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Mexican Tomato Soup by Jamie Oliver

capture_01102014_134530Jamie cooks a wonderful tomato soup, and serves it with a salad, and tortilla chips.  This is a great, fast, and healthy recipe for brunch, lunch or dinner.  It’s made with spring onions, coriander, garlic, roasted peppers, canned tomatoes, water, lime and rice.  He uses a little cheese on his salad, and tortilla chips.  He also makes a yogurt drizzle on top of his soup.  You can change this from vegetarian to vegan with vegan substitutes.  This is a fast, and easy to make recipe. Continue reading

Cilantro Jalapeno Hummus Recipe by Jason Hill

capture_30092014_113617Chef Jason Hill shows how his wife kicks up a hummus recipe by adding cilantro and jalapeno peppers to a typical hummus recipe (examples here and here), which blend garbanzo beans with a mixture of different spices, lemon juice, garlic, tahini and a little olive oil.  Hummus is delicious and healthy.  Use it as a sandwich spread, in wraps, or as a dip.  Combine it with some bread and fresh vegetables and it makes a nice appetizer, lunch or snack. Continue reading

Edamame Fried Rice by Jack Scalfani

capture_29092014_132947Look at all the healthy ingredients in this recipe – edamame, brown rice, kale, broccoli, bell peppers, green onions, ginger, yellow onions, garlic, portobello mushrooms, and teriyaki sauce.  He makes an omelette with eggs that he slices into thin strips to use as a garnish after the vegetables and rice recipe is ready to serve.  This egg omelette could easily be replaced by a tofu omelette to make this a vegan recipe.
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Vegetarian Chili Recipe by Jason Hill

capture_29092014_115011In this video, Chef Jason Hill shows how to combine several vegetables and beans to make a delicious vegetarian chili.  If you’d like the texture of ground meat in your chili, you can easily add vegan soy crumbles that resemble ground meat.  Jason tops his chili with sour cream and cheese, for which there are commercial vegan substitutes available in most large supermarkets.   This is an easy to make, delicious and healthy chili recipe.  Try it. Continue reading

Vegan” Mac and Cheese by Isa Chandra Moskowitz

capture_28092014_123900Isa has created a recipe for a creamy, gooey, melty, lucious “cheese” that can be used in a mac and cheese type meal.  Her “cheese” recipe could also be used with other recipes such as a portobello or seitan “cheesesteak” sandwich.  It’s made with onions, garlic, vegetable broth, cornstarch, tomato paste, nutritional yeast, spices, and cashews.  It’s not hard to make.  Simply saute the vegetables,  combine all the ingredients and blend everything together, then, place it in a pot and cook it until it thickens and resembles melted cheese.  Isa mixes this “cheese” with pasta and tops it with roasted brussel sprouts for her version of “mac and cheese”.  Continue reading

Black Bean Soup by Michelle Johnson

capture_28092014_112945Here is a tasty black bean soup made with fresh vegetables and canned black beans.  Michelle chops and sautes onions, carrots, celery, garlic and spices.  Then she adds rinsed canned black beans and vegetable broth, and simmers the soup mixture.  Then she blends it, reserving some beans to add to her soup for texture after she blends it.  Easy to make.  Delicious.  And good for you. Continue reading

Vegetarian Quesadillas (Mushrooms and Black Beans) by Sandy

capture_25092014_083839Here 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

capture_24092014_125321Michelle 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

Portobello “Cheesesteak” by Monique Koch

capture_23092014_114018Cheesesteaks 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

Not Yo Mama’s Meatloaf by Cobi Kim

capture_22092014_113913Cobi 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