healthyvegetarianmeals:

Summer is around the corner and most of us are trying to whip our bodies into shape and have radiating beach skin. A great way to accomplish both of those goals just in time for that summer beach trip is to eat….CARROTS! Yes, eating carrots can not only boost your immune system, lower blood pressure, prevent heart disease, prevent cancer and improve eyesight it can also give you a more healthier and attractive complexion. To quote “Your body turns beta-carotene—the main carotenoid in orange carrots—into vitamin A in the body. A small carrot supplies nearly 300 percent of your daily intake of vitamin A (4,142 micrograms of beta-carotene), so one carrot a day could take you a long way toward that healthy glow you’re going for this spring.” In addition to providing clearer skin carrots also reduce wrinkles and help keep oily skin at bay. Recent studies have found that certain foods, like dairy products and high-glycemic items, can, indeed, set the stage for more oily skin. Vitamin A, is used in many facial products one being retinoids and tretinoin, which are used topical for oily skin. Eating carrots and foods with vitamin A will surely give your skin that summer glow. Omega-3 fatty acids help protect skin cells against sun-induced inflammation and help control how the body responds to UV rays, thereby preventing skin damage. Omega-3 fatty acids are mostly found in seafood but they’re also found in flaxseeds and seaweed, both of which are included in this recipe. Two tablespoons of whole flaxseed contains about 2.35 grams of ALA. So you can have the benefits of salmon with all plant based ingredients.

Veggie Smoked Salmon On Everything Bagel

Recipe Ingredients:

1. Bagel thins everything bagel or 100% whole wheat
   
2. 2 Carrots 
   
3. Bunch of chives
   
4. 1 garlic clove
   
5. Capers
   
6. Vegan cream cheese
   
7. 2 tbsp Gochujang Korean Chili Sauce
   
8. 1 cup of water 
   
9. ½ sheet nori seaweed
   
10. 1 tbsp lemon juice
    
11. ½ tbsp soy sauce
    
12. ½ tbsp apple cider vinegar 
    
13. 1 tbsp smoked paprika
    
14. 1 tbsp smoked alder salt or liquid smoke
    
15. Optional 2 tbsp of whole Flaxseed or drizzle flaxseed oil
    

Directions:
Thinly slice your carrots horizontally. Once your carrots are cut steam carrots in skillet on low heat for 10 minutes. While your carrots are steaming add the nori, soy sauce, lemon juice, apple cider vinegar, paprika, alder salt, water, garlic clove, and Gochujang Korean Chili Sauce in a blender and blend until all ingredients are watered down. The color of the mixture should be peachy or slightly red.

Once your carrots are done steaming stick a fork through one to make sure they’re soft. Put your carrots in a glass bowl and add the mixture. Put carrot mixture in the refrigerator and let the flavors marinate for at least an hour. The longer the better the flavor.

Add cream cheese (recipe for cream cheese HERE) and smoked carrot salmon, flaxseed, capers, chives and a squeeze of lemon juice on top!

Tokyo_CHOP—-

healthyvegetarianmeals:

We’ve already covered how versatile the cauliflower can be. Cauliflower can be made into mash potatoes, rice, pizza crust, steak, wings, in soups, pastas and salads. What we didn’t cover was how versatile our friend Mr. Garbanzo is. Garbanzo as in the chickpeas, we’ve included chickpeas/garbanzo beans in a few of our dishes. Garbanzo beans, often cooked in Mediterranean and Indian dishes is a very versatile legume. It can be used to make hummus, scramble it, add it to soups and bake it for a snack. It’s a great source of protein for us vegetarians/vegans. One cup of garbanzo beans has 39 grams of protein and it’s packed with nutrients! Today’s focus will be on garbanzo beans in it’s flour form. It serves as a healthier alternative to white flour for baked and fried dishes. This flour is different than the spelt flour we used on our cookies because garbanzo flour is gluten free. Garbanzo flour has less calories than white flour and provides more vitamin B-6, iron, magnesium, folate and potassium than coconut flour and its cohorts.

Nashville Hot Cauliflower Wings w/ Sweet potato fries

Sweet potato recipe Ingredients:

• 1 sweet potato 
  
• 1 tbs of olive oil
  
• ½ tsp garlic powder
  
• ¼ tsp of cloves
  
• 1 grind of cracked pepper 
  
• Sprinkle of sea salt
  

Cauliflower batter recipe Ingredients:

• 1 head of cauliflower 
  
• 1 cup garbanzo flour
  
• ¼ cup of water
  
• ¼ cup of veggie stock
  
• 1 tsp apple cider vinegar
  
• ½ tsp white pepper, onion powder and garlic
  
• ¼ celery salt
  

Cauliflower hot sauce recipe Ingredients:

• ½ cup Louisiana Hot Sauce
  
• 1 tbs ketchup
  
• ½ tsp garlic, smoked paprika, cayenne pepper, chilli powder, ground sage, ground cumin, oregano, thyme leaves and brown sugar
  

Directions:
Cut sweet potato into wedges or thin fries. Drizzle fries in olive oil add garlic, pepper, sprinkle of sea salt and cloves. Toss and put fries on parchment paper or a cooking tray and cook for 15-20 minutes on 400 degrees.

While the fries are cooking wash and cut your cauliflower into florets. For the batter add all the ingredients listed in the batter and stir until all lumps are gone. The consistency should be that of a sauce. Dip the cauliflower in the batter and add them to a non stick tray. Leave enough room between the cauliflowers we wouldn’t want the excess batter to connect with all the cauliflowers. Once all of the cauliflowers have been placed on the tray bake on 400 degrees for 20 minutes.

The batter should have formed a light crust over the cauliflower. In a bowl add all of the hot sauce ingredients and stir. Dip the cauliflower into the sauce and add them back to the non stick tray and cook for another 20 minutes on 400 degrees. Serve with pickle optional bread.

Tokyo_CHOP—-

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