Showing posts with label vegetable. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vegetable. Show all posts
Friday, March 13, 2015
Summer Means Grilled Vegetable Salads and Things Im Thinking About on Tuesday 6 17 2014
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| Whole Wheat Orzo and Grilled Vegetable Salad with Feta, Olives, and Herbs |
Even though the official first day of summer is a few days away, lately I've been thinking of those things I love to cook in the summer but never make any other time of year, and grilled vegetables that get turned into salad are at the top of that list. I love grilled vegetable salads, and there are a couple on the blog that are my all time favorites, starting with the Whole Wheat Orzo and Grilled Vegetable Salad with Feta, Olives, and Herbs shown above. I could eat this all summer long! Two more grilled summer salads I'm equally crazy over are Grilled Sweet Potato Salad with Basil, Thyme, and Feta and Grilled Zucchini Greek Salad. Did you notice the common ingredient in these three favorite grilled salads? Yes, I do love Feta cheese and recently my favorite Feta cheese showed up again at Costco after I hadn't been able to find it for a couple of years. It doesn't take much to make me happy; finding that Feta at Costco again totally made my day, and the summer has gotten off to a good start.
Now, here are a few more things I've been thinking about . . .
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Sunday, March 8, 2015
Raw Spring Vegetable SoupLess Than 150 CaloriesLose Weight With A Raw Food Cleanse
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| Raw Spring Vegetable Soup - Vegan and Gluten Free! Follow Foods For Long Life on Facebook and Pinterest. |
Eating for Spring Time
With warmer weather comes access to more fruits and vegetables, allowing us to lighten up our diet. In Spring, I try to eat at least half of my food raw. And to lose a few pounds, get more energy, and detox from a winter of way too much fun, I do a raw food cleanse.
Todays recipe is a simple raw soup that blends garden peas and kale with a creamy avocado and is topped with shredded carrots. Fresh garlic, lemon juice and cayenne provide the main seasoning.
Eating raw soups is the perfect way to lighten up your spring diet and they are suitable for a raw food cleanse.
There are numerous posts on how to optimize the amount of raw food you eat throughout the seasons and how to do a Raw Food Cleanse on this site. But If you would like a more comprehensive summary of this information and more than 150 tested and optimized recipes, download my eBook, Health Begins in the Kitchen: Delicious and Easy Vegan Recipes and Seasonal Food Plan PLUS Raw Food Cleanse. Its only $9.99 and is available on Amazon and iTunes.
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Enjoy todays recipe - its becoming one of my favorite ways to enjoy my garden kale. And its perfect for the warm weather and for your Raw Food Cleanse. Best of all, its less than 150 calories per serving!
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Raw Spring Vegetable Soup
Raw Vegan, Gluten Free
[makes 4 servings]
Requires a High Speed Blender
2 cups fresh peas, or frozen (thawed)
2 packed cups kale (cleaned with stems removed)
2 cups chopped celery
2 cloves garlic, chopped
1 avocado, peeled and seed removed
1/4 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice
2 cups water
1 teaspoon salt, or to taste
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
2 dashes cayenne pepper, or to taste
1 small carrot, peeled and shredded
Place all ingredients, except the carrot, in a high-speed blender, such as a Vitamix or Blendtec. Blend until smooth. Adjust for salt and pepper if needed.
Pour into 4 bowls. Top with shredded carrot and serve.
Per serving: 145 calories, 6 g total fat, 1 g saturated fat, 121 mg omega-3 and 777 mg omega-6 fatty acids, 0 mg cholesterol, 6 g protein, 20 g carbohydrates, 7 g dietary fiber and 720 mg sodium.
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