Chives and Basil Rice

Some of my favorite things: onions, fresh basil, and chives. This sauce is simple to make but very piquant. 

All you need:

1 or 2 cups of rice

Yellow onion 

Chives (fresh preferably)

Basil (fresh preferably) 

Chop, dice or otherwise slice:

1 Large Onion

7 or so stems of Chives

7 leaves of Basil (fresh from outside your door, if you can!)

Add a generous serving of organic extra-virgin olive oil to a sauce pan.

Add the onions, chives and basil

Sprinkle some himalayan salt (or other)

Saute until onions are translucent but not brown. Serve over organic white or brown rice.

To expand the recipe you can add vegetables of your choice, if you wish. I enjoyed this, however, because I got to relish the taste of basil and onions. Mmmm.

-heather

Simple Vegetable Stir-Fry

This stir-fry is the essence of simple, but the taste is amazing. While we usually make rich and delicious sauces like thai coconut curry, I decided that I wanted something more basic this time. Yesterday was my birthday and my husband was making me dinner. This stir-fry is great, and here is how my dear husband made it:

Chop:
Carrots
Broccoli
Yellow onion
Scallions
Bell Peppers
[vegetables from our local organic delivery box]

Sautee in a steel wokwith olive oil and celtic Salt

Top over tinkyada extra smooth rice spaghettior similar.


My friend Kelly brought me some happy birthday banana bread. It was very yummy! and gluten-free of course. In the picture it is served with some Vanilla Voodoo Coconut Ice Cream.

You could also sprinkle some red pepper flakes on top of the stir fry. Oh! or chop up some fresh basil. Yum

-heather

Orange Blueberry Cream Smoothie

This was so good. Actually, I put more coconut milk than I would have liked. Or, maybe just not enough orange. After taking the picture, I squeezed my orange piece into the glass and it was just right! So, you might want to add less coconut milk... or put about 1/2 an orange extra.

» Recipe:

• 1 organic valencia orange, peeled
• 1 cup organic blueberries [frozen]

• 1/4 cup rice milk

• 1/2 cup coconut milk

• 3 drops vanilla creme stevia

Blend. Serve and enjoy!

-heather

A Pie That's Not Green

Lemon Blueberry Pie

This pie was a big hit and it's not green! We don't have a problem with green pies, but if you do, then try this one. It still has avocado, but the blueberries make it a pretty purple color.

While I was making the filling for the pie, I wasn't thinking about posting it on the blog. So, here are my guess measurements:

»Filling:
› 2 Avocados
› 1/2 cup blueberries (frozen, organic...but you can use fresh if you have it)
› 2-3 tablespoons lemon juice
› 1 1/2 tbsp Raw Honey

»Crust:
› 1/2 cup Pine Nuts
› 1/4 cup Cashews
› 1 tbsp Coconut Oil
› 1/2 tbsp Raw Honey

here's another pic... :)



-heather

Dairy-free Mango Lassi

To me, there is something very comforting and soothing about mango lassi's. Perhaps because it invokes memories of eating indian food with my parents, the aroma of cardamom and cumin wafting through the air. The choices of different masalas and curries all piled on top of fluffy rice. Then scooping a delectable bite with a piece of papadum and onion chutney.

Ahhhh. I can almost taste it and smell it.

After giving up dairy many many moons ago, I knew that I could still have a mango lassi with soy yogurt. However, now that I am not eating soy, I was left puzzled. But not for long, a thought dawned on me as quickly as flicking a switch: coconut milk. And good it is.

Quite simply, we blended in our vitamix:

2 fresh mango's
Squeeze of lemon
Coconut milk
Raw honey
Ice cubes

We didn't measure, my guess is approximately 1 cup of coconut milk, 1 tablespoon of lemon juice and a 1/2 tablespoon of raw honey.

Serve. We sprinkled a bit of our own chia spice mix on top.

Enjoy!! It is perfect on this nice sunny day. We have to indulge and bask in the warm weather, for tomorrow and the following day we have snow predicted :)

-heather

Lemon pie with a pine nut crust

Ooh la lemon!

This pie is delicious with lots of zing. And maybe even a little bit of zang! :) So I formulated the recipe as I went along. If you are timid of foods that are green, then you'll be missing out indeed. Pictures below :)

»Why is it green?

Avocado (noun): a pear-shaped fruit with a rough leathery skin, smooth oily edible flesh, and a large stone.

A large stone? Ha, I never knew that was a term sometimes used for a hard seed in cherry, plum, peach and some other fruits (apparently avocado).

Enough of that, let's get to the good part. 

The recipe!

»Crust:

› 1/2 cup Pine Nuts

› 1/4 cup Cashews

› 1 tbsp Coconut Oil

› 1/2 tbsp Raw Honey

»Filling:

› 1 1/2 Avocado 

› 1/4 tsp Lemon Peel

› 1 Large Lemon (or 2 small lemons)

› 1 1/2 tbsp Raw Honey

Okay, so I know that "1/2 tablespoon" is kind of a weird measurement. But that's how I measured the honey. The honey that I use is Raw Honey by Honey Gardens. It is the only honey that we'll use. I know the owner. It is actually the only honey that my husband is able to eat. He would eat other honey (that has been heated and processed) and his throat would get itchy and irritated. 

Also, please note that you can adjust the recipes to suit your individual preferences, for example less lemon, or more sweetener etc. I made the recipe on a whim, so you may want to double the crust recipe to make a thicker crust.

-heather

Easy Cucumber Soup

This soup is very easy to make and requires minimal effort and time. It can be devoured alone or with seed crackers. You could also eat it along side a nice greens salad. I made it yesterday, and because of the lemon juice, any left overs can be kept and enjoyed the next day as well.

I tossed the ingredients into my vitamix without peeling the cucumber. Because the vitamix liquifies everything, peels can be left on. If you are using a regular blender, you may want to peel the cucumber.

Recipe:
from Alissa Cohen's book: Living on Live Food

1 Avocado
1 Cucumber
4 tbs Dill
2 tsp Lemon Juice
1/2 tsp Salt
** 1/4tsp to 1/2tsp Onion Powder

**I felt inspired to add a bit of onion powder, however this is optional. Unfortunately, I did not measure that amount that I put in so I had to guess. If you feel intrigued to put onion powder, I would recommend starting out with 1/4tsp and adapt to your own preferred taste.



-heather