Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Easy Sugar Cookies with Jam



We will need:
  • 200 g butter or 2 sticks 
  • 1/3 of cup sugar 
  • 1 egg white, lightly beaten 
  • 2 cups of  flour 
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract 
  • jam for decoration


  • Melt Butter in the microwave for about 1 min
  • Beat egg white with vanilla
  • Add sugar and egg white to butter
  • Add flour and mix well


  • Form Balls (about 15-20) 

  • Sqush the balls flat =) 

  • Make a whole in the middle


  • Place jam in the whole 

  • Bake for 15-20 min on 350F or until golden brown 





Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Vegan Wrap with Smoked Tempeh and Vegan Ranch


We will need:
  • 1 pack of tempeh
  • Pita or Lavash or Wrap 
  • Tomato
  • Avocado
  • Red Onion
  • Letus 
  • 2 tsp of smoked paprika 
  • 1 tsp of garlic powder 
  • 1 tsp of onion powder
  • 1 tsp of dried basil
  • 3 tbs of sunflower oil
  • Salt and Pepper to taste

  • Mix all the spices and oil

  • Cut tempeh into pieces

  •  Cover tempeh in oil-spice mixture

  • Fry tempeh in oil on both sides 

  • Slice tomatoes,avocados, onions make vegan ranch dressing

  • Wrap the wrap and Enjoy


Vegan Ranch
  • 2 tbs of vegan mayo
  • 2 tbs of almond milk
  • 1 tsp of garlic powder
  • 1 tsp of onion powder
  • 1 tbs of dried dill
  • Salt and Pepper to taste

  • Mix well and enjoy


Vegan "Creamy" Mushroom Soup


We will need:
  • 1 large onion
  • 1 large carrot shredded
  • 2 stalks of celery
  • 2-3 lbs of white button mushrooms ( could be substituted with any kind of mushrooms) 
  • 4 large potatoes peeled
  • 1/2 cups of barley
  • 2 tbs of onion powder
  • 2 tbs of garlic powder
  • 3 tbs of dried dill
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 7 cups of water


  • Saute onion, carrots and celery until fully cooked

  • Peel and put potatoes in water and start boiling 

  • Add mushrooms and barley

  • Add all spices and sauteed veggies

  • Cook for 30 min with closed lid
  • Blend with hand blender or regular blender 
  • Enjoy!





Vegan Easy Banana Pastry



We Will need:
  • 1 pack of pillsbury crescent rolls 
  • 2 ripe bananas 
  • 1-2 tbs of cinnamon 
  • 1/4 cups of sugar
  • 2 tbs of powdered sugar for decoration 

  • Spray cookie sheet with spray
  • Unroll crescent rolls
  • Sprinkle crescent rolls with sugar and cinnamon 
  • Cut each banana in 4 pieces 
  • Place each piece of banana on crescent roll 


  • Roll Crescent rolls
  • Preheat oven to 375 degrees 
  • And cook for 10-15 min or until golden brown 


  • Let cool and decorate with powdered sugar 
  • Enjoy!
    • Banana could be replaced with apple, pear or berries 





Saturday, April 12, 2014

Citrus Marinated Grilled Shark Steaks

This was my first time making and eating shark. That shark was caught in Florida by our friends. So, it was interesting to try. It was not too big, probably around 12-15 lbs.


We will need:
  • 8 shark steaks ( 6-8 oz each)
  • 1 Large grapefruit
  • 3 tbs of Olive oil 
  • Salt and Pepper to taste


       
  • Juice grapefruit add oil, salt and pepper 
  • Mix well and let it sit for 2 hrs in the fridge

        
  • Prep you grill
  • Make sure you brush olive oil or use grill spray so fish wont stick


        
  • Cook with closed lid for about 5 min on each side

         

         
  • Serve with green beans and couscous or any side of your choice 

          





3 ingredient Vegan Split Pea Soup

This is an amazing, super easy and delicious split pea soup recipe.

\
We will need:
  • 1 large carrot
  • 1 large onion
  • 2 cups of green split peas
  • 6 cups of water
  • 2 tbs of garlic powder
  • 2 tbs of onion powder
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • 1 tbs of smoked paprika (optional) 

  • Dice onions and shred carrots
  • Pan fry them on medium heat till golden brown


  • Wash your peas
  • Add water and bring to boil
  • Once carrot and onion mixture is cooked add it to the peas
  • Add spices
  • Close the lid and cook for about 30 min on low heat
  • Blend soup with hand blender ( if you dont have a blender, let soup cook for another 20 min, it will become almost silky consistency) 

Serve with chopped up chives. Enjoy!!!


Sunday, March 30, 2014

Vegan Chocolate Cupcakes with Raw Vegan Vanilla Frosting

This is a great and easy recipe for all vegans and vegetarians out there. Also an amazing and easy raw vegan frosting for all raw vegan people.


For our dry ingredients we will need:
  • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 1/4 cup cocoa powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt


For our wet ingredients we will need: 
  • 1/3 cup vegetable oil or sunflower oil 
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 teaspoon distilled white vinegar
  • 1 cup lukewarm water


  • Mix all dry ingredients in one bowl
  • Mix all wet ingredients except water in another bowl 

  • Add water and mix well 


  • Pour wet ingredients into dry ingredients 

  • Mix well make sure there is no lumps


  • Preheat the oven to 350F degrees 
  • Prep cupcake mold

  • Add cupcake batter into the mold bout halfway full


  • Bake for 20 min or until toothpick comes out clean 

  • Cool before frosting
  • From whole batter you will get 12 cupcakes


For the Raw vegan frosting we will need:
  • 8 oz of raw cashews (soak for 2 hrs min)
  • 3 tbs of agave nectar or to taste
  • 2 tbs of raw vanilla extract 
  • 1/4 cup of water
  • 1 tbs of raw coconut oil

  • Blend everything together
  • And place it in the freezer for 15 min

  • Frost the cupcakes with piping bag if you have 

  • Decorate with berries and Enjoy!

  • Decorate with coconut  shreds if you love coconut as much as I do