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Breakfast and Beverages
Power Pancakes 42
Breakfast Quinoa 43
This was sublime! I have had oatmeal with pomegranate molasses, as well as blueberry-lemon-balsamic vinegar but never thought to put them together!! I used blueberry-pomegranate juice, instead of pure pomegranate (store was out), frozen blueberries, and the zest from 1 lemon and this was decadent. My only issue was that it took more like 35 minutes for my quinoa to cook up and absorb the pomegranate juice, instead of 15-20 minutes. Did not add almonds. (blinknoodle)
Chia Power Pudding 44
I'm not so much reviewing, as I am asking about this. My chia seeds sat in the juice overnight and still, very minimal puddingness! I am curious if this is my chia seeds--they were $3 and very expired. If anyone else has made this I'd love to hear how it came out and how thick yours got. I hate to blame the poor chia seeds but this recipe is so simple and the ingredients are simple that's the only thing I can think of! (aggplanta)
I bought a new bag of chia seeds and this came out awesome! My old chia seeds must have lost their pudding power. I at ea couple spoonfulls at breakfast and was craving more mushy fruity goodness a few hours later--very refreshing. (aggplanta)
Sweet and Savory Breakfast Fritters 45
Frozen Bananas 46
Dark Chocolate Raspberry Shake 47
This was really good. Oops, I just noticed I used twice the amount of maca, but it was still good! I feel like all that agave is not worth the use of the raw cacao powder. Carob powder can also be substituted if you want to reduce your use of agave, but the original recipe is very nice and rich as is. (blinknoodle)
Eye Love You Smoothie 48
Spicy Pumpkin Pie Shake 49
Sunrise Smoothie 50
Strawberry Vanilla Milkshake 51
I found this to be much thicker than the other smoothies (probably because there are more frozen strawberries). I ended up adding more soymilk to compensate. Otherwise, I thought it was great. (blinknoodle)
Blueberry Bliss Smoothie 51
Acai The Light Smoothie 52
Maca My Day 53
This was how I got hooked on breakfast smoothies. All that malty maca goodness. I used sweetened (original) soy milk.. I never buy the flavored kinds, but I bet the chocolate soy would work really well here, too. I have also added in greens here with good results. (blinknoodle)
Lemon Lime Aid 54
Pineapple Hibiscus Cooler 55
Sweet Almond Milk 56
Sauces and Dressings
Miso Healthy Dressing 58
Guilt Free Ranch Dressing 59
Maple Mustard Dressing 60
Used honey-flavoured mustard so I used less maple syrup but otherwise thought the dressing was fantastic. (blinknoodle)
this was quick and easy and I put over steamed veggies and brown rice, it had a good flavor, but maybe a little strong on the mustard, I may have put a little too much in there, but when I mixed everything together and added seasoned salt, it was really good. (stacydan)
Lemon Ginger Miso Dressing 61
Ume Sesame Dressing 62
Ginger Soy Dipping Sauce 62
Onion Dill Miso Dressing 63
Honestly, when I first saw the ingredient combo I thought "ew". But I had just had a complete salad dressing failure so I was feeling like I might as well try anything. THIS IS SO GOOOOD. The taste is unusual, I'm not sure how to describe it except that it's savory, a bit tangy and mmmmmm! I think it makes a particularly good complement to hearty, grainy foods. I had it on a kale-hemp-grated carrot salad but am really dying to have it over some pan-fried tempeh or roasted veggies. In fact, this may have to be part of dinner tonight. Thanks for another vitalizing recipe Tess! (aggplanta)
Everyday Chicky Gravy 64
Sweet N Sour Sauce 65
Pretty Pico 66
Chicky Baby Seasoning 67
Snacks and Dips
Sweet N Spicy Turmeric Popcorn 70
Zesty Lemon Kale Chips 71
Babaganoush 72
Sprouted Dipper Chips 73
Spicy Moroccan Sweet Potato Fries 74
I really wanted to like these, but for some reason, these didn't work out for me. They weren't finished after 20 minutes, and after maybe 5-10 minutes more, I felt like the spices had burnt instead. I prefer the "Oven fries" from RHIW. (blinknoodle)
Rawcho Cheese Dip 75
I was in a snacky kind of mood and had a bag of Stacy's bagel chips that had sounded good but I didn't have anything dippy. So I made this-super quick and easy to make and Yummy! I ate almost the whole thing by myself! (stacydan)
This is mouthwateringly delectable! The flavors work really well together and make a tangy, cheesy taste. I think I did just a tad more water/lemon than needed (I am not a careful measurer) so it was a bit runny so I added some more cashews and it firmed right up to more "dip" texture. This is so easy to wip together and so delicious I recommend you try it right away! (aggplanta)
Bold Lime Kale Krunchers 76
Green Velvet Guacamole 77
Lovely and simple guacamole. I even upped the lime juice and garlic a tad. I bet this isn't a green recipe if you just eat half of the recipe in a go! Ack! (blinknoodle)
Supercharged Hummus 78
I scoped out the umeboshi paste to try this and went with the juice from 2 lemon (less than 1/2 cup). I tried it without so much lemon and it wasn't as good. This makes a nice, zippy hummus and best when paired with something bitter. I actually loved it in a wrap with Romaine lettuce, flax seeds, almonds and prunes! (blinknoodle)
Zippy Dippy 79
Vegan Cheese Sticks 80-81
Raw Cinnamon Rolls 81
I did something wrong with these because they were not "ball-like" consistency, it was all crumbly and not sticky at all. The taste was Awesome though and so I've just been spooning the mixture on top of pancakes, oatmeal, etc. I loved the flavor, I just wished I could have made balls out them. I probably used the wrong kind of dates, i've never used dates before, the bag said pitted dates and they were kinda small, but I measured 1/2 cup; so I don't know. (stacydan)
Stacy: The problem you had with the raw cinnamon rolls....you really have to PACK those dates into the cup. If you have too few dates, they won't stick. It makes all the difference! Try a few more dates (or really packing them into the measuring cup) next time & make sure you blend it enough. That should do the trick. (quintess)
Lemon Fig Balls 82
Gingersnap Nuggets 83
The walnut-raisin combo is good for a change of pace from my typical almond/date balls, as they are a bit more non-uniform in texture. Initially they were very zingy from the ginger (I use Penzey's if that makes a difference for the potency) so if you don't like ginger, decrease it. Despite the strong flavour, they were ok as an energy snack during exercise. Not my favourite, though. (blinknoodle)
Sides and Starters
Roasted Rosemary Butternut Squash 86
Power Potatoes 87
Umeboshi Rice 88
Lovely Lemon Spaghetti Squash 89
Rustic Rebel Risotto 90
Fast and Forbidden Fried Rice 91
Fresh Summer Rolls 92-93
Miso Sesame Edamame 94
Ben’s Veggie Pack 95
This wasn't a very complex recipe, but it was very good. I made the whole recipe, then ate the whole thing too. Added a touch more kale than the recipe called for and reduced the oil by half. (katequeenofsprouts)
Fresh Shiitake Sesame Spring Rolls 96-97
Soups and Sammies
Holy Shiitake Lentil Soup 100
This soup is filled with lentils (I chose green) with fresh sliced shiitakes and kale, spiced with garlic and balsamic vinegar. It cooks up as quick as your lentils and is very tasty! I really like it. (blinknoodle)
Simple Sesame Miso Soup 101
Ginger Lime Carrot Soup 102
This was so good! I used more like 2.5 cups carrots and 2 cups sweet potato. Mixing in the Vitamix made it uber creamy without any cream (just unsweetened almond milk!). Delicious! (blinknoodle)
15 Minute White Bean and Kale Soup 103
I liked this soup! Super fast! So many complex flavours but I preferred it with 1-2 tbsp of nutritional yeast also thrown in. I halved the recipe, using 2 cups of cooked giant lima beans. Doubled the kale, though. Used lemon pepper instead of pepper. Otherwise, great! (blinknoodle)
Thai Coconut Treasures Soup 104
Rockin Red Tempeh Wrap 105
Crunchy Tempeh Fajitas 106-107
Chicky Chickadillas 108-109
BBQ Chickadillas 110-111
Grilled Cheese Greatness 112
Sexy Salads and Vibrant Veggies
Uptown Salad 114-115
Holy Sweet Jesus. This was the best salad EVER. Buy the cookbook just for this recipe. Baby spinach, topped with a cilantro-lime rice, black beans, shredded veggies, garlic tofu and a decadent mango-cilantro salsa. So many delicious components to make the most epic of a salad. This is what dreams are made of! (blinknoodle)
Springtime Celebration Salad 116
Perfect Tabouli 117
Asparagus Walnut Sunshine Salad 118
I like meal-type of salads, so I cooked up 1/2 cup dry quinoa and omitted the red onions. Topped with the dressing and toasted pecans, this was wonderful. (blinknoodle)
Broccoli Orange Salad 119
This salad needs at least an hour or so to marinade for the flavours to meld. Even then, I found it too sweet, so I threw in 1/4 tsp Aleppo chili flakes which balanced it out and made it much better. I used the full 2 tsp of agave, so maybe that should be decreased, too... or add in some vinegar? I feel like this recipe needs some tweaking written as is. (blinknoodle)
Mediterranean Pasta Salad 120
Almost Raw Quinoa Toss 121
Zingy Cranberry Ginger Salad 122
Umeboshi Sesame Kale 123
Broccoli Fig Salad 124
Simple Pickled Beets 125
Basic Grilled Asparagus 126
Garlic Lover’s Broccoli 127
Citrus Beets with Maple Orange Walnuts 128-129
I love roasted beets and pickled beets so I wanted to give this a try to round out my beety-love. This wasn't my favorite. Not the recipe's fault...I think I've just come to expect beets to be salty or sour and the extra sweet of the orange didn't jive with my expectation. My boyfriend and I both adored the maple-orange walnuts though! I kind of want to try them over vanilla ice cream...maybe with a rum-caramel sauce? Hmm. And I think I'd like to try roasting and salting my beets and using the marinade as inspiration for a vinaigrette and of course the walnuts! (aggplanta)
R.O.C.K. The Top 130
Divine Entrées
Black eyed Pea and Potato Tacos 132-133
Fresh and Fast Thai Tofu Bowl 134-135
Springtime Stir fry 136
Lemon Asparagus Quinoa Toss 137
This was great! Nice, light and fresh. My only change was I used a bit more lemon juice, and I substituted lemon pepper instead of black pepper. (blinknoodle)
YUMMY! My very first time to cook asparagus, I didn't roast it because it was 108 here and I didn't want to turn the oven on, so I just stirfried it with xvoo and fresh pressed garlic. The only quinoa I had was the red, but it was still good, I added a little seasoned salt to the final dish. It was strangely addictive! It says it makes 2 servings and it looked like two servings, but I could not stop eating it and ate the whole thing! Without one ounce of guilt. It was quick and easy, especially with stirfrying the asparagus everything was done in the time it took the quinoa to cook! (stacydan)
I always eat the whole recipe of lemon asparagus quinoa in one sitting myself, so don't feel bad! I just labeled it as "serves 2" even though it never does in my house! (quintess)
Wild Rice and White Bean Fritters 138
Tropical Curry Slurry 139
Happiness Bowl 140-141
Asian Quinoa Wraps 142
These were good. I made some changes: doubled the cilantro, included lime zest, and omitted the garlic (ran out!). I also halved the recipe and for the dressing, instead of using 1/2 tbsp, I used the measurements in 1 tsp (so I used a third of the dressing, when I halved the recipe). That flavour was good, although quite zippy from the ginger. It tamed well as leftovers, though. It was my first time eating soaked quinoa. I liked it - slightly chewy and I feel like it worked well for the wraps. However, the quinoa really goes thump in your stomach! I halved the recipe, and I think half of the recipe could serve 3. I felt like my reduced amount of dressing was perfect, though. (blinknoodle)
Sweet and Simple Glazed Tempeh 143
Green Tea and Pineapple Rice w/ Coconut Tofu 144-145
Hungarian Chickpeas 146
I made a few changes: used shallot instead of onion; used currants instead of raisins; used Vietnamese coriander for the cilantro (more lemony taste, but what I had available in my garden); omitted olives (once I tasted it without it, I didn't feel the need to open a new container); omitted extra salt since I was using canned beans. Anyways, it was delicious. I love how it was creamy without any cream or tofu. Thank you mustard! (blinknoodle)
I had it cold one day for lunch, but the next day I heated it up and I think I like it even better warm. I wasn't sure about the raisins in there, but all the flavors blended and it worked well. I like that I didn't have to cook anything, just mix everything one bowl and I'm done - Perfect for summer! (stacydan)
We had this delicious little dish for dinner one night with sweet potatoes and broccoli. I loved the smoky paprika flavor and the combination of raisins and kalamata olives was a great sweet-tangy kick. It also turned out really saucy which I loved--you could put this over rice and really get the most out of this. (aggplanta)
10 Minute Kalesadillas 147
Feel Fabulous Noodles 148-149
Smoky One Pot Beans and Rice 150
I made a lot of substitutions but it was great. I used coarse bulgur instead of rice, so this was also fast to make. Just long enough for the bulgur to absorb the boiled water = 15 minutes! I used a combo of chickpeas and red kidney beans (2 cups total) and added 1 cup of packed Swiss chard instead of kale. A nice zippy bowl of beans and grains with greens. Fast and tasty. (blinknoodle)
Our Daily Pizza 151
Immune Boon Noodles 152-153
I really liked this dish! Basically you have a noodle bowl topped with a miso-ginger dressing, stir-fried veggies (shiitakes, edamame, green onions and I also added broccoli) with pan-fried tofu. I substituted some Braggs for the tamari and used kelp noodles. Other than my noodles not mixing well with the veggies, I really liked the combination of flavours. (blinknoodle)
Pineapple Tempeh with Red Rice 154-155
I liked this but wasn't as blown away as I hoping, considering how many steps are involved in making this. Next time I would add more kale - it seemed so skimpy after it wilted away. (blinknoodle)
Feel Good Mac N Cheese 156
Sweet Bliss
Key Lime Pie with Coconut Ginger Crust 158
Rawkin Superfood Truffles 159
Pineapple Right Side Up Cake 160
Kick Acai Strawberry Sauce 161
Maca Chip Cookies 161
Another delicious energy cookie. Love the malty goodness from maca. (blinknoodle)
Mango Paradise Bars 162
These were great. Tess suggests serving them straight from the freezer but I find the mango flavour gets muted, so I prefer to let it thaw 5 minutes before I eat it. If you let it thaw too long it will turn back into a creamy pudding! (blinknoodle)
Raw Carob Maca Chocolate 163
Raw Cacao Superfood Pie 164-165
Dark Chocolate Mint Cookies 165
These are seriously yummy! I mixed in 1 tbsp of cacao nibs because I knew if they were only a coating they wouldn't transport so well n my bike ride. (blinknoodle)
Blueberry Coconut Ice Box Bars 166
Heavenly Raw Chocolate Sauce 167
I liked this too, however I found it had a strong agave flavour when fresh. I used organic raw blue agave but feel that maybe a light agave would have a more neutral flavour to highlight the cacao and maca. It definitely thickens as leftovers. You can heat the leftovers up to make it more pourable, but within a few minutes, it is back to being quite firm. I had it with blackberries overtop my morning oatmeal. Yum! (blinknoodle)
Cacao Cacao Chip Cookies 168
Really liked these. Not overly flavoured, nor too sweet, which is great when snacking while exercising! I liked the cacao nibs because they were like little chocolate chips! The figs added a nice textural variety, too. Yum! (blinknoodle)
Thanks for posting, AC! I have a recipe tester who is itching to review here, so I'll send her the link. :)
I was one of the recipe testers and was thrilled with the recipes. I liked how the majority of the recipes were fast to make and super tasty. Tess highlights recipes with superfoods - both the vegetable stars like kale, asparagus, etc but also chia seeds, maca, etc which required me to head to the grocery store. I will post my old reviews in a few days, in the meantime I made this for breakfast:
Smoky One Pot Beans and Rice
I made a lot of substitutions but it was great. I used coarse bulgur instead of rice, so this was also fast to make. Just long enough for the bulgur to absorb the boiled water = 15 minutes! I used a combo of chickpeas and red kidney beans (2 cups total) and added 1 cup of packed Swiss chard instead of kale. A nice zippy bowl of beans and grains with greens. Fast and tasty.
I just got my copy of R4L in the mail. Youpee!
Nearly everything was a success. I don't even think I could narrow down my favourites, there were so many great recipes.
Asian Quinoa Wraps
These were good. I made some changes: doubled the cilantro, included lime zest, and omitted the garlic (ran out!). I also halved the recipe and for the dressing, instead of using 1/2 tbsp, I used the measurements in 1 tsp (so I used a third of the dressing, when I halved the recipe). That flavour was good, although quite zippy from the ginger. It tamed well as leftovers, though. It was my first time eating soaked quinoa. I liked it - slightly chewy and I feel like it worked well for the wraps. However, the quinoa really goes thump in your stomach! I halved the recipe, and I think half of the recipe could serve 3. I felt like my reduced amount of dressing was perfect, though.
Breakfast Quinoa
This was sublime! I have had oatmeal with pomegranate molasses, as well as blueberry-lemon-balsamic vinegar but never thought to put them together!! I used blueberry-pomegranate juice, instead of pure pomegranate (store was out), frozen blueberries, and the zest from 1 lemon and this was decadent. My only issue was that it took more like 35 minutes for my quinoa to cook up and absorb the pomegranate juice, instead of 15-20 minutes. Did not add almonds.
15 Minute White Bean and Kale Soup
I liked this soup! Super fast! So many complex flavours but I preferred it with 1-2 tbsp of nutritional yeats also thrown in.
I halved the recipe, using 2 cups of cooked giant lima beans. Doubled the kale, though. Used lemon pepper instead of pepper. Otherwise, great!
Broccoli Orange Salad
This salad needs at least an hour or so to marinade for the flavours to meld. Even then, I found it too sweet, so I threw in 1/4 tsp Aleppo chili flakes which balanced it out and made it much better. I used the full 2 tsp of agave, so maybe that should be decreased, too... or add in some vinegar? I feel like this recipe needs some tweaking written as is.
Supercharged Hummus
I scoped out the umeboshi paste to try this and went with the juice from 2 lemon (less than 1/2 cup). I tried it without so much lemon and it wasn't as good. This makes a nice, zippy hummus and best when paired with something bitter. I actually loved it in a wrap with Romaine lettuce, flax seeds, almonds and prunes!
Heavenly Raw Chocolate Sauce
I liked this too, however I found it had a strong agave flavour when fresh. I used organic raw blue agave but feel that maybe a light agave would have a more neutral flavour to highlight the cacao and maca. It definitely thickens as leftovers. You can heat the leftovers up to make it more pourable, but within a few minutes, it is back to being quite firm. I had it with blackberries overtop my morning oatmeal. Yum!
Maca My Day
This was how I got hooked on breakfast smoothies. All that malty maca goodness. :) I used sweetened (original) soy milk.. I never buy the flavored kinds, but I bet the chocolate soy would work really well here, too. I have also added in greens here with good results.
Gingersnap Nuggets
The walnut-raisin combo is good for a change of pace from my typical almond/date balls, as they are a bit more non-uniform in texture. Initially they were very zingy from the ginger (I use Penzey's if that makes a difference for the potency) so if you don't like ginger, decrease it. Despite the strong flavour, they were ok as an energy snack during exercise. Not my favourite, though.
Dark Chocolate Raspberry Shake
This was really good. Oops, I just noticed I used twice the amount of maca, but it was still good! I feel like all that agave is not worth the use of the raw cacao powder. Carob powder can also be substituted if you want to reduce your use of agave, but the original recipe is very nice and rich as is.
Strawberry Vanilla Milkshake
I found this to be much thicker than the other smoothies (probably because there are more frozen strawberries). I ended up adding more soymilk to compensate. Otherwise, I thought it was great.
Lemon Asparagus Quinoa Toss
This was great! Nice, light and fresh. My only change was I used a bit more lemon juice, and I substituted lemon pepper instead of black pepper.
Hungarian Chickpeas
I made a few changes: used shallot instead of onion; used currants instead of raisins; used Vietnamese coriander for the cilantro (more lemony taste, but what I had available in my garden); omitted olives (once I tasted it without it, I didn't feel the need to open a new container); omitted extra salt since I was using canned beans. Anyways, it was delicious. I love how it was creamy without any cream or tofu. :) Thank you mustard!
Cacao-Cacao Chip Cookies
Really liked these. Not overly flavoured, nor too sweet, which is great when snacking while exercising! I liked the cacao nibs because they were like little chocolate chips! The figs added a nice textural variety, too. Yum!
Asparagus Walnut Sunshine Salad
I like meal-type of salads, so I cooked up 1/2 cup dry quinoa and omitted the red onions. Topped with the dressing and toasted pecans, this was wonderful. :)
Maple Mustard Dressing
Used honey-flavoured mustard so I used less maple syrup but otherwise thought the dressing was fantastic. :)
Dark Chocolate Mint Cookies
These are seriously yummy! I mixed in 1 tbsp of cacao nibs because I knew if they were only a coating they wouldn't transport so well n my bike ride.
Green Velvet Guacamole
Lovely and simple guacamole. I even upped the lime juice and garlic a tad. I bet this isn't a green recipe if you just eat half of the recipe in a go! Ack!
Maca Chip Cookies
Another delicious energy cookie. Love the malty goodness from maca.
Uptown Salad - Holy Sweet Jesus. This was the best salad EVER. Buy the cookbook just for this recipe. Baby spinach, topped with a cilantro-lime rice, black beans, shredded veggies, garlic tofu and a decadent mango-cilantro salsa. So many delicious components to make the most epic of a salad. This is what dreams are made of!
Lemon Asparagus Quinoa Toss - YUMMY! My very first time to cook asparagus, I didn't roast it because it was 108 here and I didn't want to turn the oven on, so I just stirfried it with xvoo and fresh pressed garlic. The only quinoa I had was the red, but it was still good, I added a little seasoned salt to the final dish. It was strangely addictive! It says it makes 2 servings and it looked like two servings, but I could not stop eating it and ate the whole thing! Without one ounce of guilt. It was quick and easy, especially with stirfrying the asparagus everything was done in the time it took the quinoa to cook!
Hungarian Chickpeas - I had it cold one day for lunch, but the next day I heated it up and I think I like it even better warm. I wasn't sure about the raisins in there, but all the flavors blended and it worked well. I like that I didn't have to cook anything, just mix everything one bowl and I'm done - Perfect for summer!
Maple Mustard Dressing - this was quick and easy and I put over steamed veggies and brown rice, it had a good flavor, but maybe a little strong on the mustard, I may have put a little too much in there, but when I mixed everything together and added seasoned salt, it was really good.
Raw Cinnamon Rolls - I did something wrong with these because they were not "ball-like" consistency, it was all crumbly and not sticky at all. The taste was Awesome though and so I've just been spooning the mixture on top of pancakes, oatmeal, etc. I loved the flavor, I just wished I could have made balls out them. I probably used the wrong kind of dates, i've never used dates before, the bag said pitted dates and they were kinda small, but I measured 1/2 cup; so I don't know.
Can't wait to make more stuff, I have a long list of items I want to make!
Stacy
Thanks for the reviews, all! :-)
Stacy: The problem you had with the raw cinnamon rolls....you really have to PACK those dates into the cup. If you have too few dates, they won't stick. It makes all the difference! Try a few more dates (or really packing them into the measuring cup) next time & make sure you blend it enough. That should do the trick.
And also....I always eat the whole recipe of lemon asparagus quinoa in one sitting myself, so don't feel bad! I just labeled it as "serves 2" even though it never does in my house! :-)
Pineapple Tempeh with Red Rice - I liked this but wasn't as blown away as I hoping, considering how many steps are involved in making this. Next time I would add more kale - it seemed so skimpy after it wilted away.
I was in a snacky kind of mood and had a bag of Stacy's bagel chips that had sounded good but I didn't have anything dippy. So I made the Rawcho Cheese Dip - super quick and easy to make and Yummy! I ate almost the whole thing by myself!
Spicy Moroccan Sweet Potato Fries - I really wanted to like these, but for some reason, these didn't work out for me. They weren't finished after 20 minutes, and after maybe 5-10 minutes more, I felt like the spices had burnt instead. I prefer the "Oven fries" from RHIW.
Ginger Lime Carrot Soup - This was so good! I used more like 2.5 cups carrots and 2 cups sweet potato. Mixing in the Vitamix made it uber creamy without any cream (just unsweetened almond milk!). Delicious!
Immune Boon Noodles from Radiance 4 Life:
I really liked this dish! Basically you have a noodle bowl topped with a miso-ginger dressing, stir-fried veggies (shiitakes, edamame, green onions and I also added broccoli) with pan-fried tofu. I substituted some Braggs for the tamari and used kelp noodles. Other than my noodles not mixing well with the veggies (???) I really liked the combination of flavours.
Holy Shiitake Lentil Soup
This soup is filled with lentils (I chose green) with fresh sliced shiitakes and kale, spiced with garlic and balsamic vinegar. It cooks up as quick as your lentils and is very tasty! I really like it. :)
Thanks for reviewing the recipes, all! :-) xo
Raw Mango Paradise Bars -These were great. Tess suggests serving them straight from the freezer but I find the mango flavour gets muted, so I prefer to let it thaw 5 minutes before I eat it. If you let it thaw too long it will turn back into a creamy pudding!
Ben's Veggie Pack
This wasn't a very complex recipe, but it was very good. I made the whole recipe, then ate the whole thing too. Added a touch more kale than the recipe called for and reduced the oil by half.
I haven't made this dish but have found chia seeds to be very absorbent and I've gotten mushy puddling like consistency when I've let it soak in things like yogurt or even oatmeal.
Raw Cinnamon Rolls
I prefer these with more cinnamon and less salt. Simple and delicious.
Rustic Rebel Risotto
-Thought this was great! Loved the flavours. My rice was a bit crunchy and not as smooth as a typical risotto but darn, this was easy peasy. Only used 3 tbsp Chicky baby seasoning and no additional salt. Also used sweetened almond milk since that was all I had.
Holy Shiitake Lentil Soup
- Made this again. Really enjoyed it. Only used 2 tbsp Chicky Baby seasoning and less salt at the end. I am thinking next time I will use fresh rosemary, especially since it is thrown in at the end. Very good soup and quick to make.
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