Showing posts with label Vegan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vegan. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 15, 2014

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

3 ingredient Vegan Split Pea Soup

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

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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


Baba Ganoush with Lime

Great and easy recipe. Its vegan friendly and makes a great dip for parties 


.We Will need:
  • 2 Large eggplants
  • 4 tbs of tahini
  • 4 cloves of garlic
  • Handful of cilantro and parsley
  • 1 lime juiced
  • Extra virgin olive oil
  • Salt and pepper to taste 


  • Make holes in eggplant with fork
  • Wrap eggplants in foil and put in the oven for 40 min (or until soft to touch) at 375F degrees 
  • Peel eggplants add tahini, lime juice, garlic, salt pepper to taste and blend with hand blender or in a regular blender
  • Chop up finely cilantro and parsley add to eggplant mixture and mix well

  • Let it sit in a fridge for about 2 hrs or until cold
  • Garnish with black olives and olive oil
  • Serve with pita bread


Friday, March 21, 2014

Roasted Brussels Sprouts

For Brussels Sprouts Lovers. This is a great vegan/vegetarian recipe. Goes great with Garlic Mashed Cauliflower Potatoes 
We will need:
  • 3-4 lbs of brussel sprouts
  • 3 tbs of olive oil
  • 1 tbs of garlic powder
  • 1 tbs of onion powder
  • 1 tsp of basil
  • 1 tsp of black pepper
  • salt to taste


  • Slice brussel sprouts in half


  • Add spices and oil

  • Mix well and let it sit while you are preheating the oven to 400F degrees 

  • Place sprouts sliced side down on a baking sheet 
  • Cook for about 20 min or until done
  • Mix well and turn your oven to broil so you can give a nice color to sprouts





Garlic Roasted Mashed Cauliflower - Potato


Great idea for easy low- calorie mashed potato lovers. Its vegan and vegetarian friendly.

We Will need:
  • 1 large cauliflower head
  • 3 tbs of olive oil
  • 1 tbs of garlic powder
  • 1 tbs of onion powder 
  • 1 tbs of dried basil
  • 1 tsp of black pepper
  • 1 tsp of paprika 
  • salt to taste
  • foil

  • Chop up cauliflower add all the spices and mix well



  • Fold foil tight


  • Preheat oven to 400F degrees
  • Cook for about 35 min
  • Take out cauliflower open it, change oven setting to broil and cook till it starts browning up, mix as needed so all the cauliflower gets a chard 


  • Meanwhile peel and boil 3 medium size potatoes add salt to taste

  • Mix cauliflower and potatoes in a bowl 

  • Blend well with hand blender or in a regular blender till likable consistency 





Spring Ratatouille with White Button Mushrooms


Spring is finally here and what a great dish to celebrate this wonderful sunny day.
We will need:
  • 1 zucchini
  • 1 white zucchini or yellow squash
  • 1/2 of green pepper
  • 1/2 of red bell pepper
  • 2-3 tomatoes
  • 1 eggplant ( can use chinese eggplant) 
  • 3 cloves of garlic 
  • 1+ lbs of mushrooms
  • salt, pepper to taste
  • 1 tsp of garlic powder
  • 1 tsp of onion powder
  • 1 tsp of dry basil


  • Slice all vegetables very thinly

  • Salt and pepper them and let them sit for a little while your pan is warming up

  • Fry all vegetables till they all have nice color but not fully cooked

  • About 1min on each side

  • Dice up 2 tomatoes, peppers and onion

  • Fry onions till golden brown

  • Add peppers and cook for about 5-6 min till they are almost soft 

  • Add tomatoes ( if your tomatoes are not juicy enough add 1/2 cup of water) and simmer the sauce 

  • Place sauce in deep tupperware 

  • Arrange Vegetables on top of the sauce
  • Preheat oven to 390F degrees 

  • Cook for about 10-15 min in the oven
  • Serve while its nice and hot