June 2012
28 posts
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Delete dairy: Guide to non-dairy milks | This Dish... →
Just a quick guide I wrote about the different nondairy milks for TDIV! Click the link for lots of other great vegan articles and recipes on This Dish is Vegetarian.
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Arrivederci!
Hey everyone!
I’m the luckiest girl in the world and will be spending the next month living and studying in Salerno, Italy. I imagine it will be pretty difficult to blog from the southern Amalfi Coast, so while I’m gone my fantastic little sister (who brought us her recipe for gluten free chocolate cupcakes) will be guest blogging while I’m gone. She’s a great cook, and...
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Spinach Basil Marinara
I’ve never been a fan of plain spaghetti sauce, but add some spices, basil and spinach and it’s like a completely different dish to me. I swear making your own sauce makes the BIGGEST difference. Next time I think I’ll skip the canned tomatoes and use fresh ones.
28oz can crushed tomatoes
2T EVOO
1/2 medium onion, diced
garlic and oregano
1/2C packed basil
salt and...
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Banana Blueberry Muffins
1 1/2C WW pastry flour
1/2C sugar
2t baking powder
3/4C almond mlik
1t salt
1C blueberries
1 ripe banana, mashed
1t vanilla extract
Combine everything, pour into muffin cups and bake at 400 for 25 minutes. Sprinkle with sugar if you want them extra sweet!
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The Best Veggie Burger I Ever Made
I love veggie burgers for many reasons, but mostly because you can make a big batch, freeze them and always have them on hand when you’re feeling lazy. This is by far the best veggie burger recipe I’ve ever used. Perfect combination of spicy and sweet, and the eggplant gave it a great texture. It’s a little more complicated than the recipes I usually make, but trust me...
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Zucchini Cashew Alfredo (Raw)
1-2 zucchinis peeled in pasta (via spiralizer, mandoline, julienne slicer or sliced thinly by hand)
1/2C cashews (plus more to garnish)
1/4C water
1-2 garlic cloves
1T lemon juice
salt & pepper
Soak everything except zucchini slices for at least 30 minutes, then blend! Pour over your zucchini pasta, and top with additional cashews and salt and pepper. Parsley or dill would also be a...
Anonymous asked: What's a good caloric range for a vegan whose looking to lose some weight? I feel like myfitnesspal always sets really low ranges.
Anonymous asked: Hi, I'm slowly making the change of going Vegan and I was wondering if you have any tips about eating fruits and veggies safely? I always worry about the things I see on the news about e coli in spinach and sprouts. I also was concerned about eating fruits and vegetables that have been pumped with a ton of pesticides and chemicals. Thanks so much!
Anonymous asked: What does going raw mean? What kind of foods do you eat? And do you have any general tips for doing a raw cleanse? Thanks! :)
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thevegancollegestudent-deactiva asked: Do you have any tips on going raw? I wan to try it for the week and I'm already a vegan but I'm not sure what types o things to eat and how much since you are not getting as many calories
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Cinnamon Date Almond Smoothie
2 bananas
4 dates
2T raw crunchy almond butter
1/4C raisins
ice cubes
cinnamon
nutmeg
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Summer Goddess Salad
I don’t think summer salads could possibly get any better than this one.
chopped romaine and raddichio
6 strawberries
a peach
1/2 an avocado
1/2 cup of blueberries
1/3 cup of walnuts
Summer Goddess Dressing
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Summer Goddess Dressing
1/2 an avocado
juice from 2 oranges
dill
lemon balm
BLEND!
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Sunshine Smoothie
juice from one orange
2 bananas
1C grapes
grapefruit slices, to taste
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Raw Challenge Update: Day Three
Hey guys!
So I’m on day three of my raw challenge and I’m really enjoying it so far. I’ve made salsa fresca, romaine tacos, collard wraps, creamy cucumber soup, many smoothies, and taco salad. I love everything I’ve made so far, and still have a ton of recipes to try out (thanks again for all the submissions!) I think some rewards are in order for doing so well these last...
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Raw Taco Salad
Okay, I’m about to change your life, so listen up! Blend walnuts, tomato and cumin together and BOOM. You have the perfect taco filling. It’s so delicious, I can’t even begin to tell you. So just go make some and try it yourself.
1/2 cup walnuts
2 medium tomatos
romaine lettuce
1/2 a medium onion
1 avocado
cumin
cayenne
1) Blend together your walnuts, one tomato, cumin...
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Creamy Cucumber Soup
This is the first raw/chilled soup I made, and I LOVE it! Had it for lunch two days in a row.
1 avocado
1 cucumber
2T cold pressed olive oil
2 garlic cloves
1/2 medium onion, chopped
dill
1) Puree the avocado, olive oil and garlic together. 2) Add in most of your cucumber, dill and onion, but reserve some to garnish. 3) And yeah, that’s it. It’s so easy and delicious. Makes...
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Collard Green Veggie Wraps
Raw Challenge Day Two - Lunch. Probably the healthiest lunch I’ve ever eaten, just saying.
2 collard green leaves
tomato, chopped
cucumber, peeled into strips
red onion, chopped
lentil sprouts
avocado, spread (like mayo)
nutritional yeast
fresh dill (my new obsession)
Wrap that baby up and BOOM. So. Many. Veggies.
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Romaine Tacos
Raw Challenge Day One - Dinner
4-5 romaine or radicchio “shells”
Salsa Fresca (tomato, onion, cilantro, lime) or other salsa
1 Avocado, cubed
Fill up your tacos and enjoy!
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Salsa Fresca
I ate this salsa on top of my romaine tacos (to be posted later!) with some avocado, but you could eat it with tortilla chips, celery stalks, on a wrap, or the leftovers by themselves (totally did that.)
2 tomatos, chopped
1/2 a red onion, chopped
juice of 1 lime
1/2 cup cilantro, shredded
It’s so simple, I don’t know why I never made it before.
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Starting my raw challenge a day early!
Why wait til Monday when I can start being RAWESOME tomorrow? I stocked up on a ton of fruit from Trader Joe’s yesterday, so all I need are my veggies (more like half of the produce section from Whole Foods…) and I’ll be good to go! Let the detoxing begin.
Leave any recipe requests/grocery list suggestions/general questions in my ask and I’ll check them out in the morning!
Love and veggies,...
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The Night of Four Pizzas
Why make one big pizza, when you could make four mini ones?! This was probably one of the funnest dinners I’ve ever made. My friend Erin and I came up with a few ideas, improvised a lot, and this was our end result. PIZZA ONE: Simple Pesto Pesto sauce, cherry tomato slices and thinly sliced basil PIZZA TWO: Summer Sizzlin’ Olive oil, mango chunks, red peppers, green peppers and...
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Dessert Pizza, Peach & Mango Style
This pizza was completely improvised, and might be the most genius recipe Erin and I have ever concocted.
1 peach, chopped into small bits
1 mango, cubed
Brown sugar
Cinnamon
Confectioners sugar
Agave syrup
1 small pizza crust
Cover the pizza crust with chopped fruit, drizzle agave syrup, then sprinkle on cinnamon and your sugars. Bake at 425 for 12-14 minutes. It’s like a pizza,...
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Greens on Greens Pizza
1 small pizza crust
pizza sauce
wilted spinach
asparagus, chopped small
garlic
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