Yesterday, my friend Sara posted this on Facebook:
"Recipes please: healthy main courses that are heavy on the vegetables, preferably vegetarian and easy. I'm getting bored of basic stir-fry with soy sauce."
At first I suggested Cara's Vegan Gluten-Free Mac and Cheese, but Sara wanted something that "has more veggies and doesn't require a trip to Whole Foods." After a bit of detective work, I stumbled upon this recipe for Layered Raw Taco Salad from Oh She Glows. However, since Angela's salad recipe (printable version HERE) still requires some specialty items, I tweaked it so that it would only include foods that are available in any supermarket.
-♥ J :)
P.S. If you are ever looking for fun, innovative vegan recipes, Oh She Glows is where it's at. Angela has recipes for everything under sun!
Easy-Peasy Taco Salad
Ingredients:
mixed greens
guacamole (Trader Joe's sells a ready made version. You could also substitute avocado slices if you prefer.)
salsa
1 can black beans
2 cups quinoa
1/2 cup chopped tomato
1/2 cup chopped red onion
1/4 cup green onion
lemon
Directions:
- Cook quinoa according to package instructions.
- Mix black beans, chopped tomato, red and green onion in with quinoa.
- Fold in the juice of one lemon and set aside.
- In a separate bowl, layer guacamole over mixed greens.
- Add scoop of quinoa mixture on top of guacamole.
- Drizzle w/ salsa and garnish w/ organic tortilla chips.
Has anyone out there ever tried to make their own kale chips?? I was out to dinner with my friend Samantha a couple of weeks ago and she swore by them. She said kale chips were super easy to make and they always turned out great. To me, the whole idea seems like a lot of work for not that much food. What do you think?? Are kale chips worth it?? This delicious looking recipe for Sundried Tomato Cheezy Kale Chips from Oh She Glows makes a pretty convincing argument in favor of chip making. In the recipe, Angela uses a food dehydrator, but I'm pretty sure you could use an oven instead.
-♥ J :)
P.S. Have a favorite recipe or kale tale you would like to share?? Hop on over to the Happy Healthy Belly Facebook page and post your story. I would love to hear from you!
I love pesto.
Last night I tried to make a vegan version for my brown rice spinach pasta, but it turned out more like a fluffy green sauce. It was very yummy, but definitely not pesto. While I go back to the drawing board on that one, take a peek at this pesto made by Angela of Oh She Glows. It's oil-free, made with navy beans(!) and completely vegan. Hmmmm….I'll be dreaming about it all day.
-♥ J :)
