Blueberry Pineapple Smoothie

Adding nuts and dried grain flakes like oats to fruit smoothies makes them not only a brief, easy and tasty breakfast solution however additionally a nourishing one with a purpose to provide you with the protein and fats electricity to maintain you going inside the morning. Blueberries and pineapple are a pretty delicious aggregate of sweetness and tartness, but add any end result or combination of fruits that fits your morning fancies.

Other smoothies to experience from Lisa's Kitchen:

Cherry Coconut Milk Smoothie

Beet and Strawberry Vanilla Smoothie

Avocado Blackberry Smoothie

Mango Banana Coconut Smoothie

Raw Nut and Seed Chocolate Chunk Mint Energy Balls

Raw selfmade nut and seed treats are ideal little bundles of protein, proper fats, fiber and other mineral vitamins which could keep you going among meals or at any time of day. In reality, I can't say some thing against them ? They're clean to make, keep for a long term, and flavor actually scrumptious.

Chocolate and mint is one among my favorite combos, so these little power balls are flavored with peppermint extract, cocoa and chunks of suitable satisfactory darkish chocolate similarly to the healthful medley of nuts, nut butter, seeds and maple syrup. They're so precise that there was never any threat of them lasting for the two weeks that they might preserve.

More uncooked power boosting treats to revel in from Lisa's Kitchen:

Raw Peanut Butter Cookies

Cherry Nut Bars

Cocoa Fruit Energy Bites

Peanut Butter Carob Balls

Skillet Potato Salad with Fresh Basil and Cilantro

Potato salads are constantly popular irrespective of the time of year, but whilst the temperatures are hovering, as is the case presently in southwestern Ontario, salads are really so as. As this one is freed from dairy, it makes for an amazing preference to take on a picnic or potluck in case you are so willing. The specific issue of this salad is that the potatoes are gradual cooked till crisp after a few soaking time after which tossed with an aromatic combination of roasted coriander and cumin seeds. Blend up the roasted seeds, toss the cooked potatoes with the spices, some orange juice, sparkling herbs and seasoning, and you're ready. It is an appealing salad too specially if a choice of colorful fingerling potatoes are used. No need to peel them both.

I've adapted this lovely salad from the highly anticipated and latest released cookbook "Smashed, Mashed, Boiled, and Baked — and Fried, Too! " by renowned author Raghavan Iyer. It surpassed all my expectations but considering his Indian cookbooks occupy a treasured space on one of my many cookbook shelves, I should not have been surprised. Innovative and creative as always, Mr. Iyer is best know for his Indian expertise, but in this volume, he travels across the culinary globe in his kitchen and explores the global obsession with potatoes that need not be so humble, as Mr. Iyer so masterfully demonstrates. Everything you ever wanted to know about preparing and serving many varieties and preparations of potatoes is covered in this volume.

This collection does encompass a few recipes that include meat, despite the fact that the sizable majority are ideal to a vegetarian food plan. Though some of the recipes make sufficient use of dairy, there are lots of ideas to thrill vegans and substitutes are frequently counseled along the original recipe. Another gem that I might be exploring and speakme about more quickly.

Other potato salads to revel in:

Indian-Style Potato and Pea Salad with Tamarind and Chat Masala

Vegan Potato Salad Dressed with Avocado

Creamy Potato Salad with Cashew Dressing and Fresh Basil

Potato and Green Bean Chaat Salad

Spicy Thai Pumpkin Noodle Soup

I got here to Thai cooking many years later after studying Indian cooking, however now I experience the bright and precise warm, sweet and sour fragrances and flavors of Thai soups and curries nearly as much. I maintain a jar of selfmade vegetarian Thai red curry paste on hand inside the fridge at all times to make placing soups like these collectively a snap.

Like most of my Thai soups, this soup functions mushrooms ? Mushrooms are a favourite of mine and flavor delicious swimming in a spicy coconut milk broth ? However additionally rice noodles for texture and heartiness. Pumpkin pur?E added to the broth lends sweetness and a intensity of flavor to make this soup the sort that your visitors will pass again for seconds.

Other Thai soups to experience from Lisa's Vegetarian Kitchen:

Thai-Inspired Sweet Potato Kidney Bean Soup

Creamy Thai Coconut Mushroom Soup

Quick and Easy Thai Coconut Soup with Mushrooms and Mixed Vegetables

Thai Red Curry Vegetable Soup

Best-Ever Cream of Tomato Soup

I do not frequently take to the use of the "pleasant-ever" label lightly unless something is truly exquisite, but I've made this cream of tomato soup now on some events for family and pals and no one can get enough of it. My husband in particular grew up eating canned cream of tomato soup with toast for one among his favored snacks or lunches, so he have to recognise ? If this isn't the "satisfactory-ever" cream of tomato soup, it positive need to be near!

The depth of tomato flavor on this soup is outstanding, and enhanced by means of a beneficiant supporting of sweet peppery fresh basil, a few dashes of dried herbs, a light seasoning of cumin and paprika or chili powder spices, and just one fresh jalape?O for the gentlest bit of kick. But what I clearly like about this cream of tomato soup is that the cream comes from coconut milk and a paste made from cashews and nutritional yeast, making the soup no longer handiest vegan however also a honest source of protein ? Not something that you could assume from a can of tomato soup!

Other tomato soups to attempt:

Urad Dal Tomato Soup

Tomato Soup with Polenta Croutons and Chive Oil

Puy Lentil and Tomato Soup

Spicy Yellow Lentil Tomato Soup

Mung Beans with Fresh Mustard Greens

This easy and spicy mung bean dish is my second foray into cooking with mustard veggies. I've quite fallen in love with the sparkling peppery flavor of those greens seeing that I recently observed them in a nearby Asian supermarket. Rather as even though fresh chard leaves were infused with a bit hot mustard, they're a delicious snacking green on their personal but add texture and a zesty warmth to cooked bean dishes as properly. And they integrate splendidly with the medley of warm and fragrant Indian seasonings and spices in these creamy mung beans.

Mustard vegetables are quite popular in Asia, so that you should be able to locate them in Asian grocers ? They're well worth the look. If they're no longer available, replacement kale, spinach, chard or collard veggies and upload a pinch of dried mustard powder.

More mung bean dishes from my kitchen:

Mustard Mung Beans

Indian Style Spicy Mung Beans

Mung Bean Paneer

Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Filling and Ganache - Vegan

Surely this is the most divine layered cake I actually have made yet. I made it for Christmas, but it's been sitting in my draft folder considering the fact that. I don't consume eggs, so I adapt baked goods to in shape my options. Moist, candy, however now not overly so, and it's far vegan, even though you'll now not recognise if I didn't inform you. The cake isn't too tough to make either, and the result, nicely try it and flavor.

Other desserts to enjoy from my kitchen:

Olive Oil Almond Cake Vegan

Chocolate Chili Cake

Moist Chocolate Date Cake

Rich Chocolate Bundt Cake with Bittersweet Chocolate Glaze