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    • Vegan Strawberry Ice Cream Cups (vegan=no dairy=a good thing.)

      Posted at 8:00 pm by myfoodiecall
      Feb 18th

      Today feels like Spring. Sorry Northeast, it feels like Spring down here. Anyhow, this weather calls for a cold, sweet and creamy dessert.

      creamy and dramy

      Cute, frozen, and strawberry. 

      Vegan Strawberry Ice Cream Cups

      Ingredients

      • 2 cans full fat coconut milk
      • 12 oz bag frozen strawberries (about 1 pound)
      • 3/4 cup agave nectar
      • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
      • 5 oz plastic cups

      Directions

      Place all ingredients into a blender and blend until smooth and creamy. Pour into 5 oz cups and place in the freezer for 2-2 1/2 hours depending on how frozen you want it (and how patient you can be.)

      Enjoy!

      Enjoy!

      Posted in Random stuff | Tagged coconut, strawberry, vegan
    • An easy, 4-ingredient Edamame and Brown Rice Bowl

      Posted at 8:00 pm by myfoodiecall
      Feb 16th
      an easy

      Super fast.

      You could even bring some to work.

      You could even bring some to work.

      Make your co-workers jealous. They'll peer over your shoulder and say, "Hey, whats you got there????"

      Make your co-workers jealous. They’ll peer over your shoulder and say, “Hey, what you got there????”

      Let’s see how this works…

      Here are your 4 ingredients

      Here are your 4 ingredients

      Cook your rice. I went the easy route and got the 3 pack of microwavable brown rice from Trader Joes. More time? Do it the old fashion way.

      Cook your rice.

      Mix in your shredded carrots and fully thawed edamame.

      Mix in your shredded carrots and fully thawed edamame.

      Add your tamari (or soy sauce) and mix well.

      Add your tamari (or soy sauce) and mix well.

      and done...

      and done…

      Easy, 4-ingredient Brown Rice bowl

      Ingredients

      • 30 oz cooked brown rice (Plain. I cooked and used 3 bags frozen rice, 10 oz each)
      • 1-10 oz bag shredded carrots
      • 1-14 oz bag shelled soybeans (edamame, same thing…just don’t get the ones in their pods!)
      • 1/2-3/4 cup tamari or low-sodium soy sauce (to taste)

      Directions

      1) Mix all ingredients together.

      ***Hide the bags and then tell the family you shredded the carrots and shelled the edamame by hand so they think you slaved for hours.***

      Posted in Random stuff | Tagged brown rice, carrots
    • Whole Wheat Mini Pitas with Spinach and Artichoke

      Posted at 8:00 pm by myfoodiecall
      Feb 14th
      Can be an appetizer or a meal. We made it into a meal one night because I never got around to making the soup. Whoopsie.

      Spinach and Artichoke Mini Pitas. (Whole wheat too. Woo hoo.)

      Would your family freak if they saw a green topping like this?

      What’s with kids, green foods, and their fight or flight response??

      Is it because they know that greens equate to health?  Is their scrunched up rejection face their body’s emergency response? “Reject green food no matter what the heck it tastes like…”

      On this particular night I just got the eye roll as we sat down.

      No actual complaints. Shocker.

      Shocking, but these were devoured. Even my pickiest child ate this (who shall remain nameless...)

      In short: These were devoured. I am as shocked to write this now as I was on that night. Even my pickiest child ate several of these.

      See below.

      This dip is pretty versatile. Read what I did below.

      Whole Wheat Mini Pitas with Spinach and Artichoke

      Inspired by the Creamy Spinach and Artichoke Dip Recipe in Cooking with Trader Joe’s

      Ingredients

      • 1-16 oz bag frozen chopped spinach, thawed and excess liquid squeezed out
      • 1 can artichoke hearts, drained and fine chopped
      • 1-8oz container vegan cream cheese (or light cream cheese if you do not need for it to be vegan)
      • 1 Tbsp lemon juice
      • 1 tsp garlic powder
      • 1/8 tsp sea salt
      • 2-3 packages whole wheat mini pita breads

      Directions

      1) Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

      2) Add all ingredients to your food processor bowl and pulse until desired consistency. (I blended this up pretty good because this family does not do chunky.)

      3) Arrange your mini pitas on a prepared baking sheet.

      4) Spread dip on each pita. Bake for 20 minutes.

      5) Repeat with the rest of your pitas or save the dip for future use (a veggie dip, a spread for your sandwich, thin it out for an awesome salad dressing???)

      Posted in Random stuff | Tagged spinach, vegan, whole wheat
    • Make friends with…Kale, (and an Apple Kale Salad recipe).

      Posted at 8:00 pm by myfoodiecall
      Feb 12th

      Kale. This one seemed pretty obvious to me. I guess I live in my green bubble and assume that people have evolved beyond iceberg lettuce (not hating, promise)…but I have learned that sometimes good nutrition needs to be taught and learned several times for it to really stick. Although I have mentioned kale and its’ benefits several 1000 times, my apologies, because here I go again, preaching up a kale storm. Sorry, but not sorry, but I feel like this should be said again and again and again….

      So.

      Kale, are you eating it? Is kale in your meal rotation?  Yes, vitamin A, C, K, but it’s the calcium that you should care about. Did you know that the body only absorbs about 32 percent of the calcium in cow’s milk?  Greens are somewhere in the 40-64 percent range, depending on the green. That’s something to pay attention to.

      Source?

      http://www.pcrm.org/health/health-topics/preventing-and-reversing-osteoporosis

      yup

      yup,meet your BFF.

      Until the next superfood…

      Apple Kale Salad

      Apple Kale Salad. See below and get choppin.

      Apple Kale Salad with Tahini Dressing

      Modified from Oh She Glows http://ohsheglows.com/2011/06/17/weekend-glow-kale-salad/

      Salad Ingredients:

      • 1- 10 oz bag organic chopped kale
      • 1/2 cup finely chopped red onion
      • 1 cup chopped cucumber (2 cups chopped halves)
      • 1 organic apple, fine chopped
      • 1 avocado, cubed
      • 1/2 cup chopped cashew

      Directions:

      1. Add kale, onion, cucumber,  and apple to a large mixing bowl.

      1. Add dressing to mixing bowl and distribute well. ***See recipe below***
      2. Place bowl in fridge for 30-60 minutes.
      3. When ready to eat, add chopped avocado and cashew and mix well.

      Dressing Ingredients:

      • 1/4 cup tahini
      • 2 garlic cloves, minced
      • juice of 2 lemons
      • 1/4 cup nutritional yeast flakes
      • 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
      • 1 tsp sea salt
      • 2-3 tbsp water

      Add all ingredients to your food processor and process until smooth.

      That's the stuff. Own it, love it, breathe it. Okay, I'll skip the dramatics, just eat it.

      That’s the stuff. Buy it, love it, breathe it.

      Okay, I'll skip the dramatics, just eat it.

      Okay, I’ll skip the dramatics, just eat it.

      Posted in Make friends with..., Salads, Soups, and Sides
    • Grocery shopping… Have you been paying attention?

      Posted at 9:33 pm by myfoodiecall
      Feb 10th

      Hi all!

      So this is ME checking in with YOU to see if you have been duped this week in your quest for health. Remember this post? In short, I was trying to get you to shop consciously and not fall prey to those wellness claims. Fancy advertising promising health inside of a margarine container? I think not.

      This company is throwing every health claim at you at once. I'll get my Omega 3's elsewhere, thank you very much.

       I’ll get my Omega 3’s elsewhere, thank you very much.

      Surely you all have been shopping in the past week. Did anyone pay attention? Anything to report?

      Well, regardless of whether or not you are ignoring me…

      This caught my eye the other day.

      Gluten free? They may as well be named "scam brownies".

      Gluten free? Sorry gluten free lovers out there, but this can be such a scam.

      Yah, let's elminate gluten and add a ton of sugar...that's the ticket to health.

      Yah, let’s eliminate gluten and add a ton of sugar to the package…that’s the ticket to health.

       Here is another example of trickery masked as a vegetable…

      "Ooooh sweet potatoes. Those are the good potatoes. I'll buy these," says unsuspecting consumer.

      Unsuspecting consumer says, “Ooooh.. sweet potatoes. Those are the good ones. I’ll buy these muffins because I heard that I should be eating more sweet potatoes from the Dr. Oz show.”

      Do you see any sweet potato in this list?

      Do you see any sweet potato in this list? There is some, but in miniscule amounts. Squint your eyes a bit and it’s in the middle of those ingredients listed as sweet potato powder. hmmm….not feeling the veggie in this thing.

      What did you find??

      To close, I’ll leave you with a quick video that is witty and does an awesome job on false advertising and the words “all natural.”

      Hate videos?

      Just watch okay? It’s only 4 minutes, you can get back to your Facebooking in a second.

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AftZshnP8fs

      Posted in Random stuff, Small changes
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