seeking vegan recipes....

Day 6 of no coffee.  And pretty much vegan eating and drinking.  I have not cut out tea with milk as I felt it would be just too much so I am drinking a wee bit of milk in tea, but that's it.  I have to say today I got major cravings.  I have been eating some sort of vegetable stir fry with quorn for several days now.  And I just really really wanted to chow down on some toast and honey, or chocolate brownie.  But I did manage to resist.  I am thinking that, if I really want to do this then I am going to have to think of some other things to eat.  So I have been wandering around the internet looking for tasty vegan healthy recipes that don't require a Vitamix or really totally out there kitchen equipment or ingredients.  I also think I may need to grow or buy some herbs.  Fresh herbs can really make a difference! The following that look pretty interesting.... The 2 recipes below are from a site called my edible advice

Makes 5-7 Pancakes

1 ½ cups thick rolled oats (certified gluten free, if available)

1 teaspoon baking powder

½ teaspoon baking soda (aluminum free)

1 ¼ cups rice, almond, or hemp milk

2 tablespoons of melted virgin coconut oil

1 tablespoon maple syrup

1 banana, lightly mashed

coconut oil for cooking

1.Grind oats to a fine powder in an electric grinder or coffee grinder. Place ground oats, baking powder, and baking soda in a medium sized mixing bowl and stir together.

2.In a separate bowl, combine milk, coconut oil, maple syrup, and mashed banana and stir together. Pour the wet ingredient into the dry and mix together. Be sure not to over mix the batter! Gently fold in the blueberries. Add more milk if batter seems too thick.

3.Heat skillet over medium-low heat. Add a little coconut oil to the pan and drop the batter by the ½ cup full into the pan. Cook for about two minutes on each side. Watch temperature very carefully to avoid burning. Add more coconut oil to the pan before you make the next pancake. Repeat this process until all the batter has been used.

Serve with almond butter or pure maple syrup and enjoy every delicious (and healthy!) morsel.

Minty Green Smoothie

Serves 1-3

1 ripe banana, peeled and broken into pieces

1 medium apple, cored and cut into chunks

1 ripe pear, cored and cut into chunks

1 lemon, juiced

2 to 3 cups filtered water

3 to 4 spinach leaves, rinsed

3 to 4 kale leaves, rinsed and stem removed

¼ cup fresh parsley leaves

2 to 4 tablespoons fresh mint leaves

1.Place the banana, apple, and pear pieces, lemon juice and water into a blender. Blend on high.

2.Add the spinach, kale, parsley and mint leaves; blend again until very smooth. Add more water if needed. 

Broccoli Pesto Salad

2-3 heads broccoli

1 cup spinach leaves

1/3 cup pesto

2 tbsp balsamic vinegar

1 tbsp soy sauce

½ red onion, chopped

½ cup raisins, cranberries, or dried apricots

1 cup mixed sprouts

½ cup toasted pine nuts

½ cup feta cheese

1.Lightly steam the broccoli florets.

In a large bowl mix broccoli, spinach, onion, raisins, and sprouts.

In a small bowl mix together pesto, balsamic and soy. Toss over the vegetables.

Top with pine nuts and feta cheese. Chill well before serving.

ps there are pictures to go with these but the internet connection is really not allowing anything so complicated as uploadind images