broth. Once the potatoes and carrots are cooking cut up the rest of the vegetables and add them along with the nutritional yeast.