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Recipes

So, you want to whip up some vegan food huh? Great! While you're at it, why not make the dishes healthy and eco-friendly? Below you will find delicious and nutritious meals that tread lightly on the planet and your waistline.

Most recipes are also:

gluten free icon Gluten-free oil fee icon Low or No Oil
soy free icon Soy-free salt free icon Low or No Salt
sugar free icon Refined Sugar-free  eco friendly packaging icon Low or No Packaging
 
raw icon Many recipes are raw as well

You're encouraged to purchase organic, sustainably harvested and local ingredients.

 

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Sunday, 07 August 2011 13:02

Make Your Own Peanut Butter Cookie LÄRABAR

 
Since going gluten-free, soy-free, and moving towards sugar-free my food choices have become pretty limited and basic. Well, limited in the processed food sense. One of my favorite snacks right now are LÄRABARs, especially the Peanut Butter Cookie flavor, however they can add up in price and packaging. So I decided to try making them myself since the ingredients are just dates, peanuts, and salt.
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Sunday, 07 August 2011 12:56

How to Make Your Own Organic Vanilla Almond Milk

 
I rarely drink soy milk for a couple of reasons:
  1. I don't drink/use it fast enough and most of it goes bad
  2. I try to avoid soy
Instead of soy, I like almond, rice, hemp, or coconut milks; but I rarely buy those either because of the 1st reason.
 
However, occasionally I'll make a recipe that calls for a nut milk, so instead of going to the store and buying it, I make my own. Believe it or not, making almond milk is very easy and fast. It requires a little planning because you need to soak the almonds (you can skip this step but it won't turn out as well).
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Sunday, 07 August 2011 12:54

Curried Red Lentils & Millet: free of gluten/soy/sugar/oil

 
I recently bought millet to cook with for the first time, and this dish was a perfect introduction. I love lentils and wanted to make something without gluten, soy, sugar, and oil - I succeeded. This easy and quick recipe has been adapted from The Way of Happy Woman.

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