"What Ever You Have" Curry

It's been 'slim pickins' with the foods that are left in my pantry and the last thing I actually bought was (canned) lite coconut milk so I knew I could get away with some sort of curry.  

I like to call this my "What Ever You Have" Curry

If you are anything like me - it's all about the curry sauce or broth that can make it or break it and I knew I was CRAVING a savory one so here is what's in this version - this time around...

1 can of Organic Light Coconut Milk

2 T Coconut Oil

3 to 4 Tomatoes, Diced

1 t Minced Onion

1 T Minced Garlic

1 t Garam Masala

1 t Curry Powder

1 t Turmeric

1/4 t Cumin

1 t Lemon Juice

Pink or Black Himalayan Sea Salt to taste

2 t Coconut Flour

About 6 or 7 Mini Red, Orange, Yellow Bell Peppers, Diced

About 1 Pound of Broccoli

About 1/2 C Corn

Smoked Paprika to taste

This 'hit the spot' and I will be doing variations of this recipe again very soon!

Thrown Together Veggie Curry

Nothing overly exciting happening this week in the kitchen - sorry folks!  I've had a bunch of volunteer stuff going on and busy at work, too!  But one of the things I have been eating a lot of lately is home made veggie curry that is vegan and literally thrown together!  I can't even tell you what the ratios of ingredients were - again, sorry!

What I can tell you is what I threw in!  This veggie curry contains coconut milk, Earth Balance, Cashews, Spinach, Peas, Chickpeas, Tomatoes, Tomato Paste, various spices, etc.  This made a HUGE HUGE HUGE batch!  I ate leftovers for 3 meals AND froze a large container and just finished that up a few days ago.  It was tasty!

I have been doing a lot of loaded vegan nachos as a meal lately, too!  This time of year I tend to get bored with food whether it be because it's hard to find good quality fresh produce and/or because I suffer from Winter Blues...that is yet to be determined.  It's probably a little bit of both!

Green Mango & Coconut Milk Smoothie & Mini Goals

Happy Friday!  I have a quick smoothie recipe for you today!  It was my breakfast-on-the-go!  It only has 3 ingredients!

2 C Frozen Mangos
1.5 C Coconut Milk
1 Scoop Garden of Life's Yerba Mate Flavored Perfect Food^® RAW Energizer

Even tho this is a quick recipe today with minimal ingredients it's very good!  It's light and creamy and fluffy! A few more healthy tidbits about this recipe and product include...

·       Guayaki^® Yerba Mate, traditionally used for centuries to promote immediate energy and long term focus†

·       RAW Organic Peruvian Maca, harvested by hand, aged and sun dried to perfection, to support energy production as well as healthy, balanced hormones†

·       RAW Organic Pomegranate Juice and Cordyceps Mushrooms, long prized for providing the sustained energy you need to power through your busy day†

·       RAW Organic African Baobab, rich in minerals, especially magnesium, to promote the production of ATP—energy on the cellular level

If you are a regular to my site you might have read in the past that I randomly set mini goals for myself.  I would like to take this time to jot down a few more for the very near future.  I've already met my mini goals for getting back into smoothies as well as getting into dehydrating foods again as well as a few other things.  Here are a few things I have been slacking on lately that I want to jump back into!  I have done them in the past and enjoyed them - I just need to get back into them!

* Juicing

* Sprouting

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Social Weekend Hop

I NEED to get my Christmas Shopping DONE and I have to jump into preparing for Christmas Eve...we go to my husband's grandmothers where his extended family gets together.  We then hop over to my parents house where my sister, her husband, my mom and dad, Dale, and I gather as well as my husband's brother and girlfriend.  Then the next day for Christmas we kind of do the same thing in reverse...we go to my parents house and it's the same 8 of us THEN we go back to his grandmother's house for his family's Christmas...his mom and step father, his grandmother, his brother and his girlfriend, Dale, and I.  For Christmas Eve BOTH places have munchies...so...I have to jump on a few things to bring!  I will do at least 1 or 2 dips and maybe a bean salad, not completely sure, yet.  Dale thinks I should bring the Buffalo Cauliflower Wings I posted about earlier this week!  I still might.  Then for Christmas Morning - my father takes pride in his traditional MASSIVE Omelet.  Of course, this is the 2nd year I will not be consuming.  It's become a tradition that I make the cheesy grits as well...last year I did some for myself with vegan cheese.  It smelled kind of funky but they tasted really good.  So, YEAH...sorry for the ramble, but I'm in the planning stages and that will be a mini goal for the near future, too!  I have totally been in research mode, as well!  I've been learning about new products and processes as well as new-to-me world foods and new sites!  I hope to share those with you all, soon, too!  What have you been up to!?

 

Coconut Kale & Chickpea

Last night I made a HUGE batch of this for lunches for the rest of the week and it turned out pretty good.  It's not all that spicy like more of the curry-like things I have made but the flavor is tasty, regardless.

In this dish I have the following:

1 Can of Coconut Milk

4 C Chickpeas

3 C Diced Tomatoes

1 Small Onion

4 T Minced Garlic

2 tea Ginger Powder

1/2 Bunch of Baby Kale

 2 T Coconut Secret Coconut Nectar

1/2 tea Turmeric

1 tea Cinnamon

I'm going to be trying various sauces in the near future - some curry, some sweet, some maybe even sweet and sour.  Another project I have for Christmas Eve is vegan dips for all to enjoy!  And of course I will have many more Dehydrator Posts planned for this week, too!  Stay Tuned!

Creamy Vegan Gnocchi Sauce

It's been a LONG time since I last had Gnocchi.  I decided to have some the other night because it's super fast to make.  To go along with it I added some peas and made a very quick and creamy vegan sauce. 

I started by melting less than a 1/4 C of Earth Balance.  I then added about a 1/2 C of Coconut Milk.  I took a few Walnuts and put them in my Grinder to make a powder.  Added a dribble of Wildtree's Basil Pesto Grapeseed Oil (not very much at all).  Then put about a teaspoon of GoL's Wheatgrass Perfect Food - all in my Ninja and made this sauce. 

It worked really well.  I was surprised that is was so creamy and even a bit thick without even adding a 'thickener.'

Next I would like to really try and a thicker Pesto Sauce that is more green using GoL Wheatgrass as well!  I hope to do that next week if all goes as planned.  I'm thinking about using Walnuts for that pesto instead of Pine Nuts, too!

Granola Mix, Ethiopian Potatoes, Radish Sprouts, and Such!

 I don't usually add 'milk' to my Granola.  I like to eat it dry.  But I have a bunch of Coconut Milk I have to use and thought I would try it yesterday.  I have also been buying and mixing Granola like it's 'The End Times' so I decided to mix one of the Peanut Butter Granola's in with a Dark Chocolate Granola AND add a bit of Grape Nuts into the mix and here is what I came up with!  It was quite nice.  Super filling and CRAZY nutritious! 

 Ethiopian Potato Salad.  Yup!  I've started to make-good on my personal goals and make foods from other parts of the world.  This is my first attempt!  Here's what it has - super easy - full of flavor!

1 pound of potatoes (cooked)
2 T Basil Pesto Grapeseed Oil
Wildtree Onion & Chive Blend to taste (I used maybe 3 T)
1-2 T Lemon Juice
Parsley to your liking
Jalapeno (Optional)

 Last night I really didn't know what to have for dinner and I needed to use some sprouts as well as one of my Avocados!  So I did an Avocado Mash on top of an "everything" bagel.  It's hard to see here but I added a few shakes of Wildtree Chipotle Hot Sauce inbetween that layer and the sprouts.  For the Sprouts I used Radish Sprouts!  I was very pleased with this portion of my meal - it was super awesome!

Yup!  I got home any my Radish Sprouts were ready!  Check these babies out!  Aren't they crazy-sexy-cool?

I decided to put my iPhone Macro to the test and I was glad I did.

I ended up finding a place online to order sprouts that accepts PayPal and placed a small order this morning.  I think I will save that post for when they come in!

Here's another look at my newly sprouted Radish Sprouts.

A few nutritional Benefits include: It is also a good source of Vitamin A, Thiamin, Riboflavin, Pantothenic Acid, Calcium, Iron and Copper, and a very good source of Vitamin C, Niacin, Vitamin B6, Folate, Magnesium, Phosphorus and Manganese.

Well, that's all for now but I have some more adventures on deck so stop back soon and have a GREAT DAY!