TASTE & TEXTURE - This Vegan Chocolate smoothie recipe is our family's favorite, and it is 'spoiled teen' approved! It is not very easy to feed healthy and whole foods to my spoiled teenage son, so I
INGREDIENTS: 3 - Bananas (fresh or frozen), 0.25 Cup - Hemp seeds, 0.25 Cup - Chia seeds, 0.5 - Avocado, 0.25 Cup - Cacao powder, 0.25 Cup or 10 small - Dates, 1 tsp - Natural Lecithin (optional). Notes bellow how to avoid hexane acetone extraction., 2 Tbsp - Green powder / dehydrated greens (optional), - Stevia powder (to taste,optional), - Vanila powder (to taste, optional), 3 Cups - Water and/or Ice (use some if bananas are fresh)
WHAT, ENSLAVED MONKEYS? - I was using Young Thai coconuts, until I found out that there may be as much as 99% of the Thai coconuts being picked by enslaved and abused monkeys.
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INGREDIENTS: Coconut, Warm water (higher than 80F), but not too hot, so you do not burn your hands while straining, Sweetener (optional), Vanilla powder (optional)
BOOST NUTRITION WITH HEMP SEEDS - Almonds are very nutritious, and a good source of vitamin E, but they are low in omega 3, while hemp seeds have a perfect ratio of omega 3 to
INGREDIENTS: 1 Cup - Almonds (soaked), 0.25 Cup - Hemp seeds (soaked or roasted), 3 Cups - Water, A few - Dates (optional), 1 - Vanilla or vanilla powder
As a child, I loved cauliflower with bread crumbs, my mother fried bread crumbs in butter. As a vegan, I came up with a much tastier and far more nutritious version when compared to the common caulifl
INGREDIENTS: 1 head cauliflower, 3 Tbsp flax meal (raw and/or roasted), 1 Tbsp nutritional yeast (optional), 0.5 Tbsp flax oil (optional), 1 pinch salt (optional)
My son's favorite homemade ice cream recipe is Vegan Strawberry Vanilla Ice cream. Easy - Super easy to make with a high powered blender. It is so easy that I never have to measure the ingredients
INGREDIENTS: 4 Cups Frozen Strawberries, 0.5 Cup Cashew, 0.25 Cup Pitted Dates, 1 Bean Vanilla or Vanilla Powder, 1 Pinch Stevia Powder (optional), 1 Tbsp Lecithin (optional), 0.75 Cup Water
4 REASONS TO MAKE YOUR OWN CULTURED VEGAN NUT CHEESE, INSTEAD OF BUYING VEGAN CHEESE
Health - Most of the commercial vegan cheeses are made from processed ingredients, like oils, starch, an
INGREDIENTS: 2 Cups - Cashew (whole or pieces), soaked, 0.25 Cup - Rejuvelac or water with probiotic powder/capsule (remove capsule), 0.5 tsp - Salt
Cost of Store Bought vs Homemade Soy Milk
The empty cartons probably cost more than the actual soybeans in that milk, dues to the amount of water and fillers added!According to my calculations, store
INGREDIENTS: 0.75 Cup Soy beans, Water
WEIGHT LOSS - I never thought that soy yogurt could be such an important weight loss food, until I lost extra weight (about 5-6 lbs in a week or two) just by eating and not even did not exercise at al
INGREDIENTS: 1 pint - Home-made Soy Milk (store bought will not work), 0.25 packet - Non-Dairy Yogurt Starter
For a long time I wondered what do you do with melon seeds?
NOT WASTE - Most people usually eat melon and discard melon seeds. And I am totally guilty of that. All my life, I either th
INGREDIENTS: 0.5 Cup - Squash seeds, 4 Cups - Water, 2 - Dates, pitted (optional)
Vegan and /or Raw Muesli is a popular meal (usually breakfast) based of rolled oats or other rolled grains (which is usually not raw), fresh or dried fruits, nuts, seeds and mixed with any plant milk (
INGREDIENTS: 1.5 cup(s) nut milk or other plant milk, 1 cup(s) berries, fresh or frozen (blackberries, blueberries...), 3 tablespoon(s) goji berries or raisings, soaked if needed, 2 tablespoon(s) nuts (almonds, Brazil nuts, walnuts..), chopped, 1 tablespoon(s) hemp seeds, 2 tablespoon(s) shreded coconut (unsweetened), 0.5 cup(s) rolled oats or other rolled grains
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