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
This recipe is from his new cookbook, “Gordon Ramsay’s World Kitchen”. It’s simple, healthy and delicious. This soup gets better as it sits in the refrigerator. It’s a great “make ahead” recipe. With vegetable stock, and vegan feta or parmesan cheese, this recipe is completely vegan, low fat, and healthy. The way he serves it with very little broth, it’s almost like a stew. Continue reading
The soup this recipe creates looks wonderful. This recipe is also a simple makeover candidate — the cream in it can be replaced with plant milk, such as almond milk, and the chicken stock can be replaced with vegetable stock. It’s main ingredients are sweet potatoes, celery root, pumpkin, (vegetable not) chicken stock, rose wine and (plant milk not) dairy cream. . Continue reading
Chef Buck demonstrates a very healthy and delicious vegetarian chili. It’s all about chopping up a variety of good fresh vegetables, initially sauteing onions and garlic to get started, then adding the vegetables and canned beans in layers, and letting the entire mix simmer for a while. It’s simple, easy to make, and healthy. Top it with some vegan cheese and serve it with some crusty bread. Delicious! Try it. Continue reading
Do you know it is really easy to make spring rolls. Watch as Jaden shows how to include vegetables in a rice paper wrapper to create a spring roll. You can use any kind of filling you wish. The trick is to moisten and soften your rice paper wrapper correctly. In this video, Jaden also shows how to make a delicious “Orange Almond” dipping sauce. These spring rolls are good food for appetizers, lunch, brunch, dinner, or finger foods. They also make a nice treat to take to a party. Continue reading
If you like sweet and sour crispy glazed chicken, you’ll like this healthy orange glazed tempeh substitute. Like many substitute recipes, it’s really easy to make with a few ingredients. Serve it with brown or fried rice or quinoa for a delicious and healthy lunch, brunch or dinner. Or, serve it with volcano rice as J-Wro suggests in this recipe demo video. Continue reading
Here is a much heather meal than chicken dijon. Toni demonstrates the simple steps to create tempeh dijon, which would make a delicious entree for a main course. It can be served with any sides you choose. Toni also suggests it’s great in a sandwich. I think I’ll try it in a sandwich with my panier press. Continue reading
Hilah Johnson demonstrates how simple and economical it is to make hummus at home. You only need a few simple and readily available ingredients and a blender. Other flavors of hummus can easily be made by adding other ingredients such as spinach, roasted red peppers, etc. Hummus is a healthy dish with a lot of protein that can be used as a dip or a spread with bread, crackers or vegetables. It can be used as an appetizer, lunch/brunch or snack, etc. If you keep some in your refrigerator, it’ll be easy to grab it when you are needing a healthy snack. Enjoy it. Continue reading
This is a traditional recipe for hummus demonstrated by Bachar Haikal who owns two Lebanese restaurants in Melbourne’s South East which has an enormous Jewish population. This recipe uses olive oil as a garnish rather than as a key ingredient, so it has a lower fat content than many other recipes. It’s easy to make. Of course, we’ll probably use modern tools rather than the traditional mortar and pestle. Hummus can be served as a healthy appetizer, snack or lunch, served with a crispy bread or a variety of vegetables. Enjoy it. Continue reading
Would you like a pilaf dish with Spanish flavors, made with quinoa instead of rice? In this video, chef Buck shows how easy it is to make one. The technique is simple, saute a mix of chopped vegetables and spices. Instead of adding previously cooked quinoa, Chef Buck adds uncooked quinoa to his sauteed vegetable mix, and then adds water and lets it simmer. After it has simmered for about 15 minutes, he lets it cool a little before adding more fresh chopped raw vegetables. This recipe is delicious! Try it. Continue reading