This casserole is delicious and loaded with healthy ingredients; celery, bell peppers, black beans, cilantro, onions, chili sauce, maple syrup, and spices. Karen mixes panko bread crumbs with cheese as a topping for this casserole. The cheese could easily be a vegan substitute if you desire. You can serve this casserole with tortillas, or brown rice and a salad. It can be made ahead for a lunch or dinner later in the week. Continue reading
Monthly Archives: September 2014
Vegetarian Quesadillas (Mushrooms and Black Beans) by Sandy
Here is a video recipe for delicious and easy to make vegetarian quesadillas. They contain healthy ingredients; black beans, mushrooms, tomatoes, onions, bell peppers, jalapeno pepper, garlic and spices. Sandy uses cheddar cheese, which could easily be replaced with a vegan substitute cheese. This is a very easy to make, healthy and delicious recipe. Continue reading
Vegan Queso Cheese by Michelle Johnson
Michelle Johnson demonstrates a cheese recipe developed by Isa Chandra Moskowitz. This is a melty, gooey cheese recipe, ideal as a queso cheese. Sauteed onions, bell pepper, jalapeno pepper and garlic are added to a blender along with soaked cashews, cornstarch, white miso, vegetable broth, nutritional yeast and some spices. After everything is blended, pour the mixture into a pot and heat it until it thickens. Simple and delicious. Continue reading
Crispy Chickenless (Tofu) Nuggets (Baked & Fried) by Bhavna Patel
In this video, Bhavna demonstrates that it’s as easy to get a crispy texture on tofu by baking as well as by frying the tofu. Her technique is important for those who want to avoid the added fat in their meal that comes from frying food. I’m sure her batter and breading technique can be used in many other recipes. Both the the fried and baked tofu nuggets look delicious. The baked tofu nuggets definitely have less fat in them. Let’s try her recipe. Continue reading
Portobello “Cheesesteak” by Monique Koch
Cheesesteaks are favorite sandwiches for a lot of people. Although they are delicious, they are not healthy. In this video, Monique demonstrates how to make a healthy alternative using portobello mushrooms and a vegan cheese substitute. She puts more flavor into the portobello mushrooms by marinating them with a little garlic powder and A1 sauce, a classic meat seasoning. This is an easy to make, fast, healthy and delicious sandwich. Continue reading
Portobello Burger by Mareya Ibrahim with Whitney Lauritson
Mareya Ibrahim together with her friend, Whitney Lauritson prepare a portobello mushroom replacement for a traditional hamburger. You’ll see how simple it is to grill the portobello mushroom with a little spray of olive oil. They assemble the burger with sliced tomatoes, avocado and a “sriracah ketchup” on a toasted bun. They also make a baked sweet potato substitute for traditional french fries. This is a healthy and delicious alternative for a traditional hamburger made with meat and the unhealthy oil in french fries. Continue reading
Not Yo Mama’s Meatloaf by Cobi Kim
Cobi points out you can easily improvise, change the ingredients and create your own version of her meatless “meatloaf”. Her version includes basics like onions, garlic, celery, carrots, sun dried tomatoes, BBQ sauce, etc. The main ingredients are quinoa, oats, brown rice, silken tofu, and Linwood’s brand of ground flaxseed, almonds, walnuts, brazil nuts and Q10. It’s an easy and healthy recipe. Try it. Continue reading
Vegan “Meatloaf” Recipe (GLUTEN-FREE) by The Vegan Zombie
This “meatloaf” is made with millet, potatoes, onions, and seasonings. The millet is boiled and simmered in vegetable stock. The potatoes are cooked in water. The onions are sauteed in olive oil with garlic. Seasonings are added along the way. When all the ingredients are cooled, they are combined and mashed together. The mixture is place in a baking dish and baked. The result is a healthy comfort food that resembles meat loaf. But, it doesn’t have the unhealthy meat in it. Continue reading
Lentil soup (Egyptian) by Miriam Kitchen
This soup is easy to make and loaded with healthy ingredients. I like the idea of adding sauteed onions and angel hair pasta after the bulk of the soup has been pureed.
Including healthy soups in your diet helps with weight management, disease prevention and control. And, they taste good. Continue reading
Preventing Prediabetes By Eating More by Michael Greger MD
Michael Greger MD on his NutritionFacts.org website, reports on studies that show people eating 3 or more cups per week of beans had only 1/4 the probability of developing pre-diabetes which can turn into full blown diabetes compared to those who ate only 1 serving of beans per week or less.
They also found that bean consumption led to additional benefits beyond weight control, such as “improved gylcaemic control and insulin sensitivity”.
These results suggest we should add 5 or more cups of legumes per week to our regular diet. Continue reading