Raw Bell Pepper and Corn Soup

Raw Bell Pepper and Corn Soup
Raw Bell Pepper and Corn Soup

This Raw Bell Pepper and Corn Soup is the perfect addition to your summer menu. It is light, quick to make and pretty enough for company. You can omit the corn for a simple bell pepper soup as well. If you like raw soup, be sure to check this Raw Cream of Vegetable Soup.

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Raw Bell Pepper and Corn Soup

  • Author: Karine K
  • Prep Time: 5 minutes
  • Total Time: 5 minutes
  • Yield: 6 servings 1x
  • Method: No-cook
  • Cuisine: Raw

Ingredients

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  • 2 1/2 cups of water
  • 1 red bell pepper, seeded and chopped
  • 1 yellow or orange bell pepper, seeded and chopped
  • Kernels from 2 ears of corn (keep a little bit to decorate)
  • 2 cucumbers or 2 zucchinis, peeled and chopped
  • 1/4 cup shallots, chopped
  • 3 tablespoons fresh lime juice
  • 2 cloves of garlic
  • 1 teaspoon caraway seeds
  • 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
  • 2 teaspoon sea salt
  • Pinch of pepper
  • Garnishes: fresh corn kernels, sliced green onion

Instructions

Mix all the ingredients in a high speed blender, until creamy. Serve garnished with fresh corn kernels and green onions. Bon appรฉtit!ย 

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Soupe crudivore aux poivrons et maรฏs

  • Author: Karine K
  • Prep Time: 5 minutes
  • Total Time: 5 minutes
  • Yield: 6 portions 1x
  • Method: Sans cuisson
  • Cuisine: Vivante

Ingredients

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  • 2 1/2 tasses d’eau fraรฎche
  • 1 poivron rouge, sans les graines, hachรฉ
  • 1 poivron orange ou jaune, sans les graines, hachรฉ
  • Grains de 2 รฉpis de maรฏs (conserver des grains pour dรฉcorer)
  • 2 concombres ou 2 zucchinis, pelรฉs et hachรฉs
  • 1/4 tasse d’รฉchalotes franรงaises, hachรฉes
  • 3 c. ร  soupe de jus de lime frais
  • 2 gousses d’ail
  • 1 c. ร  thรฉ de graines de carvi
  • 1 c. ร  thรฉ d’assaisonnement ร  l’italienne
  • 2 c. ร  thรฉ de sel de mer
  • Pincรฉe de poivre noir
  • Garnitures: grains de maรฏs, oignon vert tranchรฉ mince

Instructions

Mรฉlanger tous les ingrรฉdients dans un mรฉlangeur haute vitesse, jusqu’ร  l’obtention d’une soupe crรฉmeuse. Garnir de grains de maรฏs frais et d’oignon vert. Bon appรฉtit!

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Cooling Cucumber, Snap Peas and Avocado Salad with a Zesty Raw Peanut Sauce

Cooling Cucumber, Snap Peas and Avocado Salad with Zesty Peanut Sauce
Cooling Cucumber, Snap Peas and Avocado Salad with Zesty Peanut Sauce

When summer is approaching and the snap peas are nice and plump, I like to prepare a cooling cucumber, snap peas, and avocado salad with zesty raw peanut sauce. It provide a nice balance between the coolness of the cucumber and the creaminess of the avocado and the peanut butter of the sauce. When snap peas are in season, I like to buy lots of them and eat them in different ways. They’re also a very good snack. Serve this cooling cucumber salad with a nice cup of the Raw Cream of Vegetable Soup for the perfect mid-day meal. Needless to say that this lettuce-free salad is the perfect addition to your summer picnics and get-togethers.

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Perfect for Summer: A Cooling Cucumber, Snap Peas and Avocado Salad with a Zesty Peanut Sauce

  • Author: Karine K
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Total Time: 10 minutes
  • Yield: 1 serving 1x
  • Category: Cuisine vivante

Ingredients

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  • 1/2 cucumber, diced
  • 2 cups snap peas, trimmed and chopped
  • 1 avocado, peeled, seeded, and diced
  • Meat of 1/2 young Thai coconut, in thin strips (optional)
  • 1/4 cup tamari sauce or coconut aminos
  • 1/4 cup toasted sesame oil
  • 1/4 cup olive oil
  • 1/4 cup fresh peanut butter
  • 1/4 cup fresh lime juice
  • 1 tablespoon fresh ginger, minced
  • 1 date, pitted
  • 1/2 teaspoon sambal oelek
  • 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
  • Garnishes: fresh cilantro, Thai basil (optional)

Instructions

Place the cucumber, snap peas, avocado, and the coconut meat in a mixing bowl.

Blend the rest of the ingredients in a high-speed blender until smooth. Pour some of the sauce on the salad and mix well. Garnish with fresh cilantro and Thai basil, if available.

Notes

You will have leftover peanut sauce. Keep it in the fridge and use it for another salad, to dip summer rolls, or simply to serve with sautรฉed vegetables.

Keywords: lettuce-free, salad, peanut sauce, cuisine vivante

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Une salade rafraรฎchissante de concombre, pois mange-tout et avocat avec sauce au beurre d’arachides รฉclatante

Une salade sans laitue, comme on les aime, qui sera parfaite pour les pique-nique, les repas en famille, ou tout simplement pour vous gรขter. Essayez-la!

  • Author: Karine K
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Total Time: 10 minutes
  • Yield: 1 portion 1x

Ingredients

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  • 1/2 concombre, en dรฉs
  • 2 tasses de pois mange-tout, parรฉs et hachรฉs
  • 1 avocat, pelรฉ, sans le noyau, en dรฉs
  • La chair d’un demi jeune coconut frais, coupรฉe en laniรจres (optionnel)
  • 1/4 tasse de sauce tamari ou soya
  • 1/4 tasse d’huile de sรฉsame grillรฉ
  • 1/4 tasse d’huile d’olive
  • 1/4 tasse de beurre d’arachides naturel
  • 1/4 tasse de jus de lime frais
  • 1 c. ร  soupe de gingembre frais, hachรฉ
  • 1 date, sans le noyau
  • 1/2 c. ร  thรฉ de pรขte chili-ail (de type sambal oelek)
  • 1/4 c. ร  thรฉ de sel de mer
  • Garnitures: coriandre fraรฎche et basilic Thaรฏ (optionnel)

Instructions

Dรฉposer le concombre, les pois mange-tout, l’avocat, et la chair de coconut dans un bol ร  mรฉlanger.

Placer le reste des ingrรฉdients dans un mรฉlangeur haute vitesse jusqu’ร  l’obtention d’un mรฉlange onctueux. Verser de la sauce sur la salade et bien mรฉlanger. Garnir de coriandre et de basilic Thaรฏ frais, si disponible.

Notes

Il vous restera de la sauce au beurre d’arachides. Conservez-la au rรฉfrigรฉrateur pour une prochaine salade, pour accompagner des rouleaux printaniers, ou tout simplement pour accompagner des lรฉgumes sautรฉs.

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Sun Dried Tomato and Brazil Nut Dip

Sun-Dried Tomato and Brazil Nut Dip
Sun-Dried Tomato and Brazil Nut Dip

This Sun Dried Tomato and Brazil Nut Dip is everything I was looking for to eat with crackers or jicama batons. It is raw, assuming your tomatoes were actually sun dried, and it has a great texture. The inspiration came when my drum instructor shared some recipes from a time when she was raw. I modified to my liking and here it is. The Brazil nuts are high in selenium, an essential nutrient, and 37% of the fats in Brazil nuts are polyunsaturated fatty acids, a type of fat that has been shown to benefit heart health. I’ve made this recipe a bunch of times already, because it’s that good. You can double the ingredients easily. Try this recipe as a dip, or use it as a topping for zucchini noodles.

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Sun Dried Tomato and Brazil Nut Dip

This Sun Dried Tomato and Brazil Nut Dip recipe is easy, quick, and addictive. You’ll be making it again and again!ย 

  • Author: Karine K
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Total Time: 10 minutes

Ingredients

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  • 1 cup sun dried tomatoes (if dried, soak 30 minute in warm water and dry. If packed in oil, remove excess oil with paper towels)
  • 1/2 cup Brazil nuts
  • 1 clove garlic, smashed
  • 3 tablespoons fresh orange juice
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon Italian seasoning
  • 1/4 teaspoon onion powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon tamari
  • Generous pinches of sea salt and pepper
  • 1/4 cup olive oil

Instructions

Place the Brazil nuts in a food processor and pulse until coarsely ground. Add the remaining ingredients, except the olive oil. Process until well combined. With the processor running, slowly add the olive oil in a stream. Taste and adjust seasoning.ย 

Keywords: dip, tomato, Brazil nuts, raw

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Trempette aux tomates sรฉchรฉes et noix du Brรฉsil (cuisine vivante)

Cette recette de trempette aux tomates sรฉchรฉes et noix du Brรฉsil est facile, rapide, et vous ne pourrez plus vous en passer.

  • Author: Karine K
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Total Time: 10 minutes

Ingredients

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  • 1 tasse de tomates sรฉchรฉes au soleil (si elles sont sรจches, tremper pendant 30 minutes dans l’eau chaude. Si elles sont dans l’huile, retirer l’excรฉdent d’huile ร  l’aide d’essuie-tout)
  • 1/2 tasse de noix du Brรฉsil
  • 1 gousse d’ail, รฉcrasรฉe
  • 3 c. ร  soupe de jus d’orange frais
  • 1 1/2 c. ร  thรฉ d’assaisonnement ร  l’Italienne
  • 1/4 c. ร  thรฉ de poudre d’oignon
  • 1/2 c. ร  thรฉ de sauce tamari ou soya
  • Gรฉnรฉreuses pincรฉes de sel de mer et de poivre
  • 1/4 tasse d’huile d’olive

Instructions

Dรฉposer les noix du Brรฉsil dans un robot culinaire et pulser quelques fois jusqu’ร  ce qu’elles soient grossiรจrement broyรฉes. Ajouter le reste des ingrรฉdients, sauf l’huile d’olive, et bien mรฉlanger. Avec le robot en marche, ajouter dรฉlicatement l’huile d’olive en filet. Goรปter et ajuster les assaisonnements.

Keywords: cuisine vivante, trempette, noix du Brรฉsil

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Raw Cream of Vegetable Soup

Raw Cream of Vegetable Soup
Raw Cream of Vegetable Soup

This Raw Cream of Vegetable Soup is not only smooth, it is also extra tasty, thanks to allspice and fresh ginger. There is so much to be said about a raw diet or a raw cleanse. I believe we all could use a little more “raw” in our lives. I created this soup with vegetables I had on hand, so nothing fancy here. The cashews add a creaminess to the soup and a healthy dose of selenium. Selenium not only boosts your immune system, but it is also said to help in the prevention of heart disease. Try this raw soup today along with the Broccolette Salad with Maple-Dijon Vinaigrette, for a fabulous, nutrient-dense meal.

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Raw Cream of Vegetable Soup

This Raw Cream of Vegetable Soup will quickly become one of your favorites. It is very simple to prepare and is nutrient-packed. Nothing here is used as a fillers. You get benefits from every single ingredients here.

  • Author: Karine K
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Total Time: 10 minutes
  • Yield: 46 servings 1x

Ingredients

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  • 1 to 1 1/2 cup of fresh water (I never use tap water to cook)
  • 1 large zucchini, roughly chopped
  • 2 tomatoes, roughly chopped
  • 4 stalks celery, roughly chopped
  • 2 large carrots, roughly chopped
  • 1 large golden beet, roughly chopped
  • 3 Medjool dates, pitted
  • 1 clove garlic, smashed
  • 1 small shallot, roughly chopped
  • 1/2 cup raw cashews, soaked
  • 1” piece of fresh ginger, roughly chopped (optional, but so good)
  • 1 seeded jalapeรฑo, roughly chopped (optional)
  • 56 whole allspice berries
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon pepper
  • 1/2 cup cold-pressed olive oil

Instructions

In a high-speed blender, put all the ingredients except the olive oil. Blend for one minute, until smooth and creamy. With the blender on low speed, add the olive oil in a slow stream and blend for an additional minute. That is it, folks!

Keywords: soup, raw, vegetable, cream

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Crรจme de lรฉgumes (cuisine vivante)

Cette crรจme de lรฉgumes est une recette de cuisine vivante, ce qui veut dire que les aliments n’ont pas รฉtรฉ cuits. Il en rรฉsulte une soupe remplie de nutriments, qui vous nourrirons directement ร  la source. Cette crรจme de lรฉgumes deviendra rapidement une de vos soupes prรฉfรฉrรฉes, comme elle est si facile et rapide ร  rรฉaliser.ย 

  • Author: Karine K
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Total Time: 10 minutes
  • Yield: 4 ร  6 portions 1x

Ingredients

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  • 1 ร  1 1/2 tasse d’eau fraรฎche (je n’utilise jamais l’eau courante pour la cuisine vivante)ย 
  • 1 gros zucchini, hachรฉ grossiรจrement
  • 2 tomates, hachรฉes grossiรจrement
  • 4 branches de cรฉleri, hachรฉes grossiรจrement
  • 2 grosses carottes, hachรฉes grossiรจrement
  • 1 grosse betterave jaune, hachรฉe grossiรจrement
  • 3 dates medjool, sans le noyau
  • 1 gousse d’ail, รฉcrasรฉe
  • 1 petite รฉchalote franรงaises, hachรฉe grossiรจrement
  • 1/2 tasse de noix de cajou, trempรฉes, rincรฉes et รฉgouttรฉes
  • 1 bout de gingembre frais de 1 pouce, hachรฉ grossiรจrement (optionnel, mais si bon)
  • 1 piment jalapeรฑo, sans les graines, hachรฉ (optionnel)
  • 56 grains de piment de la Jamaรฏque
  • 1 1/2 c. ร  thรฉ de sel de mer
  • 1/2 c. ร  thรฉ de poivre
  • 1/2 tasse d’huile d’olive pressรฉe ร  froid

Instructions

Dรฉposer tous les ingrรฉdients, sauf l’huile d’olive, dans un mรฉlangeur haute vitesse. Mรฉlanger pendant 1 minute. Avec le mรฉlangeur ร  la plus basse vitesse, ajouter l’huile d’olive en filet, et mรฉlanger une minute de plus, jusqu’ร  l’obtention d’une soupe onctueuse. C’est tout, les amis!

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Almost Raw Blender Butternut Squash Soup

Almost Raw Blender Butternut Squash Soup
Almost Raw Blender Butternut Squash Soup

You can’t really ask for more than this 5-minute Almost Raw Blender Butternut Squash Soup! I never thought I could achieve similar results raw to roasted and then purรฉed. I have to admit, cooking with a blender is pretty awesome!

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And if you like raw soups, be sure to look at this Raw Cream of Vegetable Soup.

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Almost Raw Blender Butternut Squash Soup

  • Author: livitygardens
  • Prep Time: 5 minutes
  • Total Time: 5 minutes
  • Yield: 4 servings 1x

Ingredients

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  • 1 butternut squash, peeled and cut into cubes (about 4 cups)
  • 4 tablespoons tomato sauce, juice, or 2 tomatoes
  • 1 tablespoons white miso
  • 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
  • 2 cups warm water
  • 3 cloves garlic, chopped
  • 1 piece fresh ginger, peeled and chopped (about 1-2″)
  • 1 piece fresh turmeric, peeled and chopped (about 1/2″)
  • 1/2 teaspoon cumin
  • 1/8 teaspoon cinnamon
  • Sea salt and pepper, to taste
  • Garnishes: apple cubes, freshly minced ginger and turmeric, pumpkin seeds, black salt

Instructions

Put all ingredients in a high speed blender using the “Soup” function (if available), or blend at high speed until ultra creamy. Garnish with your choice of garnishes.

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Soupe au mรฉlangeur ร  la courge Butternut

Quoi de mieux qu’une soupe onctueuse prรชte en 5 minutes? Je n’aurais jamais pensรฉ obtenir une telle texture sans rรดtir la courge. Je dois avouer que cuisiner avec un mรฉlangeur haute vitesse est assez top!

  • Author: livitygardens
  • Prep Time: 5 minutes
  • Total Time: 5 minutes
  • Yield: 4 portions 1x

Ingredients

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  • 1 courge Butternut, pelรฉe et coupรฉe en cubes (environ 4 tasses)
  • 4 c. ร  soupe de sauce tomate, jus de tomate, ou 2 tomates
  • 1 c. ร  soupe de miso blanc
  • 1 c. ร  soupe de vinaigre de cidre de pomme
  • 2 tasses d’eau chaude
  • 3 gousses d’ail, hachรฉes
  • 1 morceau de gingembre frais, pelรฉ et hachรฉ (environ 3 cm)
  • 1 morceau de curcuma frais, pelรฉ et hachรฉ (environ 1/2 cm)
  • 1/2 c. ร  thรฉ de cumin
  • 1/8 c. ร  thรฉ de cannelle
  • Sel de mer et poivre, au goรปt
  • Garnitures: cubes de pomme, gingembre et curcuma frais, hachรฉs, graines de citrouille, sel noir

Instructions

Placer tous les ingredients, sauf les garnitures, dans un mรฉlangeur haute vitesse, en utilisant la fonction “Soupe”, si disponible. Mรฉlanger jusqu’ร  l’obtention d’une texture ultra lisse. Bon appรฉtit!

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Quick Fennel and Garbanzo Beans Soup

Quick Fennel and Garbanzo Bean Soup
Quick Fennel and Garbanzo Bean Soup

If you have fennel and not sure what to do with it, this Quick Fennel and Garbanzo Beans Soup is a great recipe. I had some fennel left over from the Fennel, Avocado and Grapefruit Salad, and needed to make the kids lunch. This soup was born. The next day, I even served it as a stew, over mashed sweet potatoes. Very versatile!

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Quick Fennel and Garbanzo Beans Soup

  • Author: livitygardens
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 20 minutes
  • Total Time: 30 minutes
  • Yield: 46 servings 1x

Ingredients

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  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 large onion, chopped
  • 2 fennel bulbs, sliced thin (you can use a mandolin, about 4 cups)
  • 2 carrots, sliced into coins
  • 4 cloves of garlic, minced
  • 1 sprig fresh thyme
  • 1 cup green cabbage, sliced thin
  • 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
  • 6 cups vegetable broth
  • 1 can garbanzo beans, rinsed and drained (you can keep the liquid from the can and make banana bread!)
  • 2 large handful spinach
  • 2 tablespoons lemon juice
  • Sea salt and pepper, to taste

Instructions

In a large soup pot, heat the olive oil over medium-high heat. Add the onion and sautรฉ until soft and translucent, about 6-7 minutes. Add the fennel, carrots, garlic, thyme sprig, and a generous pinch of sea salt and pepper. Cook until the carrots begin to soften, about 10 minutes, stirring often. Add the green cabbage and cook 2 more minutes.

Add the apple cider vinegar and let cook 2 minutes, while stirring. Add the vegetable broth and the garbanzo beans, lower the heat, and let simmer for 10-15 minutes, until the flavors are well blended and the vegetables are cooked, but still hold their shape. Remove from the heat. Add the spinach and the lemon juice. Season to taste with sea salt and pepper. Serve with crusty bread. Oh, my.

Keywords: fennel, garbanzo, chickpea, soup, quick

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Soupe rapido fenouil et garbanzo

Cette soupe est facile et rapide ร  faire. Elle est parfaite s’il vous reste du fenouil de la veille (voir ma recette de Salade fenouil, avocat et pamplemousse) et les enfants en raffolent. Le lendemain, je la sers mรชme comme ragoรปt sur des pommes de terre en purรฉe. Dรฉlice!

  • Author: livitygardens
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 20 minutes
  • Total Time: 30 minutes
  • Yield: 4 ร  6 portions 1x

Ingredients

Scale
  • 2 c. ร  soupe d’huile d’olive
  • 1 gros oignon, hachรฉ
  • 2 bulbes de fenouil, tranchรฉs mince, ou environ 4 tasses (vous pouvez utiliser la mandoline)
  • 2 carottes, en rondelles
  • 4 gousses d’ail, รฉmincรฉes
  • 1 branche de thym frais
  • 1 tasse de chou vert, tranchรฉ mince
  • 1/4 tasse de vinaigre de cidre de pomme
  • 6 tasses de bouillon de lรฉgumes
  • 1 boรฎte de pois chiches, rincรฉs et รฉgouttรฉs (vous pouvez garder le liquide des pois chiches et faire deux beaux pains aux bananes)
  • 2 grosses poignรฉes d’รฉpinards frais
  • 2 c. ร  soupe de jus de citron
  • Sel de mer et poivre, au goรปt

Instructions

Dans une grande casserole, faire chauffer l’huile ร  feu moyen-รฉlevรฉ. Ajouter l’oignon et faire revenir jusqu’ร  ce que l’oignon soit tendre et translucide, environ 6 ร  7 minutes. Ajouter le fenouil, les carottes, l’ail, le thym, et de bonnes pincรฉes de sel et de poivre. Cuire jusqu’ร  ce que les carottes commencent ร  ramollir, environ 10 minutes, en brassant souvent. Ajouter le chou vert et cuire 2 minutes de plus.

Ajouter le vinaigre de cidre et laisser รฉvaporer 2 minutes, tout en brassant. Ajouter le bouillon de lรฉgumes et les pois chiches, baisser le feu, et laisser mijoter pendant 10 ร  15 minutes, jusqu’ร  ce que les lรฉgumes soient cuits, mais croquants. Retirer du feu, ajouter les รฉpinards et le jus de citron. Bien mรฉlanger et ajuster les assaisonnements. Servir avec une bonne baguette, c’est divin!

Keywords: fenouil, garbanzo, pois chiches, soupe, rapide

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Cream of Asparagus Soup

Cream of Asparagus Soup
Cream of Asparagus Soup

This Cream of Asparagus Soup is super easy to make and tastes as if you would bite into a fresh asparagus stalk, thanks to the “asparagus broth” I use to blend it. Only three ingredients to bring you to asparagus heaven!

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For other asparagus recipes, check out this Corn and Asparagus Salad with Marinated Cucumbers and this Orzo, Asparagus and Broccolini Salad.

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Cream of Asparagus Soup

  • Author: livitygardens
  • Prep Time: 5 minutes
  • Cook Time: 10 minutes
  • Total Time: 15 minutes
  • Yield: 4 servings 1x

Ingredients

Scale
  • 2 bunches of asparagus, trimmed (trimmings kept for asparagus broth)
  • 1/2 cup coconut milk
  • Sea salt and pepper, to taste

Instructions

In a large skillet with a lid, place the asparagus and fill the bottom of the skillet with about 1/2 inch water. Bring to a boil, cover and let the asparagus “steam” until tender, about 7-10 minutes. While the asparagus is cooking, place the trimmings into a small pot, fill with about 2 cups water and boil for 10 minutes. Strain and keep the cooking liquid.

In a high speed blender, place the asparagus, 1 cup of the cooking liquid, 1/4 teaspoon sea salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Blend until a silky smooth consistency is achieved. Carefully add the coconut milk and blend for a minute more. Remove to a pot, taste and adjust seasonings. You may serve garnished with fresh asparagus spears, sautรฉed mushrooms (as pictured), or crispy shallots.

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Crรจme d’asperges

  • Author: livitygardens
  • Prep Time: 5 minutes
  • Cook Time: 10 minutes
  • Total Time: 15 minutes
  • Yield: 4 portions 1x

Ingredients

Scale
  • 2 bottes d’asperges, parรฉes (conserver les queues pour le bouillon)
  • 1/2 tasse de lait de coconut
  • Sel de mer et poivre, au goรปt

Instructions

Dans une grande poรชle avec un couvercle, placer les asperges. Verser environ 1/2 pouce d’eau dans le fond de la poรชle. Porter ร  รฉbullition, couvrir et laisser les asperges cuire pendant environ de 7 ร  10 minutes. Pendant que les asperges cuisent, placer les queues d’asperge dans une petite casserole et remplir avec 2 tasses d’eau. Bouillir pendant 10 minutes, รฉgoutter et conserver le liquide de cuisson.

Dans un mรฉlangeur, placer les asperges, 1 tasse de liquide de cuisson des queues, 1/4 c. ร  thรฉ de sel de mer, et 1/4 c. ร  thรฉ de poivre. Mรฉlanger ร  haute vitesse jusqu’ร  l’obtention d’un mรฉlange onctueux. Ajouter le lait de coconut et mรฉlanger ร  nouveau pendant une minute. Placer dans un chaudron, goรปter et assaisonner au goรปt. Servir garnie de champignons sautรฉs (comme sur la photo), des pointes d’asperge fraรฎches, ou des รฉchalotes franรงaises croustillantes.

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My Take on Mac and Cheese

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My Take on Mac and Cheese

I know, there are many plant-based versions of mac and cheese out there. So why would you consider my take on mac and cheese? Because it’s tasty, easy, healthy, and it doesn’t require any heavily processed ingredients. Ready? Get on it!

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My Take on Mac and Cheese

I would suggest you cook your squash the day before or the morning of. It’s not a hard process, the oven does all the work, but having this done will cut your recipe making time significantly. All you have to do is preheat the oven to 400หš. Prick the squash with a sharp knife four times, place the squash directly on the oven rack and roast for one hour. Remove from the oven and let cool. Once cool enough to handle, peel, seed and cut into cubes. You now have cooked butternut squash flesh!

  • Author: livitygardens
  • Prep Time: 5 minutes
  • Cook Time: 1 hour and 8 minutes
  • Total Time: 1 hour 13 minutes
  • Yield: 6 portions 1x

Ingredients

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  • 1 butternut squash, cooked and diced (see description above to see how I do)
  • 1/2 cup raw cashews, soaked overnight or 30 minutes in hot water, rinsed and drained
  • 2 teaspoons olive oil
  • 1 large onion, diced
  • 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon smoked paprika
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground turmeric
  • 2 teaspoons each sea salt and pepper
  • 1/2 cup plant-based milk (I use oat milk)
  • 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
  • 2 tablespoons lemon juice
  • 1 package macaroni or fusilli pasta, cooked

Instructions

Heat the olive oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Add the onion and cook, stirring occasionally, until the onion turns a deep golden color and is nicely caramelized, about 7-8 minutes. Add the garlic powder, smoked paprika and turmeric. Cook, stirring, for an additional two minutes. Remove from the heat.

In a high-speed blender, place the squash, the cashews, the onion mixture, plant-based milk, Dijon mustard, lemon juice, and sea salt and pepper. Blend until silky smooth.

In a large pot or bowl, mix the pasta with the desired amount of sauce and serve. I like mine with crispy sage or minced fresh parsley, for a more adult version. You may also keep aside some cubed squash and fry them in a bit of olive oil and a sprig of rosemary. Serve atop the pasta. Either way, all yummy!

Keywords: mac and cheese, mac, pasta, butternut squash, kids meal, squash

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Macaroni au fromage vรฉgรฉ et santรฉ

Je vous suggรจre de cuire votre courge butternut la veille ou le matin mรชme. Ce n’est pas un processus complexe, le four fait le gros du travail, mais ceci coupera le temps d’assemblage de la recette de faรงon significative. Pour ce faire, prรฉchauffez le four ร  400หš. Faites quatre petites incisions dans la courge ร  l’aide d’un petit couteau. Placez la courge directement sur la grille du four et cuire pendant une heure. Retirez du four et laissez refroidir. Vous pouvez ensuite peler et retirer les graines. Coupez ensuite en cubes et voilร !

  • Author: livitygardens
  • Prep Time: 5 minutes
  • Cook Time: 1 heure 8 minutes
  • Total Time: 1 heure 15 minutes
  • Yield: 6 portions 1x

Ingredients

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  • 1 courge butternut, cuite et coupรฉe en cubes (voir la description plus haut pour voir comment je fais)
  • 1/2 tasse de noix de cajou brutes, trempรฉes toute une nuit ou 30 minutes dans l’eau chaude
  • 2 c. ร  thรฉ d’huile d’olive
  • 1 gros oignon, coupรฉ en dรฉs
  • 1/2 c. ร  thรฉ de poudre d’ail
  • 1/4 c. ร  thรฉ de paprika fumรฉ
  • 1/4 c. ร  thรฉ de curcuma moulu
  • 2 c. ร  thรฉ chacun de sel de mer et de poivre
  • 1/2 tasse de lait de plante (j’utilise du lait d’avoine)
  • 1 c. ร  thรฉ de moutarde de Dijon
  • 2 c. ร  soupe de jus de citron
  • 1 boรฎte de macaroni ou fusilli, cuits

Instructions

Chauffer l’huile d’olive dans une poรชle ร  feu moyen-vif. Ajouter l’oignon et cuire, en brassant souvent, jusqu’ร  ce que l’oignon soit tendre et caramรฉlisรฉ, environ 7-8 minutes. Ajouter la poudre d’ail, le paprika fumรฉ et le curcuma. Cuire, en brassant, deux minutes de plus. Retirer du feu.

Dans un mรฉlangeur ร  haute vitesse, placer la courge, les noix de cajou, le mรฉlange oignon et รฉpices, le lait, la moutarde de Dijon, le jus de citron, et le sel de mer et poivre. Mรฉlanger jusqu’ร  l’obtention d’une texture lisse. Goรปter et ajuster les assaisonnements.

Dans une grande casserole ou un grand bol, mรฉlanger les pรขtes cuites avec la quantitรฉ de sauce dรฉsirรฉe. J’aime bien garnir mon macaroni avec de la sauge croustillante ou du persil frais hachรฉ. Vous pouvez aussi garder des cubes de courge et les faire sauter dans l’huile d’olive avec une branche de romarin, pour une version plus adulte. Quelle que soit la garniture, ou mรชme sans, c’est dรฉlicieux!

Keywords: macaroni au fromage, enfants, courge butternut, courge, pรขtes, pasta

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Ginger-Spiced Kabocha Squash Soup

Ginger-Spiced Kabocha Squash Soup
Ginger-Spiced Kabocha Squash Soup

Perfect with any type of winter squash, this Ginger-Spiced Kabocha Squash Soup is velvety and spicy. Serve it garnished with toasted pumpkin seeds and fresh cilantro for a wonderfully festive soup, or with these mixed nuts.

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Ginger-Spiced Kabocha Squash Soup

  • Author: livitygardens
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 1 hour
  • Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
  • Yield: 46 servings 1x

Ingredients

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  • 1 kabocha squash, cooked whole in the oven for 1 hour at 400หš, peeled and seeded, cut in cubes
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 onion, diced
  • 1/2 cinnamon stick
  • 1 tablespoon garlic-ginger paste (alternatively, use 2 teaspoons minced garlic and 2 teaspoons minced ginger)
  • 2 cups vegetable broth
  • 1 cup coconut milk
  • Sea salt and pepper, to taste
  • Fresh cilantro and toasted pumpkin seeds, to garnish

Instructions

Heat olive oil over medium-high heat in a large pot with a cover. Add the onion and the cinnamon stick and sautรฉ until onion is tender and caramelized. Add the garlic-ginger paste and cook for one minute. Add the cubes of cooked squash, mix well and cook for another 2 minutes. Add the broth and the coconut milk, mix well. Bring to a boil, lower the heat, cover, and simmer until the flavors are well combined, about 10 minutes. Remove the cinnamon stick and let cool for a few minutes. Transfer to a blender and blend until silky smooth. Garnish and enjoy. Bon appรฉtit!

Keywords: soup, squash, ginger, holidays

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Crรจme de courge kabocha au gingembre

  • Author: livitygardens
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 1 heures
  • Total Time: 1 heures 10 minutes
  • Yield: 4 ร  6 portions 1x

Ingredients

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  • 1 courge kabocha, cuite au four pendant 1 heure ร  400หš, pelรฉe et les graines enlevรฉes
  • 1 c. ร  soupe d’huile d’olive
  • 1 oignon, en dรฉs
  • 1/2 bรขton de cannelle
  • 1 c. ร  soupe de pรขte d’ail et gingembre (ou utiliser 2 c. ร  thรฉ d’ail frais รฉmincรฉ et 2 c. ร  thรฉ de gingembre frais, รฉmincรฉ)
  • 2 tasses de bouillon de lรฉgumes
  • 1 tasse de lait de coconut
  • Sel de mer et poivre, au goรปt
  • Coriandre fraรฎche et graines de citrouille rรดties, pour garnir

Instructions

Dans une grande casserole avec un couvercle, chauffer l’huile d’olive ร  feu moyen-รฉlevรฉ. Ajouter les oignons et le bรขton de cannelle, et cuire jusqu’ร  ce que l’oignon soit tendre et caramรฉlisรฉ. Ajouter la pรขte d’ail et gingembre et cuire pendant une minute. Ajouter les cubes de courge cuite, mรฉlanger et sauter pendant 2 minutes. Ajouter le bouillon de lรฉgumes et le lait de coconut, et bien mรฉlanger. Porter ร  รฉbullition, rรฉduire le feu et couvrir. Cuire pendant 10 minutes, afin que les saveurs se marient. Retirer le bรขton de cannelle et laisser refroidir quelques minutes. Verser dans un mรฉlangeur et mรฉlanger jusqu’ร  l’obtention d’une texture lisse. Garnir et savourer. Bon appรฉtit!

Keywords: soupe, crรจme, courge, kabocha, hiver

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Cashew Sour Cream

Cashew Sour Cream
Cashew Sour Cream

I use this cashew sour cream on these tacos, on vegetables, in sandwiches, with apple slices, you name it, it’s THAT versatile. You can add herbs or spices to it, just let your imagination run wild.

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Cashew Sour Cream

  • Author: livitygardens
  • Prep Time: 5 minutes
  • Total Time: 5 minutes

Ingredients

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  • 1 1/2 cup raw cashews, soaked overnight or 1 hour in hot water
  • 3/4 cup water
  • 2 tablespoons lemon juice
  • 2 teaspoons apple cider vinegar
  • 1/2 teaspoon sea salt

Instructions

Drain and rinse the cashews, and discard the soaking water. Place the cashews, along with 3/4 cup water, lemon juice, apple cider vinegar, and sea salt in a blender, and blend until very smooth. Enjoy!

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Crรจme sรปre ร  base de noix de cajou

  • Author: livitygardens
  • Prep Time: 5 minutes
  • Total Time: 5 minutes

Ingredients

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  • 1 1/2 tasse de noix de cajou non-rรดties et non-salรฉes, trempรฉes toute une nuit ou 1 heure dans l’eau bouillante
  • 3/4 tasse d’eau
  • 2 c. ร  soupe de jus de citron
  • 2 c. ร  thรฉ de vinaigre de cidre de pomme
  • 1/2 c. ร  thรฉ de sel de mer

Instructions

ร‰goutter et rinser les noix de cajou, et jeter l’eau de trempage. Placer les noix, 3/4 tasse d’eau, le jus de citron, le vinaigre de cidre de pomme, et le sel dans un mรฉlangeur et mรฉlanger jusqu’ร  l’obtention d’une consistence lisse et onctueuse. Savourer.

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