Easy and Healthy Gravy

Easy and Healthy Gravy
Easy and Healthy Gravy

Here’s an Easy and Healthy Gravy recipe, because Fall is right around the corner. But seriously, I get asked often for a gravy recipe. This one is thick and creamy, and is made with only a few simple ingredients. If you serve it with this Ultimate Lentil and Walnut Meatloaf, you’re in for a special treat.

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Easy and Healthy Gravy

  • Author: Karine K
  • Prep Time: 5 minutes
  • Cook Time: 10 minutes
  • Total Time: 15 minutes
  • Yield: 4–6 servings 1x

Ingredients

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  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 large carrot, diced
  • 1/2 red onion, diced
  • 1 tomato, chopped
  • 1 1/2 cup cremini mushrooms
  • 2 sprigs fresh thyme
  • 1 can coconut milk
  • 1 cup vegetable broth
  • Sea salt and pepper, to taste

Instructions

In a skillet, heat the oil over medium-high heat. Add the carrot, onion, tomato, mushroom, thyme and generous pinches of sea salt and pepper. Sautรฉ, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables start to really get some color, about 5-6 minutes. Add the broth and the coconut milk. Let cook and thicken for about 5 minutes more, or until the vegetables are tender. Discard the thyme sprigs and let cool a bit. Transfer to a blender and process until smooth. Bon appรฉtit!

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Sauce brune tout usage

  • Author: Karine K

Ingredients

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  • 1 c. ร  soupe d’huile d’olive
  • 1 grosse carotte, coupรฉe en dรฉs
  • 1/2 oignon rouge, coupรฉ en dรฉs
  • 1 tomate, hachรฉe
  • 1 1/2 tasse de champignons cafรฉ ou cremini
  • 2 branches de thym frais
  • 1 boรฎte de lait de coconut
  • 1 tasse de bouillon de lรฉgumes
  • Sel de mer et poivre, au goรปt

Instructions

Chauffer l’huile d’olive dans une grande poรชle, ร  feu moyen-รฉlevรฉ. Ajouter les carottes, l’oignon, la tomate, les champignons, le thym, et du sel et du poivre, au goรปt. Faire revenir, en remuant occasionnellement, jusqu’ร  ce que les lรฉgumes commencent ร  dorer, environ 5 ร  6 minutes. Ajouter le bouillon et le lait de coco. Remuer. Laisser rรฉduire pendant 5 minutes, ou jusqu’ร  ce que les lรฉgumes soient tendres. Retirer les branches de thym et laisser reposer quelques minutes. Transfรฉrer dans un mรฉlangeur et pulser jusqu’ร  l’obtention d’une sauce lisse. Bon appรฉtit!

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Cauliflower Keema

Cauliflower Keema
Cauliflower Keema

Keema is a traditional dish of the Indian subcontinent, typically minced-lamb curry with peas or potatoes and spices, sometimes used as a filling in samosas or naan. In this Cauliflower Keema we forego the meat and replace it with a mixture of cauliflower and walnuts. This makes for a perfectly balanced dish, with the right amount of spices and warmth. Serve it with naan and other Indian dishes, like Chickpea Chole.

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Cauliflower Keema

  • Author: Karine K
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 45 minutes
  • Total Time: 55 minutes
  • Yield: 6 servings 1x

Ingredients

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  • 1 tablespoon coriander seeds
  • 2 tablespoons cumin seeds
  • 5 tablespoons neutral oil
  • 2 onions, chopped
  • 6 whole cloves
  • 6 whole black peppercorns
  • 1/2 cinnamon stick
  • 1 tablespoon garam masala
  • 1 teaspoon turmeric
  • 4 Roma or plum tomatoes, chopped
  • 1 head cauliflower, separated in tiny florets
  • 2 jalapeรฑo peppers, chopped
  • 1 tablespoon garlic-ginger paste
  • 3 teaspoons sea salt
  • 1 cup walnuts, minced
  • 1 bag frozen peas

Instructions

Toast the cumin and coriander seeds in a dry skillet until fragrant, about 3-4 minutes. Grind them together with a mortar and pestle or a spice grinder. Set aside.

In a large skillet, heat the oil over medium-high heat. Add the onion, cloves, peppercorns, and cinnamon stick. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the onion is golden, about 5-6 minutes. Remove and discard the cinnamon stick. Add 1 tablespoon of the coriander and cumin seeds mixture, the garam masala and the turmeric. Fry, while stirring, for 30 seconds.ย 

Add the tomatoes and break up with the back of a wooden spoon. Keep cooking for 2-3 minutes. Add the jalapeรฑo peppers, the garlic-ginger paste and the sea salt, and mix well. Cook over medium heat for about 10 minutes, or until the oil separates from the mixture at the edges.

Add the cauliflower florets and mix into the skillet. Cover and cook, at a simmer, until the cauliflower is tender, about 20 minutes. Add the peas and the walnuts and cook 5 minutes longer, adding more salt and garam masala as needed. Serve with rice, naan or chapatis. Bon appรฉtit!

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Keema de chou-fleur

  • Author: Karine K
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 45 minutes
  • Total Time: 55 minutes
  • Yield: 6 portions 1x

Ingredients

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  • 1 c. ร  soupe de graines de coriandre
  • 2 c. ร  soupe de graines de cumin
  • 5 c. ร  soupe d’huile vรฉgรฉtale ou neutreย 
  • 2 oignons, hachรฉs
  • 6 clous de girofle
  • 6 grains de poivre noir
  • 1/2 bรขton de cannelle
  • 1 c. ร  soupe deย garam masala
  • 1 c. ร  thรฉ de curcuma
  • 4 tomates italiennes, hachรฉes
  • 1 tรชte de chou-fleur, coupรฉe en petits fleurons
  • 2 piments jalapeรฑo, hachรฉs
  • 1 c. ร  soupe de pรขte ail et gingembre
  • 3 c. ร  thรฉ de sel de mer
  • 1 tasse de noix, รฉmincรฉes
  • 1 sac de petits pois surgelรฉs

Instructions

Faire griller les graines de cumin et de coriandre dans une petite poรชle, jusqu’ร  ce qu’elles soient aromatiques, environ 3 ร  4 minutes. Placer ensuite les graines dans un mortier ou un moulin ร  รฉpices et rรฉduire en poudre. Rรฉserver.

Dans une grande poรชle, chauffer l’huile ร  feu moyen-รฉlevรฉ. Ajouter l’oignon, les clous de girofle, les grains de poivre, et le bรขton de cannelle. Cuire, en remuant ร  l’occasion, jusqu’ร  ce que l’oignon soit dorรฉ, environ 5 ร  6 minutes. Retirer le bรขton de cannelle. Ajouter 1 c. ร  soupe du mรฉlange de cumin et coriandre moulu, le garam masala et le curcuma. Faire revenir, en remuant, pendant 30 secondes.

Ajouter les tomates et รฉcraser avec le dos d’une cuiller de bois, pendant 2 ร  3 minutes. Ajouter les piments jalapeรฑo, la pรขte d’ail et gingembre et le sel de mer, et bien remuer. Cuire ร  feu moyen pendant environ 10 minutes, jusqu’ร  ce que l’huile commence ร  se sรฉparer du mรฉlange.

Ajouter les fleurons de chou-fleur et mรฉlanger. Couvrir et cuire, en remuant occasionnellement, jusqu’ร  ce que le chou-fleur soit tendre, environ 20 minutes. Ajouter les petits pois et les noix, et cuire, en remuant, 5 minutes de plus. Ajouter du sel de mer et du garam masala, au besoin. Servir avec du riz, naan ou chapatis. Bon appรฉtit!

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Smokehouse Green Lentil Soup

Smokehouse Green Lentil Soup
Smokehouse Green Lentil Soup

When you want a straight-forward soup with every day ingredients, this Super Simple Green Lentil Soup is a wonderful addition to your recipe arsenal. The addition of liquid smoke takes this to the next level.

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If you like green lentils, check out this Lentil and Sweet Potato Stew.

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Smokehouse Green Lentil Soup

  • Author: Karine K
  • Prep Time: 5 minutes
  • Cook Time: 25 minutes
  • Total Time: 30 minutes
  • Yield: 6 servings 1x

Ingredients

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  • 1 cup green lentils, rinsed and drained
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 3 carrots, minced
  • 1 onion, minced
  • 4 garlic cloves, minced
  • 3–4 sprigs thyme
  • 1 sprig rosemary
  • 3 plum tomatoes, chopped
  • A few generous glugs of liquid smoke (you could also use smoked paprika, to taste)
  • 6 cups vegetable broth
  • Sea salt and pepper, to taste

Instructions

In a soup pot, heat the olive oil over medium-high heat. Add the carrots, onion, garlic, sprigs of thyme and rosemary and sautรฉ until the onion is soft, about 4-5 minutes. Add the tomatoes and keep cooking for 3-4 minutes, until the tomato is saucy. Add the lentils and the liquid smoke and stir well. Add the broth and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to a simmer, season to taste with sea salt and pepper, and let cook, stirring occasionally until the lentils are cooked, about 20 minutes. Cooking time may vary depending on the type of lentils. Ensure you are testing for doneness as you cook, and remove from the heat before the lentils are mushy. Adjust seasonings if necessary, remove from the heat, and serve. Bon appรฉtit!

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Soupe de lentilles vertes super simple

  • Author: Karine K
  • Prep Time: 5 minutes
  • Cook Time: 25 minutes
  • Total Time: 30 minutes
  • Yield: 6 portions 1x

Ingredients

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  • 1 tasse de lentilles vertes, rincรฉes et รฉgouttรฉes
  • 1 c. ร  soupe d’huile d’olive
  • 3 carottes, รฉmincรฉes
  • 1 oignon, รฉmincรฉ
  • 4 gousses d’ail, รฉmincรฉes
  • 3 ร  4 branches de thym
  • 1 branche de romarin
  • 3 tomates italiennes, hachรฉes
  • Quelques gรฉnรฉreux traits de fumรฉe liquide (vous pouvez aussi utiliser du paprika fumรฉ)
  • 6 tasses de bouillon de lรฉgumes
  • Sel de mer et poivre, au goรปt

Instructions

Chauffer l’huile dans un chaudron ร  soupe, ร  feu moyen-รฉlevรฉ. Ajouter les carottes, l’oignon, l’ail, les branches de thym et de romarin, et faire revenir jusqu’ร  ce que l’oignon soit tendre, environ 4 ร  5 minutes. Ajouter les tomates et continuer de cuire pendant 3 ร  4 minutes. Ajouter les lentilles et la fumรฉe liquide et bien mรฉlanger. Ajouter le bouillon et porter ร  รฉbullition. Rรฉduire le feu, assaisonner au goรปt de sel de mer et de poivre, et laisser mijoter pendant environ 20 minutes, jusqu’ร  ce que les lentilles soient tendres, mais pas trop cuites. S’assurer de goรปter pendant la cuisson. Ajuster les assaisonnements, si nรฉcessaire et servir. Bon appรฉtit!

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Best Traditional Meat-Free Shepherd’s Pie

Traditional Meat-Free Shepherd's Pie
Traditional Meat-Free Shepherd’s Pie

This Traditional Meat-Free Shepherd’s Pie is a long-time coming. Finally a tasty, authentic traditional pie. I’ve been making my French Canadian Shepherdโ€™s Pie for years, and wanted to try the classic. After a few recipe tests, some kids opinions, and a final consensus, here we have it!

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Traditional Meat-Free Shepherd’s Pie

  • Author: Karine K
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 20 minutes
  • Total Time: 30 minutes
  • Yield: 8 servings 1x

Ingredients

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For the Top:

  • About 1 1/2 lb Russet potatoes, cut into cubes
  • Oat milk, to achieve desired consistency
  • 3 tablespoons plant butter
  • Sea salt and pepper, to taste

For the Bottom:

  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 large carrot, chopped fine
  • 1 large onion, chopped fine
  • 2 sprigs rosemary, leaves separated from stems and minced
  • 3 sprigs fresh thyme, leaves separated from stems and minced
  • 4 cloves garlic, minced
  • 8 ounces TVP (textured vegetable protein)
  • 2–3 cups vegetable broth
  • Soy sauce, to taste
  • 1/2 small can tomato paste
  • 1 bag of frozen peas
  • Sea salt and pepper, to taste

Instructions

Preheat oven to 400หš. Bring potatoes to a boil in a large saucepan of salted water. Boil for about 15 minutes, or until the potatoes are fork-tender. Strain the potatoes, put back in pot and add oat milk, butter, and sea salt and pepper to taste. Mash and add milk until you get the desired consistency.

While the potatoes cook, heat the oil in a very large pan over medium-high heat. Add the carrot, onion, rosemary, thyme, and garlic. Cook, stirring often, until the vegetables start to brown, about 5-6 minutes. Add the TVP and the broth and mix until well combined and rehydrated. Add many generous glugs of soy sauce, the tomato paste, the green peas, sea salt and pepper, to taste, and mix well. Add more broth and more seasonings, if necessary. Cook over medium heat for 2 minutes, until well blended.

Scoop mixture into a large, deep oven-proof dish. Spoon the potatoes on top and spread evenly with the back of a spoon. Top with a nice basting of melted butter or the Nutiva butter-flavored coconut oil. Place in the oven and bake for 15-20 minutes, to brown the top and set the pie. Oh, my. Bon appรฉtit!

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Hachis parmentier sans viande

  • Author: Karine K
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 20 minutes
  • Total Time: 30 minutes
  • Yield: 8 portions 1x

Ingredients

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Pour le dessus:

  • Environ 1 livre et demie de pommes de terre Russet, coupรฉes en cubes
  • Lait d’avoine
  • 3 c. ร  soupe de beurre vรฉgรฉ
  • Sel de mer et poivre, au goรปt

Pour le dessous:

  • 2 c. ร  soupe d’huile d’olive
  • 1 grosse carotte, hachรฉe finement
  • 1 gros oignon, hachรฉ finement
  • 2 branches de romarin, les feuilles enlevรฉes et รฉmincรฉes
  • 3 branches de thym frais, les feuilles enlevรฉes et รฉmincรฉes
  • 4 gousses d’ail, รฉmincรฉes
  • 8 onces de protรฉines vรฉgรฉtales (TVP)
  • 2 ร  3 tasses de bouillon de lรฉgumes
  • Sauce soya, au goรปt
  • 1/2 petite boรฎte de pรขte de tomate
  • 1 sac de petits pois surgelรฉs
  • Sel de mer et poivre, au goรปt

Instructions

Prรฉchauffer le four ร  400หš. Porter les pommes de terre ร  รฉbullition dans une grande casserole d’eau salรฉe. Mijoter pendant 15 minutes, ou jusqu’ร  ce qu’elles soient tendres. ร‰goutter et remettre dans la casserole. Ajouter le lait d’avoine, le beurre, le sel de mer et le poivre, au goรปt. Piler, en ajoutant du lait d’avoine jusqu’ร  la consistence dรฉsirรฉe. Rรฉserver.

Pendant la cuisson des pommes de terre, chauffer l’huile dans une grande poรชle, ร  feu moyen-รฉlevรฉ. Ajouter la carotte, l’oignon, le romarin, le thym, et l’ail. Cuire, en remuant souvent, jusqu’ร  ce que les lรฉgumes commencent ร  dorer, environ 5 ร  6 minutes. Ajouter les protรฉines vรฉgรฉtales et le bouillon de lรฉgumes et mรฉlanger jusqu’ร  hydratation complรจte. Ajouter de gรฉnรฉreux traits de sauce soya, la pรขte de tomate, les petits pois, et du sel de mer et poivre, au goรปt. Bien mรฉlanger. Ajouter plus de bouillon et d’assaisonnements, si nรฉcessaire. Cuire ร  feu moyen, en remuant, pendant 2 minutes.ย 

ร‰tendre le mรฉlange du dessous dans un grand moule profond allant au four. Dรฉposer les pommes de terre sur le dessus, et รฉtendre dรฉlicatement avec le dos d’une cuiller. Badigeonner le dessus avec du beurre vรฉgรฉtal fondu ou de l’huile de coconut ร  saveur de beurre, et mettre au four pendant 15 ร  20 minutes, jusqu’ร  ce que la croรปte soit dorรฉe. Oh la la. Bon appรฉtit!

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Red Bell Pepper and Carrot Vinaigrette

Red Bell Pepper and Carrot Vinaigrette
Red Bell Pepper and Carrot Vinaigrette

If you want freshness, make this Red Bell Pepper and Carrot Vinaigrette and serve up with your favorite vegetables. I love serving it with a bowl including kale, marinated cucumbers, mango, broccolini, and fresh coconut meat. It’s a great way to add color and vitamins to your meals.

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Red Bell Pepper and Carrot Vinaigrette

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

Ingredients

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  • 1 large red bell pepper, seeded and chopped
  • 1 1/2 cup carrots, chopped
  • 1/2 cup olive oil
  • 2 tablespoons lime juice
  • 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
  • 2 tablespoons maple syrup
  • 1 tablespoon fresh ginger, chopped
  • 1 clove of garlic
  • Sea salt and pepper, to taste

Instructions

Put all ingredients in a high speed blender and blend until smooth. Bon appรฉtit!

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Vinaigrette au poivron rouge et carottes

ร€ la recherche de fraรฎcheur? Cette vinaigrette au poivron rouge et carottes est tout-ร -fait rafraรฎchissante et parfaite pour tous vos lรฉgumes prรฉfรฉrรฉs. J’adore la servir avec un bol de kale, chair de coconut fraรฎche, concombres marinรฉs, broccolini, et mangue. Couleurs et vitamines assurรฉes!

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

Ingredients

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  • 1 gros poivron rouge, sans les graines, hachรฉ
  • 1 1/2 tasse de carottes, hachรฉes
  • 1/2 tasse d’huile d’olive
  • 2 c. ร  soupe de jus de lime
  • 2 c. ร  soupe de vinaigre de cidre
  • 2 c. ร  soupe de sirop d’รฉrable
  • 1 c. ร  soupe de gingembre frais, hachรฉ
  • 1 gousse d’ail
  • Sel de mer et poivre, au goรปt

Instructions

Placer tous les ingrรฉdients dans un mรฉlangeur. Mรฉlanger jusqu’ร  l’obtention d’une consistence crรฉmeuse. Bon appรฉtit!

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Kale and Spelt Salad with Peach and Pine Nuts

Kale and Spelt Salad with Peach and Pine Nuts | livitygardens.com
Kale and Spelt Salad with Peach and Pine Nuts | livitygardens.com

This Kale and Spelt Salad with Peach and Pine Nuts really started as a kitchen sink salad, but ended up being something I made three times in a week. So yes, it’s this good. I had kale from the farmers market that I wanted to use as well as some cherry tomatoes. I knew I wanted a grain in there, I love kale salads with grains, so I opted for spelt this time, but feel free to use freekeh, farro, or barley. Any chewy grain will do.

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Kale and Spelt Salad with Peach and Pine Nuts

  • Author: Karine K

Ingredients

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  • 1 cup spelt, cooked according to package directions
  • 1 bunch Tuscan kale (lacinato), stemmed and sliced thin
  • Fresh juice from 2 lemons
  • Olive oil, to taste
  • Sea salt and pepper, to taste
  • 1 peach, diced
  • 1 quart cherry tomatoes, halved
  • Kernels from one ear of fresh corn
  • 1/2 cup red onion, diced
  • 1 big handful baby spinach
  • 1 zucchini, diced
  • 1/3 cup pine nuts, toasted
  • 1 clove garlic, minced
  • Toppings: micro greens or sprouts, hemp seeds, red pepper flakes

Instructions

While you cook the spelt according to package directions, place the sliced kale in a large bowl, drizzle with a bit of olive oil, the juice of half a lemon, and a pinch of sea salt. Massage with your hands for about 2 minutes. Make the vinaigrette by mixing some olive oil, lemon juice, minced garlic clove, and sea salt and pepper, to taste. Assemble the salad by adding the drained spelt to the kale, mix well. Add the peach, tomatoes, corn, red onion, baby spinach, and zucchini. Mix delicately. Add the vinaigrette, top with the pine nuts and gently mix. Add the toppings and serve. Bon appรฉtit!

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Salade de kale et d’รฉpeautre avec pรชche et noix de pin

  • Author: Karine K

Ingredients

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  • 1 tasse d’รฉpeautre, cuit selon les directives sur l’emballage
  • 1 botte de chou kale toscan (lacinato), parรฉ et tranchรฉ mince
  • Jus de 2 citrons
  • Huile d’olive, au goรปt
  • Sel de mer et poivre, au goรปt
  • 1 pรชche, coupรฉe en dรฉs
  • 1 emballage de tomates cerises, coupรฉes en deux
  • Grains de maรฏs d’un รฉpi
  • 1/2 tasse d’oignon rouge, coupรฉ en dรฉs
  • 1 grosse poignรฉe d’รฉpinards frais
  • 1 zucchini, coupรฉ en dรฉs
  • 1/3 tasse de noix de pin, rรดties
  • 1 gousse d’ail, รฉmincรฉe
  • Garnitures: jeunes pousses, graines de chanvre, flocons de chili broyรฉs

Instructions

Pendant la cuisson de l’รฉpeautre, dรฉposer le chou kale dans un grand bol et arroser du jus de citron, d’un trait d’huile d’olive et d’une pincรฉe de sel de mer. Masser avec les mains pendant 2 minutes.

Pour faire la vinaigrette, combiner de l’huile d’olive, le jus de citron, l’ail รฉmincรฉe, le sel de mer et le poivre, au goรปt. Assembler la salade en ajoutant l’รฉpeautre au chou kale en remuant. Ajouter les pรชches, tomates, maรฏs, oignon rouge, รฉpinards et zucchini. Ajouter la vinaigrette, garnir de noix de pin et mรฉlanger dรฉlicatement. Ajouter les garnitures, si dรฉsirรฉ, et servir. Bon appรฉtit!

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Energizing Chocolate Smoothie

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Energizing Chocolate Smoothie | livitygardens.com

This Energizing Chocolate Smoothie, made from raw cacao, is a flavorful alternative to a morning coffee. I personally can’t use two tablespoons of it, I get extra jittery, so play healthy.

Raw cacao has been rated one of the highest superfoods, one with some of the highest content in antioxidants. Try it today! And for another unique and decadent smoothie, please check out this Peach and Cardamom Smoothie.

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Energizing Chocolate Smoothie

  • Author: Karine K

Ingredients

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  • 1 1/2 cup coconut water
  • 2 bananas
  • 1 frozen packet of coconut meat
  • 3 dates, pitted
  • 1 or 2 tablespoons raw cacao powder
  • 1 tablespoon flax seeds
  • 1 tablespoon hemp seeds
  • 1 tablespoon chia seeds
  • Handful of ice cubes

Instructions

Blend all ingredients in a blender and pour into a 32-ounce jar. Bon appรฉtit!

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Smoothie au chocolat รฉnergisant

  • Author: Karine K

Ingredients

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  • 1 1/2 tasse d’eau de coconut
  • 2 bananes
  • 1 paquet de chair de coconut congelรฉ
  • 3 dates, sans le noyau
  • 1 ร  2 c. ร  soupe de poudre de cacao pure et brute
  • 1 c. ร  soupe de graines de lin
  • 1 c. ร  soupe de graines de chanvre
  • 1 c. ร  soupe de graines de chia
  • Une poignรฉe de glaรงons

Instructions

Placer tous les ingrรฉdients dans un mรฉlangeur et pulser jusqu’ร  l’obtention d’une texture onctueuse. Bon appรฉtit!

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Corn and Asparagus Salad with Marinated Cucumbers

Corn and Asparagus Salad with Marinated Cucumbers
Corn and Asparagus Salad with Marinated Cucumbers

This Corn and Asparagus Salad with Marinated Cucumbers is so quick and easy to put together, you’ll be making it often when it’s corn season. Quality of ingredients is paramount here, as you will dress the whole salad with simple lime juice. Use the recipe for Marinated Cucumbers and prepare the rest of the ingredients while the cucumbers marinate.

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Corn and Asparagus Salad with Marinated Cucumbers

This recipe serves one person. Feel free to multiply the ingredients by the number of people to feed.

  • Author: Karine K
  • Prep Time: 15 minutes
  • Total Time: 15 minutes
  • Yield: 1 serving 1x

Ingredients

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  • 10 asparagus spears, trimmed and chopped
  • Kernels of 1 ear of corn
  • 1 avocado, pitted and chopped
  • 1 recipe ofย Marinated Cucumbers
  • 1 green onion, minced (or 1 tablespoon shallots, minced)
  • 1 tablespoon cilantro, minced
  • Juice of 2 fresh limes
  • 2 tablespoons pumpkin seeds (optional)
  • Sea salt and pepper, to taste

Instructions

While the cucumbers are marinating, place the asparagus, the corn kernels, the avocado, the cilantro, and the green onion in a mixing bowl. Sprinkle with the lime juice and mix well.ย 

Spread the marinated cucumbers at the bottom of a plate, top with the corn and asparagus mix, garnish with the pumpkin seeds and sea salt and pepper, to taste. Bon appรฉtit!

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Salade de maรฏs et asperges sur un lit de concombres marinรฉs

Cette salade est pour une personne. Assurez-vous de multiplier les ingrรฉdients selon le nombre de personnes.

  • Author: Karine K
  • Prep Time: 15 minutes
  • Total Time: 15 minutes
  • Yield: 1 portion 1x

Ingredients

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  • 10 asperges, parรฉes et hachรฉes
  • Grains de 1 รฉpi de maรฏs
  • 1 avocat, sans le noyau, hachรฉ
  • 1 recette de concombres marinรฉs
  • 1 oignon vert, รฉmincรฉ (ou 1 c. ร  soupe d’รฉchalote franรงaise, รฉmincรฉe)
  • 1 c. ร  soupe de coriandre fraรฎche, รฉmincรฉe
  • Jus de 2 limes
  • 2 c. ร  soupe de graines de citrouille (en option)
  • Sel de mer et poivre, au goรปt

Instructions

Pendant que les concombres marinent, dรฉposer les asperges, les grains de maรฏs, l’avocat, la coriandre et l’oignon vert dans un bol ร  mรฉlanger. Arroser du jus de lime et bien mรฉlanger.ย 

Placer les concombres marinรฉs sur une assiette et garnir de la salade de maรฏs et d’asperges. Garnir des graines de citrouille et assaisonner, au goรปt, de sel de mer et de poivre. Bon appรฉtit!

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Cauliflower and Walnut Tacos

Cauliflower and Walnut Tacos
Cauliflower and Walnut Tacos

The meat for these Cauliflower and Walnut Tacos is prepared with a whole head of cauliflower, to which we add minced walnuts, some garlic and some spices, for a plantiful twist on the classic ground meat. These tacos are not only excellent and easy to prepare, they’re also healthy and filled with nutrients. Serve with this Avocado Cream, this Pickled Red Cabbage and this Cashew Sour Cream.

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Cauliflower and Walnut Tacos

  • Author: Karine K
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 17 minutes
  • Total Time: 27 minutes
  • Yield: 6 servings 1x

Ingredients

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  • 3 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 head cauliflower, separated in tiny florets
  • 1/2 red onion, chopped
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon ground coriander
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
  • 3 cloves of garlic, minced
  • 1 3/4 cup walnuts, minced
  • Sea salt and pepper, to taste
  • Tortillas
  • Garnishes: fresh cilantro, lime quarters, Avocado Cream, Pickled Red Cabbage, Cashew Sour Cream

Instructions

In a large skillet, heat the olive oil over medium-high heat. Add the cauliflower and the onion and sautรฉ, stirring often, until the cauliflower browns in spots, about 10-15 minutes. Add the cumin, coriander, chili powder, garlic and walnuts and mix well. Cook for another 2 minutes while stirring. Taste and season with sea salt and pepper. Stuff in tortilla shells, garnish with your favorite taco toppings or with Avocado Cream, Pickled Red Cabbage and Cashew Sour Cream. Bon appรฉtit!

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Tacos chou-fleur et noix

  • Author: Karine K
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 17 minutes
  • Total Time: 27 minutes
  • Yield: 6 portions 1x

Ingredients

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  • 3 c. ร  soupe d’huile d’olive
  • 1 tรชte de chou-fleur, dรฉcouper en mini fleurons
  • 1/2 oignon rouge, hachรฉ
  • 1 1/2 c. ร  thรฉ de cumin moulu
  • 1 1/2 c. ร  thรฉ de coriandre moulue
  • 1 1/2 c. ร  thรฉ de poudre de chili
  • 3 gousses d’ail, รฉmincรฉes
  • 1 3/4 tasse de noix, รฉmincรฉes
  • Sel de mer et poivre, au goรปt
  • Tortillas
  • Garnitures: coriandre fraรฎche, quartiers de lime, crรจme ร  l’avocat, chou rouge marinรฉ et crรจme sรปre ร  la noix de cajou

Instructions

Dans une grande poรชle, chauffer l’huile d’olive ร  feu moyen-รฉlevรฉ. Ajouter le chou-fleur et l’oignon, et cuire en brassant souvent, pendant 10 ร  15 minutes. Ajouter le cumin, la coriandre, la poudre de chili, l’ail et les noix. Bien mรฉlanger et continuer de cuire pendant 2 minutes de plus. Goรปter et assaisonner, au goรปt, de sel de mer et de poivre. Farcir des tortillas du mรฉlange et garnir de vos accompagnements prรฉfรฉrรฉes, ou des accompagnements suggรฉrรฉs plus haut. Bon appรฉtit!

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Avocado Cream

Avocado Cream
Avocado Cream

I use this Avocado Cream when I make Cauliflower and Walnut Tacos. The beauty about this recipe is that unlike guacamole, it stays green and vibrant overnight. The next day, make yourself a taco salad with the leftovers.

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Avocado Cream

  • Author: Karine K
  • Prep Time: 5 minutes
  • Total Time: 5 minutes
  • Yield: 6 servings 1x

Ingredients

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  • 2 avocados
  • 1/2 cup mayo or coconut yogurt
  • Juice of 1 lime
  • 1/3 cup fresh cilantro, minced
  • 1 jalapeรฑo pepper, seeded and minced
  • 1/2 teaspoon sea salt

Instructions

In a medium bowl, place the avocado, mayo, lime juice, cilantro, jalapeรฑo, and salt. Purรฉe with a hand-held mixer or until smooth. Bon appรฉtit!

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Crรจme ร  l’avocat

J’aime bien cette recette parce que contrairement ร  une guacamole, la crรจme conserve sa vivacitรฉ et sa couleur jusqu’au lendemain.

  • Author: Karine K
  • Prep Time: 5 minutes
  • Total Time: 5 minutes
  • Yield: 6 portions 1x

Ingredients

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  • 2 avocats, sans le noyau
  • 1/2 tasse de mayo ou de yogourt de coconut
  • Jus de 1 lime
  • 1/2 tasse de coriandre fraรฎche, รฉmincรฉe
  • 1 piment jalapeรฑo, รฉmincรฉ
  • 1/2 c. ร  thรฉ de sel de mer

Instructions

Dans un bol moyen, placer l’avocat, la mayo, le jus de lime, la coriandre, le jalapeรฑo, et le sel de mer. Rรฉduire en purรฉe au robot ou ร  l’aide d’un mรฉlangeur ร  main. Bon appรฉtit!

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