lentils-not-just-for-hippies

love this!
One of my favourite cooked foods is lentils, they create a satisfying dish.
http://veganheath.info/lentils-not-just-for-hippies
I used to love the young ones too.
tinned lentils make a great quick curry.
My Creamy Curry Recipe:

Ingredients

Serves: 3 

  • 1 tablespoon coconut oil
  • 1 onion, finely chopped
  • 1 clove garlic, finely chopped
  • 1 green pepper, finely chopped
  • 1 tablespoon garam masala
  • 2 teaspoons ground cumin
  • 1 teaspoon ground tumeric
  • 1 tablespoon curry powder
  • 1 (400g) tin green lentils
  • 1 (400g) tin chopped tomatoes
  • 1 tin coconut milk
  • chopped fresh coriander to garnish (optional)

Method

Prep:5min  ›  Cook:25min  ›  Ready in:30min 

  1. Over medium-high heat in a large frying pan with the oil, fry onion, garlic and pepper until soft and onion is transparent.
  2. Add all of the spices and stir well for 1-2 minutes.
  3. Add tomatoes and leave to simmer for 5 minutes.
  4. Add lentils and stir well. Leave for ten minutes then Add coconut milk.
  5. Serve with basmati or boiled rice, and add fresh coriander on top if desired.
Enjoy 🙂

Chocolate Almond Milk

Use my basic recipe for
almond milk I make this using warm water to create a warm choc drink.
Add 1 tablespoon coconut oil
1 desert spoon chia seeds
2 desert spoon shelled hemp seeds
2 desert spoon cacao powder
Whizz up and pour
Serves 2
Enjoy 🙂 x

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Chewy Almond Vanilla cookies

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Almond Vanilla biscuits using left over almond pulp from my Almond milk recipe
Ingredients:
Almond pulp, one portion
1 desert spoon coconut oil
1 desert spoon chia seeds (ground)
1 desert spoon vanilla extract
Pinch Celtic sea salt
1 desert spoon of maple syrup (more if you like sweet)
How to:
Add all ingredients into a bowl
Stir well
Roll into 8 balls
Flatten balls into cookie shapes
Sprinkle coconut sugar on top of each cookie
Bake at 200 Celsius
For 30 minutes
Allow to cool (if you can wait 🙂
Enjoy 🙂

Animals!

Animals!
Pigs, goats, cows and sheep wake up people they are more than just meat!
Just there to eat!
I know some of you love your steak! how do you like it rare ? blue ? Well done ?
I prefer mine living, being loved, feeling the grass under their feet and the sun on their skin! Experiencing life without fear within!
Stella Phillips
5/2/2014

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Satay Stir fry! Vegan friendly!

Quick vegan nutritious stir fry!
1/2 pack stir fry mix
1/2 pack spinach, rocket or kale
1tablespoon coconut oil
1 tablespoon palm oil free peanut butter
1 tablespoon tamari sauce
1/2 tablespoon rice vinegar
1 tablespoon hemp and chia seed
1 tablespoon sesame seed oil
Salt to taste
Warm oil through
Chuck veg in
Add other stuff
Take off heat and stir through
Top with pine nuts if you fancy Nancy 🙂

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Warm spinach and pine nut salad!

I love raw foods, I love how they make me feel! living in the UK in winter does not always inspire me to eat every meal raw. I like to have mostly raw foods which are mostly YIn and some cooked warming foods containing Yang to balance my Spirit, Mind and Body. This recipe is delicious and balancing.
Ingedients:
Spinach 4 cups
red pepper
creamed coconut (I used tinned)
2 bulbs garlic
3 small chillis
1/2 cup pine nuts
half punnet mushrooms
sea salt to taste
baby tomatoes 1 cup
3 tbsp walnuts
chopped chive 3 tbsp
chilli powder 1 tsp
half a can of coconut milk
pepper to taste
tbsp coconut oil
How to:
Wash spinach
chop mushrooms and peppers
chop garlic, chillies and walnuts
warm coconut oil in pan
place mushrooms, pine nuts and tomatoes in pan with oil
in a separate pan place garlic, chillies and coconut milk
season both pans to taste
warm both pans through
add chives to coconut milk
place spinach in a bowl
place mushroom mix on top of spinach
pour garlic coconut cream onto spinach and mushroom mix
top off with red pepper and chopped walnuts
leave for 5 minutes
Eat and enjoy the warm creamy salad
x
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