Recipe: Vegan French Toast

I was craving french toast for lunch the other day so I went online in search of vegan french toast recipes. Many of the recipes required ingredients that I had never heard of or I didn’t have on hand (such as nutritional yeast and chickpea flour) but I found one that is not only easy but delicious! It only requires bananas, soy milk and some other basic ingredients that I had in my kitchen.

Below is the recipe. Enjoy!

Ingredients:

• 2-3 ripe bananas
• 3/4 cup organic soy milk
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• Gluten free bread – about 6 slices (I used Uudi’s from Trader Joe’s but any kind of thick sliced bread will do)
• Organic maple syrup
• Fresh organic berries of any kind (I prefer blueberries)

Instructions:

1. Blend together bananas, soy milk, cinnamon and vanilla in a blender or food processor.
2. Pour the mixture into a shallow container such as a pie plate.
3. Place the bread into the mixture and let it soak for a minute or so and spoon the mixture to coat the other side.
4. Fry the bread in a medium hot skillet until the slices are golden brown, then flip to cook the other side.
5. Serve with sliced bananas, fresh blueberries and maple syrup.

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Recipe: My Favorite Kale Salad

One of my favorite healthy salads to make is a kale salad with vegan parmesan cheese, olive oil, lemon and hot pepper flakes. So easy to make and delicious! 

Below is the recipe. Hope you like it as much as I do!

Ingredients:

• 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
• 1/4 cup lemon juice
• 2 cloves garlic, mashed
• 1/2 tsp coarse salt
• Pinch red pepper flakes (you can leave this out if you don’t like your salad spicy)
• 2 bunches organic kale
• 1/2 cup finely grated vegan parmesan cheese (you can find this at your local Whole Foods or health food store)
• Handful of pine nuts or sunflower seeds

Instructions:

1. In a large bowl mix together olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, salt, and pepper flakes. Add kale and toss to coat.

2. Top with grated vegan parmesan and serve!

Enjoy! 🙂

Friday Fitspiration

No excuses. Get moving!

This Heart Of Mine Was Made to Travel The World

“Once a year, go someplace you’ve never been before.” ~ Dalai Lama

Go see all the beauty in the world! It’s good for the soul.

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Brown Rice vs. Quinoa

Here’s a great infographic that compares the nutritional value of brown rice and quinoa.

Although quinoa has slightly more calories than brown rice, quinoa provides more protein, fewer carbs, more fiber, calcium, magnesium, iron and potassium than brown rice.

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Friday Fitspiration

Abs are made in the kitchen, not in the gym. “Diet” is a huge factor in losing those extra pounds, so put down the processed food and reach for raw fruits and veggies.

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Rule #1

There’s no such thing as eating too many vegetables.

Eat your veggies.

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Breakfast: Green Smoothie vs. Cheerios

Which do you prefer?

Link to green smoothie recipe: https://raworganicvegetarian.wordpress.com/2013/06/02/variation-on-the-glowing-green-detox-smoothie-recipe/

Variation on the Glowing Green Detox Smoothie Recipe

After drinking the same green smoothie every morning for the past 6 months, I’ve decided that I need to change it up.

Below is a variation on the original glowing green detox smoothie recipe (https://raworganicvegetarian.wordpress.com/2013/04/23/glowing-green-detox-smoothie/)

Recipe:
– 2 cups organic baby spinach
– 1 cup organic kale
– 1 cup organic parsley
– 2 organic carrots
– 1 very ripe banana
– 1 organic Fuji apple
– 1/2 cup of water
– 1 tablespoon chia seeds

Blend using the NutriBullet or your favorite blender/juicer. You may have to blend in two batches due to too many ingredients for the NutriBullet container.

Enjoy!

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