Veggie Fries !

Veggie Fries ! 

Ingredients: 

• Carrots
• Turnips 
• Honey
• Salt & Pepper
• Canola Oil

Start: 

1. Cut up carrots and turnips into slices
2. Spread on cookie sheet
3. Drizzle canola oil and honey over veggies and mix it up
4. Sprinkle salt and pepper
5. Cook on 375 degrees for 20 or so minutes, until golden brown

Enjoy Hot! 

Sausage and Kale Soup

Sausage Kale Vegetable Soup with Fennel

I pretty much took lots of veggies from my fridge and threw them in a pot - you can take my ideas and run with it! Please feel free to add/subtract from the list below, but please keep the sausage, kale, onion, garlic. I just chopped up an equal amount of every veggie in the list :)

Ingredients:

• Italian Sausage - pork or chicken / spicy
• Kale
• Fennel Bulb
• Onion
• Garlic
• Carrots
• Celery 
• Brussel Sprouts
• Potatoes
• Chicken Broth
• Fennel Seeds
• Oregano
• Thyme
• Sage
• Parsley
• Red Pepper flakes
• Salt & Pepper 

Start: 

1. Place 2-3 sausages in a pan and cover on medium heat. Turn over when it starts cooking well. 
2. Chop up all veggies and place in pot, start cooking with some oil. 
3. Add chicken broth to mix once it is hot and has started to soften a little. 
4. Sprinkle all seasonings into soup mixture. 
5. Cook on medium for a little while - 10-15 minutes, or until all veggies are tender. 
6. Chop up cooked sausages into small pieces and place in soup broth with veggies. 
7. Cook for another 5 or so minutes to mix flavors together. 
8. Serve hot - you are done! This was too easy, and very flavorful. I ate it as a meal! 

Salsa Verde!

My Salsa Verde!

Ingredients:

• Tomatillos (the green ones at the store with the sheath around them)
• A handfull of fresh garlic cloves
• 1/2 - 1 sweet onion
• Fresh cilantro
• 1-3 Serrano peppers
• 1-2 Jalapenos  
• Lime
• Olive oil
• Salt & pepper

 Start:

• Take the husk off of the tomatillos, cut each one in half, and place on a pan, start cooking on low/medium
• Cook tomatillos, flip the halves until soft, then place in blender
• Chop up fresh garlic and onions, and saute them in olive oil until golden, then place in blender
•  Chop up fresh serrano peppers, jalapenos, and some cilantro - place in blender
• Squeeze a whole lime in the blender
• Add salt & pepper and blend everything together

Taste it!? Is it good!? If it isn't fix it! It has to be the best! haha

Vegan Mac & Cheese

Baked Vegan Mac & Cheese!!!

Ingredients:

• Pasta of your choice - I chose pin wheels, macaroni is good too :)
• 2.5 cups Vegetable Broth
• 0.5 cup Coconut Milk
• 2 cups of Raw Cashews - soaked in water for 4-8 hours
• 1/2 Yellow Onion
• 5 Garlic Cloves
• 2 Tbsp. Corn Starch
• Small Can (4oz) Green Chilies
• Chili Powder
• Turmeric
• Cayenne Pepper
• Paprika
• Mustard seed or powder
• Cilantro
• Salt & Pepper
• Bread Crumbs for topping when broil
• Broccoli and Cauliflower (optional)

Start:

1. Cook the onion and garlic in a pan with some olive oil until transparent
2. Boil Pasta al dente while you set everything up - then spread out in a cast iron skillet
3. On the side, you can cook up small pieces of broccoli and cauliflower in a pan with some olive oil, a little bit of the sauce you just made and a small amount of water
4. Put everything in a blender: cooked onion & garlic, vegetable broth, soaked cashews, coconut milk, corn starch, green chilies, chili powder, turmeric, cayenne pepper, paprika, mustard seed, salt & pepper - liquefy the sauce
5. Pour sauce over pasta in the cast iron skillet and sprinkle bread crumbs over the pasta
6. Place in oven on broil for 2-4 minutes, or until breading looks toasted
7. Serve Vegan Mac & Cheese HOT and mix in broccoli and cauliflower if interested!

Arroz con Pollo

Arroz con Pollo - crock pot slow cooking

Ingredients: 6 servings
Prep time: 15 minutes
Cooking time 6-8 hours

• Chicken Legs / Drumsticks (2 pounds) 
• Rice
• 3 medium Red Potatoes
• 1 whole Sweet Onion
• 2 red bell Peppers
• 1.5 cups of Red Wine for cooking
• Couple Tbsp. Olive Oil
• 5-6 cloves of Garlic
• Coriander
• Cumin
• Paprika
• Oregano
• Turmeric
• Cilantro
• Garlic powder
• Salt & Pepper

Start: 

1. Rub chicken with coriander, cumin, paprika, turmeric, Oregano, garlic powder, salt & pepper
2. Place chicken on bottom on crock pot 
3. Cut up red potatoes and spread out on top of the chicken
4. Blend onion, red bell peppers, red wine, olive oil, garlic cloves in a blender to make sauce
5. Pour over potatoes and chicken
6. Add fresh cilantro on top 
7. Cook on the low setting on the crock pot for 6-8 hours or until the meat falls off of the bone
8. Serve over rice 

Veggie Pasta Primavera !

Veggie Pasta Primavera !
SOOOOO GOOOOOOD!!!!

Ingredients:

• Pasta! Or make your own! (http://mycookingisamazing.blogspot.com/2012/09/my-homemade-pasta.html)
• Red or orange pepper
• 1/2 onion
• Garlic cloves
• Some asparagus 
• 1 can of chopped tomatoes (12 oz.)
• Cooking white wine
• Olive oil
• Lemon 
• Chives
• Parsley
• Oregano
• Basil
• Salt & Pepper

Start:

1. Pour some olive oil and cooking white wine in a pan
2. Peel and smash a handful of garlic cloves
3. Cut up an orange or red pepper and 1/2 an onion 
4. Put the peppers in the pan and cook part way on medium heat
5. Add the asparagus, onion, and garlic and continue stirring and cooking until onions become clear and the other veggies are cooked... 
6.  Boil pasta on the side in salted water
7. Sprinkle a little bit of all seasonings listed above
8. Generously squeeze half a lemon into sauce
9. Once everything is cooked, add 12 oz. can of chopped tomatoes and broth
10. Heat until bubbly and serve hot!
11. Add Parmesan cheese to top it off! 

White Bean Hummus !!

White Bean Hummus !

Ingredients:

• 12oz can of white beans 
• Avocado oil (or olive oil)
• Fresh Lemon
• Sesame seeds
• Sesame oil
• Cumin
• Salt & Pepper
• Parsley
• Cayenne pepper

Start:

1. Drain beans, Rinse beans, Pour beans in food processor
2. Pour in a generous amount of Avocado oil (more than you think)
3. Pour in a little bit of sesame oil and sprinkle a little bit of sesame seeds
4. Squeeze all the juice out of half a lemon
5. Sprinkle in the rest of the seasonings - cumin, parsley, cayenne pepper, salt & pepper
6. Mix well. You might need to add more avocado oil

EAT!! Dip pita, carrots, spinach, snap peas, whatever! ENJOY! 

Southern Okra Soup

Southern Okra Soup - In a Homemade Beef Broth!

Ingredients:

• 1.5 pounds of beef shank on the bone and bone marrow (preferably some meat on it as well)
• 2 pounds of okra
• 1/2 onion
• 2 large carrots
• 2 celery sticks
• 1 can of chopped tomatoes (12 oz)
• 1 whole garlic cluster 
• paprika
• sage
• oregano
• parsley
• sugar
• salt & pepper

Follow the steps below:

1. Begin by covering the beef shank on the bone with salted water (this will be your broth for the soup, so you want to start off with just enough water, not too much, you can always add more later if the both has too much flavor) 
2. Boil beef shank in the salted water for an hour to an hour-in-a-half until the meat becomes somewhat tender
3. Chop up carrots, onion, celery, and smash the garlic 
4. Place all veggies MINUS the okra into the pot of boiling water (with beef shank). You will add the okra at the last minute because they cook quickly
5. Pour can of chopped tomatoes in with the fresh veggies and bring to a low boil.
6. Sprinkle in the oregano, parsley, sage, sugar, pepper, and paprika to desired amount. 
7. You will need so much salt to make good tasting broth. If it doesn't taste like much, add more salt. 
8. Cook until veggies are tender. 
9. Add in the okra 15 -20 minutes before you are ready to serve the soup. Serve when okra is tender. 
10. You might need to add more salt once placed into smaller bowls. 
11. Eat up!