Homemade Apple Juice

Homemade Apple Juice

Ingredients:

• 1 cups, Water
• 400 g, Apples (not green apples; unless you really want to)

Tools:

• High-Speed Blender (I used my Vitamix)
• Nut Bag 
• Something to help you pour the apple juice into its storage container

Directions:

1. Put all the ingredients into your high speed blender. Blend for about 1 minute.
2. Using a nut bag, strain the apple juice into a bowl.
3. Pour the contents of the bowl into a storage container. That's it! :)

Breakfast Smoothie 1

Vegan Breakfast Smoothie 1

Instead of eating a heavy meal before you exercise in the mornings, try drinking a delicious, healthy smoothie as a pre-workout. Or drink it because it's delicious and healthy. If you need more, double it.

Ingredients:

• Spinach leafs, 40 g
• Frozen Mangoes, 70 g
• Frozen Pineapples, 70 g
• Dried Goji Berries, 14 g
• Ground Flaxseed, 7 g
• Organic Protein (plant based), ~7 g (if you don't have this product then use cashew or almond nuts)
• Organic Coconut Water, 8 oz
• Optional: sprouting seeds, 1/2 or 1 tbsp

Tools:

• Nutribullet or Vitamix

Directions:

Put all your ingredients in your Nutribullet or your Vitamix.

Vitamix: If you have presets on your Vitamix, use the smoothie option. If you don't have presets, start on v. 1 and slowly move up High for about 45 seconds. Enjoy your smoothie!

Nutribullet: Blend your mixture in the Nutribullet until it completely coats the container you're blending it in. Blend it a little while longer and then turn it off. Enjoy your smoothie!

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WALNUT MILK

WALNUT MILK

Ingredients:

This is my first time making walnut milk and I'm very happy with my results. :)

• 4 cups, Water
• 1 cup, Walnuts
• Optional Sweetener (pick one or all)
• 1-2 tbsp, Organic Blue Agave (you can use more if you like)
• 1/2 tsp, Vanilla Powder
• 3 or more Dates (pitted)

Tools:

• High-Speed Blender (I used my Vitamix)
• Nut Bag 
• Large Spoon
• Something to help you pour your milk into its storage container

Directions:

Soak walnuts overnight with more than enough water to cover it. The next day, drain the container.

Put all the ingredients in order of the ingredients' list into your high speed blender.

Turn on the blender and slowly increase the speed from the lowest setting to the highest. Blend for at least one minute or more to get the consistency you want.

Let the mixture sit in the blender for a few minutes. Using a large spoon, scoop off the top layer of foam from your nut milk.

Put the nut bag into the large bowl and then pour the milk mixture into the nut bag. Pull the draw string and start squeezing your milk into the bowl until only the pulp is left in the nut bag. Put your walnut milk into your container of choice and store in the refrigerator for a week. Put the walnut pulp into a container to use for another recipe.

That's it!

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VEGAN PANCAKES

Vegan Pancakes

Ingredients:

I normally make what my kids call applesauce pancakes, which they love. Today, I decided to change up the recipe and it turned into another favorite. Lol, my daughter told me to put it up on my blog because it's great. Enjoy...

Serves: 4

• 1 1/4 cup, Unbleached Self-Rising Flour 
• 1 tbsp, Organic Unrefined Coconut Oil
• 1/2 tsp, Salt
• 1 cup, Unsweetened Cashew Milk (you can use water, instead)
• 1-3 tbsp, Organic Blue Agave (you can use sugar or 100% pure maple syrup)

Directions:

Mix flour, salt, and hard coconut oil. Then add cashew milk and blue agave.

Using the 1/4 cup, add batter to nonstick pan or griddle. Cook like normal pancake.

These pancakes can be eaten without toppings. My kids eat it with our vegan butter and maple syrup. That's it!

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Scrambled Tofu With Veggies Burrito

Scrambled Tofu w/ Veggies Burrito

This is my first breakfast on January 1, 2016. This was also my first time making tofu scrambled and I made it without a recipe. I was asked to create a recipe for it. That's kind of hard for me because I don't measure seasonings, so I think a video would be best. Until then, I'll try my best to do a recipe.

Serves: 2

INGREDIENTS:

• ~7 oz, Firm Tofu, drained 
• ~2 cups, Dark Leaf Vegetables (e.g. Spinach, Kale, Swiss Chard, Collard Greens, Callaloo, etc--use at least one kind)
• 1 small Red Potatoes, cubed
• ~1/3 cup, Red Onion, chopped or in rings
• ~1/8 cup, Green Onion, chopped
• ~1 tsp, Turmeric
• ~1 tbsp, Coconut Oil
• Seasonings: Complete Seasoning, Black pepper, Oregano, Garlic powder
• Optional: Mushrooms, Bell Peppers, Tomatoes, Scotch Bonnet Hot Sauce, etc
• 2 medium to large Tortillas
• 2 slices, giant green Avocado (you can use a Hass Avocado if you want)

DIRECTIONS:

Heat a medium nonstick frying pan on medium heat, then add coconut oil.

Lightly season the potato cubes (do not add the turmeric) and add them to the pan. Stir until mostly cooked, then add the vegetables (add dark leaf veggies last or at the same time as the tofu). Cook until potatoes are cook through.

Push the potatoes to the side. Add the tofu to the pan and start breaking it up if you haven't done so already. Season to taste: add seasonings in order of the seasonings on the season list (the amount depends on the order, as well--more to less) and then add the turmeric for color. Stir everything together until it looks the way you want.

Warm the tortillas. I warm my tortillas one at a time while I'm cooking by using them as covers over the pan. However, you can warm yours however you like.

Put each tortilla on a plate and add the tofu scramble equally on each tortilla. Top it off with a slice of avocado and then close it up. Serve.

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Vegan Dining Out: McDonalds

Vegan Dining Out

What Can I Eat At McDonald's?

2015

In this segment, we're going to talk about various fast-foods and dining out facilities to see what we can eat there as a vegan. We cannot eat any foods coming from an animal, which includes dairy products and meat (this also includes eggs). Today we're going to talk about McDonald's. (Update: this post is based in the US and it is NOT satire)

Breakfast:

• Fruit & Maple Oatmeal (minus the cream, if allowed)

Lunch and Dinner:

• Burger with vinaigrette dressing and veggies (minus meat, cheese, and other dressings)*
• Salads with vinaigrette dressing (minus meat, cheese, and other dressings)
• Premium McWrap (minus meat, cheese, and the sauce it comes with)*

Sides:

• Apples
• Side Salad
• Snack Wrap (minus meat, cheese, and sauce)*

Desserts:

• N/A

Beverages:

• Apple Juice
• Fountain Drinks
• McCafe Coffee (black or with a sweetener: sugar, Splenda, or Equal)
• Orange Juice (overpriced; can buy a container at the grocery store for the same price)
• Water

Note: You can only use sweet n' sour sauce, barbeque sauce, marinara sauce, ketchup, or mustard. In addition, vinaigrette is the only dressing you can use. If you're trying to eat healthier, then vinaigrette and mustard are your best first options; the next in line is the marinara sauce. Sweet n' sour sauce and barbeque sauce would be last on the list.

So you're wondering what about fries and hash browns? Well, fries and hash browns are NOT vegan. They are both made with milk and beef flavoring. Don't make the mistake (like I did once) of believing someone working there or the manager when they say, "It's just regular fries that we cook in vegetable oil." McDonald's baked apple pie is also NOT vegan. It is made with L-Cysteine which comes from animal hair and feather. As you can see from this list, McDonald's have limited options for those of us on a vegan diet. It's not vegan friendly.

Comment below if you have any questions or comments...

*Some places will not allow this option

Vegan Biscuits

VEGAN BISCUITS

Ingredients:

This recipe is simple -- no matter what experience you have or haven't had -- it comes out sweet and fluffy. It's a vegan alternative to store bought biscuits. All you need are three main ingredients:

• 2 cups, Self-Rising Flour (I use unbleached self-rising flour)
• 1/4 cup, Vegan Butter (I use Earth Balance; make sure the butter is hard and not melting)
• 3/4 cup, unsweetened Cashew Milk
• Optional: 3/4 tsp, Salt

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 450 degrees.

While the oven is heating, (if using salt, mix it with the flour first) use a fork or your fingers or a pastry blender to blend the flour and hard/cold butter together. 

After the first two ingredients are blended, add 1/4 cup of your cashew milk at time until you get to 3/4 cups all together while mixing everything with a spoon. It will be sticky.

Knead the dough and roll it into a ball. Use a roller to roll the dough about 1/2 inch thick.

Use a biscuit cutter (or empty can) to cut the biscuits out.

Transfer the cutouts to a cookie sheet.

Bake for least 15 minutes. Enjoy!

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Vegan Coconut Biscuits

VEGAN COCONUT BISCUITS

Ingredients:

This recipe is simple -- no matter what experience you have or haven't had -- it comes out sweet and fluffy. It's a vegan alternative to store bought biscuits. All you need are three main ingredients:

• 2 cups, Self-Rising Flour (I use unbleached self-rising flour)
• 1/4 cup, unrefined Organic Coconut Oil (solid/hard state). When buying coconut oil, read the label to make sure no extra ingredients were added.
• 3/4 cup, unsweetened Coconut Milk (NOT the one in a can)

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.

While the oven is heating, use use a fork or your fingers or a pastry blender to blend the flour and solid coconut oil together. 

After the first two ingredients are blended, add 1/4 cup of your coconut milk at time until you get to 3/4 cups all together while mixing everything with a spoon. It will be sticky.

Knead the dough and roll it into a ball. Use a roller to roll the dough about 1/2 inch thick.

Use a biscuit cutter (or empty can) to cut the biscuits out.

Transfer the cutouts to a cookie sheet.

Bake for least 10 minutes. Enjoy!

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