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SPINACH AND RADISH SALAD WITH ROASTED CHICKPEAS AND TAHINI DRESSING

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Heyaaa. Check out this sexy salad over here. It’s got everything you ever wished for in a salad. It’s fresh, healthy, zesty, spicy, crunchy, colorful, minty, delicious, aaand pretty. Cuz’ we like our food pretty, don’t we? 😎

The spiciness it’s not a must of you’re not into all that. Just skip the “make it rain with chili flakes all over the place” step. Also, if fresh mint is not available, you can replace it with fresh basil. If none are available, replace with dried mint, but cut down the quantity by half.

I usually pan roast the chick peas when I use them for salads. It just cuts down the cooking time. However, you can oven roast them by drying out the chick peas, tossing them with olive oil and salt, and baking them 200 degrees C/400 degrees F for 30-40 minutes, or until golden. Toss them around every 10 minutes. Don’t use spices before placing them into the oven, as they have a big chance of burning. Instead, mix them with spices after they’re roasted. They make an awesome snack on their own.

So you’ll get a healthy, heavenly, delicious salad in about 25 minutes. Also, per portion, you’ll get 70 mg of vitamin C, 203 mg of Calcium, 21207 IU of vitamin A, 285 µg of folate, 223 mg of phosphorus, 133 mg of magnesium, and 2.2 mg of manganese. Healthy AF ✅. Full recipe and nutritional info below ⤵️

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SPINACH AND RADISH SALAD WITH ROASTED CHICKPEAS AND TAHINI DRESSING
 
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Recipe type: Salad, Main
Serves: 2
Ingredients
  • 200 gr/ 1 cup fresh baby spinach
  • 240 gr/ 1¼ cups canned chickpeas (garbanzo beans), rinsed and drained
  • 10 medium red radishes, sliced thinly
  • 10 cherry tomatoes, cut quarters
  • ½ tsp orange zest
  • 2 tsp tahini paste
  • fresh orange juice from one small-medium orange
  • 1½ tsp apple cider
  • 1 tsp fresh mint leaves, or more if preferred, chopped
  • ½ tsp dried chili flakes, or more if preferred
  • salt
  • pepper
Instructions
  1. Heat up a skillet on medium heat, add 1 tbsp of olive oil, then add the chickpeas. Roast them 10-15 minutes or until golden, tossing them frequently. Just before turning off the heat, season with salt, pepper, and orange zest.
  2. To make the dressing, mix 2 tsp tahini with the juice of one small-medium orange, one tsp at a time, 1½ tsp apple cider, and a pinch of salt. The consistency should be creamy, a little liquidy.
  3. In a medium plate or bowl, add spinach, sliced radishes, quartered cherry tomatoes, and roasted chickpeas. Season with salt to taste.
  4. Dress salad with tahini dressing and sprinkle with fresh mint and dried chili flakes.
  5. Serve as main or as a side dish.
Nutrition Information
Calories: 320 Fat: 13.3 g Saturated fat: 1.7 g Unsaturated fat: 7.8 g Carbohydrates: 10.2 g Sugar: 11 g Sodium: 410 mg Fiber: 12.6 g Protein: 14 g Cholesterol: 0 g

 

PEANUT BUTTER CRANBERRY NO-BAKE COOKIES

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Brace yourselves for this peanut butter-y, tender, smooth, outrageously delicious bliss. It’s a simple no-bake cookie recipe, with only 5 ingredients and requires only 10 minutes to be prepared. It involves peanut butter, oats, cranberries, vanilla and some maple syrup or honey, according to diet type. However, agave nectar or coconut nectar are good alternatives as well.  If dried cranberries are not available, replace with dried cherries or dried sour cherries.

It’s up to you if you wanna leave them round or flatten them and call them cookies. They’re gonna taste just as amazing! 🏆

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PEANUT BUTTER CRANBERRY NO-BAKE COOKIES
 
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Recipe type: Snack, Dessert
Serves: 28
Ingredients
  • 200 g/ ¾ cups smooth peanut butter
  • 3 tbsp maple syrup or honey for non vegan option
  • 170 g/ 1¾ rolled oats
  • 60 g/ ½ cups dried cranberries
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
  1. In a medium bowl, add peanut butter and honey/maple syrup.
  2. If needed, microwave the peanut butter and honey/maple syrup for 20 seconds to make them easier to mix with the other ingredients.
  3. Add vanilla extract to bowl, rolled oats, and dried cranberries. Mix all ingredients until oats are coated. If texture is too dry, add 1-2 tablespoons of water.
  4. Spoon out 1 full teaspoon of cookie batter and form a ball. Leave it as it is or press it with a fork or with a thumb to create cookie form.
  5. Refrigerate or serve at room temperature.
Nutrition Information
Serving size: 1 Calories: 77 Fat: 4 g Saturated fat: 0.7 g Unsaturated fat: 2.9 g Carbohydrates: 8.7 g Sugar: 3.5 g Sodium: 1.8 mg Fiber: 1.2 g Protein: 2.6 g Cholesterol: 0 g

 

 

BROWN RICE WITH BELL PEPPERS AND SWEET CORN

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You guuuys, this is so fast to make and sooo good 🙆. Serve warm or chill for 1 hour to get flavors blended. If green or yellow bell peppers are not available, you can use only red bell peppers and it’s still gonna be 👌. Per dish, you’ll get 11599 IU of Vitamin A, 461 mg of Vitamin C, 84 mg of Calcium, 245 µg of Folate, 10.2 mg of Niacin and 243 mg of Magnesium🌱🎉.

Full recipe and nutritional info below ⤵️

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BROWN RICE WITH BELL PEPPERS AND SWEET CORN
 
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Recipe type: Side-dish
Serves: 4
Ingredients
  • 200 gr/1 cup uncooked brown rice
  • 300 gr/2 cups mixed red, yellow and green bell peppers, or three small-medium, diced
  • 170 gr/ 1 cup sweet corn
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 3 tbsp red onion, diced
  • 2 tbsp fresh parsley, chopped
  • Salt
  • Pepper
  • Spring onion, optional
Instructions
  1. Cook brown rice following directions on package.
  2. Drop 2 tbsp of olive oil into skillet and add diced peppers and sweet corn. Cook for 3 minutes on medium heat and season with salt and pepper.
  3. In a bowl, mix brown rice with bell peppers, sweet corn, diced red onion, chopped parsley and season again with salt and pepper.
  4. Serve warm or chilled for at least one hour.
Nutrition Information
Calories: 203 Fat: 5.1 g Saturated fat: 0.75 g Unsaturated fat: 3.95 g Carbohydrates: 35 g Sugar: 4 g Fiber: 3.77 g Protein: 4.3 g Cholesterol: 0

 

ROASTED SPICY CAULIFLOWER

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I’m spicing things up 🌶🙆🏼 starting this sexy-looking cauliflower over here. It’s so easy to make, and done in no time! So get your oven heated up and spices ready cuz it’s roasted spicy cauliflower time 🎉.

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Spicy Roasted Cauliflower
 
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Serves: 3
Ingredients
  • • 400 g cauliflower florets, fresh or frozen and thawed
  • • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • • 1 garlic clove, minced
  • • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • • 1 tsp red spicy curry powder for medium spiciness or 2 tsp for increased spiciness
  • • 1 tsp cajun
  • • Salt to taste
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven at 200 degrees C/392 degrees F.
  2. Cut the cauliflower florets in bite size pieces.
  3. In a large bowl add olive oil, minced garlic, garlic powder, curry powder, cajun and salt. Mix olive oil and spices.
  4. Add cauliflower florets into the bowl and toss with two spoons until well coated with spices.
  5. Spread florets on baking sheet and bake at 25-30 minutes or until golden.
  6. Serve as warm side dish or cold snack.
Nutrition Information
Calories: 112 Fat: 9.7 g Saturated fat: 1.3 g Unsaturated fat: 7.9 g Carbohydrates: 5.8 g Fiber: 3.5 g Protein: 2.5 g Cholesterol: 0 g

 

VEGAN VANILLA RICE PUDDING WITH CARAMELIZED MANGO

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You probably noticed I’m into caramelizing stuff these days. Caramelized food it’s just so darn good 🙆.

This is some really freaking divine dessert, you guys! So you like your desserts cold? This is the one for you. You like your desserts sizzling hot? What do you know?! Just as delightful. There’s caramelized mango involved, vanilla flavored rice pudding, and some citruses joined the party as well.

If almond milk is not available, soy milk and rice milk are good vegan substitutes. Cow milk is also a good substitute as a non-vegan alternative. Peaches, apples, and forest fruits make good substitutes for mangoes. I advise on using a quality non-stick saucepan for the rice pudding to avoid burning the rice and avoid having an anxiety attack from walking away from the saucepan for more than 5 seconds. Rice pudding does that to you sometimes 😯 🏃 .

Full recipe and nutritional info below ⤵️

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VEGAN VANILLA RICE PUDDING WITH CARAMELIZED MANGO
 
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Recipe type: Dessert
Serves: 3
Ingredients
  • For the rice pudding
  • • 400 ml almond milk
  • • 150 ml water
  • • 120 g white round rice, rinsed
  • • 1 vanilla stick
  • • 2 tbsp sugar
  • • 1 tsp lemon zest
  • For the caramelized mango
  • • 1 large semi-ripe mango, cubed
  • • 3 tbsp Muscovado sugar, or other brown sugar
  • • 1 tbsp water
  • • 1 tbsp lemon juice
  • • ½ tsp orange zest
  • • ½ tsp vanilla extract
  • • ¼ tsp fine grain sea salt
  • • 1 tsp lime zest, optional
Instructions
  1. In a medium non-stick saucepan pour the milk, the water, then add vanilla seeds, sugar and lemon zest. Leave on small heat until bubbly, for 3-4 minutes.
  2. Add rice and stir. Leave on small-medium heat stirring occasionally. Cook for 20-25 minutes or until rice had fully softened and absorbed liquid. If necessary, add more milk or water.
  3. Chop mangoes in 2cm/0.8in squares.
  4. In a medium pan or skillet, add 3 tablespoons of muscovado sugar, 1 tablespoons water, 1 tablespoon lemon juice, orange zest, vanilla extract and salt. Place on small heat and stir until bubbly, for 1-2 minutes and add chopped mangoes. Toss mangoes and cook until liquid evaporated, for 2-3 minutes.
  5. Serve rice pudding and caramelized chilled for 1 hour or immediately.
Nutrition Information
Calories: 194 Fat: 1.3 g Saturated fat: 0.1 g Unsaturated fat: 0.93 g Carbohydrates: 45 g Sugar: 1.3 g Sodium: 58 mg Fiber: 1.6 g Protein: 1.93 g Cholesterol: 0.0 g