WELLNESS RESET & GIFT BOX GIVEAWAY

Could you use a reset?

From Covid and quarantine, to protests, and political views, who hasn’t been a little off their rocker?!

It’s times like these when it’s most beneficial and necessary to find support in achieving balance with health and self care.

Have you taken the action steps necessary to take care of yourself holistically?

It doesn’t have to be hard!

Kalli and I created an incredible program to make this process easy and fun for you!

Kalli (CEO of Studio Ginger) and I have come together to develop a 10 day virtual retreat to come back enjoying the self care routines including virtual fitness classes, plant based nutrition education and meal plans, mindset exercises, and even products sent to your home!

Toned in 10

Our “Toned in 10” holistic health reset challenge starts June 22 and there are only 10 spots left eligible to receive a gift box (value of over $150) including a full sized tub of KOS protein powder (your choice of flavor!), a full sized tub of Bogavia essential face cream, full sized box of Banza pasta, Karma Nuts, and more!

What’s Included?

• Daily virtual group fitness classes
• Daily nutrition and mindset workshops
• 10 high protein vegan full days of eating meal plans
• Gift box (if you are one of the first 50 people to sign up!)
• Facebook group community, connection, and accountability
• One-on-one accountability with Kalli and I
• A self care transformation coming from love and empowerment!

Who can join?
This is open to anyone looking for an health upgrade with mindset, plant based nutrition, fitness, and community

When is it?
June 22-July 1st, 2020

Where is it?
Facebook group community and Zoom calls for classes and workshops.
Classes and workshops are recorded – so no worries if you can’t make them all!
Daily accountability of your choice: text, voice memo, instagram message, up to you!

Pricing
Early bird price: $99 for the whole program + gift box until June 18th!
Regular Price: $120 if you sign up after June 18th.

CLICK HERE to sign up for the TONED IN 10 challenge

Set the right goals

I got off the phone today with a client who is just finishing up with my online holistic health program.

She was so liberated because: she came in to work with me with the goal to lose 8lbs, and left the program feeling more free, intuitive, balanced, confident, and happy (and not weighing herself at all)

She previously had goals to lose weight, which left her feeling anxious around food, and in her body.

She now has goals to take care of herself, and has new empowering beliefs around what is possible for her!

Our Story
Kalli and I have a unique spin on wellness and self care.
We share in the video above our story with disordered eating and our approach to helping people achieve health in a balanced way.

We’re not here to focus on weight loss or rigidity around clean eating and forcing exercise.

We’re here to embrace what true holistic health looks and feels like: free, confident, present, grateful, proud, and sustainable.

Do Not Miss Out!

This is going to be so much fun!

As someone who values their well being reading this email, I know you are willing to do what it takes to step in the discomfort of taking full responsibility for your health.

CLICK HERE to sign up for the TONED IN 10 challenge

and feel free to respond to this email with whatever questions or concerns you have, would love to connect!

Can’t wait to see you in there!

Be sure to send this email to a friend who could use some help!
If you’re reading on your phone, screenshot and tag me on instagram in your stories @vitamin.katie and let me know how this was helpful. I would love to connect 

If you’d like help on your health and fitness journey, click here to apply to work together.

Sending love!
Katie 🙂

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3 Seed Parmesan Cheese | Vegan, Gluten Free, Packed With Micronutrients

Ahh how is your sweet summer going?

It’s definitely that time of year when we want silky smooth skin (I mean, don’t we always). Plus if you’ve ever had dandruff, or brittle hair and nails, this recipe is a must for you! Its got great sources of trace minerals like zinc and selenium as well as vitamin E and healthy fats that are so essential for a glow up. Also, the nutritional yeast is a b-complex powerhouse to help you feel super energized and buzzin like you’re made for.  Not to mention is goes PERFECTLY on top of all the seasonal pesto, tomato, basil pasta perfections you’ve been enjoying lately 😛 Give this one a go!

3 Seed Parmesan Cheese

Makes ~10-15 servings

1 cup Brazil nuts
1 cup raw pumpkin seeds
1 cup sunflower seeds
3/4 cup nutritional yeast
0.5-3 tsp salt
1 tsp garlic powder

Blend in a food processor S blade until perfect parm consistency

Enjoy! :-*

5 Soy-Free Vegan Protein HACKS + “TUNA” MELT SANDWICH RECIPE

So if you really knew me, you would know that I have considered myself vegan for 8+ years and I LOVE SEAFOOD. I grew up north of Boston where lobster rolls, clam chowdah, tuna melts, cod, haddock, salmon, scallops, muscles.. all of it. Were what I grew up on and 😛 I’m obsessed with. AND I chose not to purchase those foods anymore because of many reasons, a few I mentioned in the video. My mom’s birthday was Sunday May 19th and I know one of her favorite meals is a simply divine tuna melt. So I made, in honor of her, the best damn vegan tuna melt everr. 

!!  TuNa MeLt  !!

Chickpea “Tuna” Adapted from the amazing forks over knives website

• 1 can chickpeas, drained and mashed
• 3 Tbsp tahini
• 1-2 tsp mustard
• ¼ cup onion
• ¼ cup celery
• ¼ cup pickle
• kelp
• Turmeric
• Salt
• Pepper

Mix well!

Ooey Gooey Melty Cheez:

• 2 C. potatoes, diced large
• 1 C. carrots, diced large
• 1/2 C. water
• 1/4 C. olive oil (or just use 1/4 an avocado)
• 2 tsp. salt
• 1 Tbsp. lemon juice (fresh is best!)
• 1/2 C. nutritional yeast flakes
• 1/4 tsp. onion powder
• 1/4 garlic clove (or 1/4 tsp powder)
• Dash of cayenne

1. Boil the potatoes and carrots until soft.
2. Blend potatoes and carrots with the rest of the ingredients on high in blender until the cheese is extremely smooth. I use my high-powered VitaMix blender.
3. Store in refrigerator for up to a week

Enjoy!!

Taco ‘Meat’, Nacho ‘Cheese’, and Baked Tortilla Chips | Cinco De Mayo Recipes – Dietitian Vitamin Katie

I’ve decided if you don’t like Mexican food, you simply haven’t tried enough of it yet. There is such variety! The colors, flavors, textures YUM! Like. They had avocado toast on lock way before it became a $15 hot ticket item at legit every cafe in Beverly Hills. The recipes I provided below are off the chaaaiinnss people. Like. SERIOUSLY. I made them with my friend Sky and she actually, after trying one chip with nacho cheese and taco meat, fell to the ground and yelled, “How have I lived so many days without this!?” lol Seriously so good. Can’t wait for you to try!

United We Dream

In this video, I put more on the table than just a few healthy recipes. As a Zumba instructor, Mexican food connoisseur, and a friend to many who identify as Hispanic, Mexican, and Latino, I gave a shout out to the organization United We Dream for taking a stand. I hope you check them out and support! With how grateful I am for all of the diversity of cultures in my life, it can be overwhelming feeling like there is nothing I can do to help. United We Dream makes it easy and I am so grateful.  If you just want the recipes skip forward to 7:27 in the video. 

Taco ‘Meat’:

•2 cups zucchini, finely diced
•1 cup brazil nut, ground (I used walnut)
•½ cup crimini mushrooms, finely diced
•½ cup onion, minced
•5 tablespoons Mexican chili powder
•¼ cup celery, finely minced
•2 Tbs nutritional yeast
•2 Tbs lemon juice
•1 teaspoon Himalayan salt
•1 teaspoon garlic, minced
•½ tsp cayenne
1.  grind nuts into flour
2.  add in chopped veggies
3.  add in Mexican fiesta seasoning, nutritional yeast, garlic, lemon juice
4.  mix!

Nacho ‘Cheese’

2 C. potatoes, diced large
1 C. carrots, diced large
1/2 C. water
1/4 C. olive oil (or just use 1/4 an avocado)
2 tsp. salt
1 Tbsp. lemon juice (fresh is best!)
1/2 C. nutritional yeast flakes
1/4 tsp. onion powder
1/4 garlic clove (or 1/4 tsp powder)
Dash of cayenne
1. Boil the potatoes and carrots until soft.
2. Blend potatoes and carrots with the rest of the ingredients on high in blender until the cheese is extremely smooth. I use my high-powered VitaMix blender.
3. Store in refrigerator for up to a week

Baked Tortilla Chips

Small organic corn tortillas, no toxic additives in the ingredients 👀
1. Preheat oven to 400-420*F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper
2. Slice tortillas into 6 ships and spread evenly on parchment so none are stacking
3. Bake for about 15 minutes or until chips are golden and crispy 🤪🤪🤪✨ enjoy

DIY: Upcycle T Shirts into Grocery Bags

EPA reports “Every bit of plastic ever made still exists.”

Instead of trippin about the not-so-great realities of today, I’ve decided to take action. There is a lot that we can do to help. Just by upcycling old T-shirts, we are significantly reducing plastic waste.

According to the Center for Biological Diversity Website:

• Fish in the North Pacific ingest 12,000 to 24,000 tons of plastic each year, which can cause intestinal injury and death and transfers plastic up the food chain to bigger fish, marine mammals and human seafood eaters.
• According to Waste Management, only 1 percent of plastic bags are returned for recycling. That means that the average family only recycles 15 bags a year; the rest ends up in landfills as litter
• Americans use 100 billion plastic bags a year, which require 12 million barrels of oil to manufacture.
• The average American family takes home almost 1,500 plastic shopping bags a year.
• At least 267 different species have been affected by plastic pollution in the ocean.

Let’s Do Something About This!

1. Make a grocery bag out of an old T shirt
2. Take a photo of it
3. Upload it to the SUPERHERO CREW FACEBOOK GROUP
4. Use your bag and inspire the world

Daily Green Smoothie Bowl + Chocolate n Chickpea Oat Cookies | Vegan, Gluten Free

Not into salads? Just don’t have the time? Still want to feel your absolute best!?

Ditto! (well, I love salads) But honestly this is such a life savor for me because:

a. It actually tastes like ice cream (and if you know me, you know I cannot live without ice cream)

b. It is chock full of essential vibrant nutrients and satisfaction to recover from hard workouts and feel energized and stoked about life

c. I actually don’t have to take more than 5 minutes to make it. (really) !

 

Green Smoothay:

• 4 cups greens (fresh or frozen stick them in the freezer to keep them from going bad!)
• 2 tsp spirulina
• Probiotics, I used biohm
• 1-2 bananas (fresh or pre-peeled and frozen)
• 1/2 – 1 cup frozen blueberries
• 1 scoop plant protein powder, I used plant fusion cookies and cream
• 1 cup almond milk
  Blend until smooth and top with hemp seeds, granola, and more berries!

I topped my bowl with these Chocolate n Chickpea Oat Cookies 😛

Adapted from Tofu Fit Girl

Chocolate n’ Chickpea Oat Cookies

• 3/4 cup rolled oats
• 1 cup chickpea flour
• 2 ripe mashed bananas
• 1/3 cup almond butter
• 1/4 cup cacao powder
• 1 Tbsp maple syrup
• 1/2 cup raisins
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
• ~1/4 cup almond milk

Mix all ingredients in a bowl and bake at 350*F for 15 mins

Enjoy!

 

Pumpkin Cheezecake Bars | Vegan, Probiotic, Gluten Free, Date Sweetened, Oil Free, AMAZING

Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars

with ~4 billion probiotics per bar!!

To everyone out there who once said, “I LOVE CHEESECAKE” Look no further. Seriously.

These babes are so delish, and are actually full of ingredients for sustained calm energy, mood, and even improve digestion and immunity! How!? Well, using healthy foods like dates, pecans, and cashews of course. But also! I am a huge fan of the Lavva Yogurt company.

Their yogurt is pili nut based with 0 (zero!) added refined sugars, and 50 billion! Yes 50 billion probiotics.  Probiotics are amazing for of course digestion and beautiful perfect snake poops, (yay!), but did you know that most of our serotonin (the feel good neurotransmitter) is produced in the gut? Plus, our GI is an open vessel to the outside world, and is lined with inflammatory and immune cells ready to fire to protect us from invaders.  It makes sense if the biota is thrown off, our immunity and inflammation would be all over the place.

I love how this yogurt tastes and makes me feel so much that I got it for a yogurt parfait bar at one of The Shift retreats that I chef at.  The ladies 1. loved it and 2. Were floored with how amazing their digestion was after just one weekend!  Granted, my whole foods plant based cuisine helps peoples digestion, but honestly often people will complain of discomfort and gas due to so much fiber they are eating all of a sudden.  With the addition of this effective delish yogurt, it really helped!

 

Makes 20 Bars. adapted from the incredible Feasting On Fruit ❤

Crust:

• 20 medjool dates, pitted
• 6 oz raw pecans
• 3 tsp pumpkin pie spice (to taste)
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

Steps:

1. Line a 9×6 baking dish with parchment paper (feel free to try round spring cake pan, pie plate, or square pan!)
2. Using food processor S blade, blend the crust ingredients until well combined and pressable texture for crust, nice and chunky, not paste or butter
3. Press crust evenly into parchment lined dish

Cheesecake:

• 2 cups raw cashews, soaked in the fridge overnight and drained
• 7 medjool dates, pitted
• 1 container Lavva Vanilla Yogurt
• 1/2 container Lavva Original Yogurt (save the other half to top your oatmeal or smoothie bowl!)
• 1 cup pumpkin puree
• 1 Tbsp pumpkin pie spice
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

Steps:

1. Soak cashews overnight, drain and rinse.
2. Blend cheesecake in a high-speed blender like a Vitamix or use your food processor S blade again.
3. Blend until super creamy and smooth
4. Pour on top of crust
5. Freeze overnight
6. Let thaw for 10-20 minutes, slice into 20 bars and keep in the fridge for ~5 days or freezer for up to 2 weeks. DEVOUR IN ECSTASY

20 REASONS TO MAKE YOUR WINGS CHICKEN-LESS | SUPERBOWL 2018

PLANT BASED FTW

Superbowl 2018 is tomorrow.  Friends! Don’t let your friends eat meat. Chicken may seem like a healthy option, however 99.9% of chickens raised in the US are from factory farms where they are in tight spaces rubbin up on eachothers salmonella and feces, where they’re stuffed with arsenic drugs to make their color pinker and antibiotics to ya know, keep them.. alive.. they are basically turned into mutants stuffed with saline to make them juicy and salty and. EW.  Save a friend. Save the world. Share this list. !

1. Chickens are the most probable reservoir for pathogens causing UTI infections
2. E. coli and drug resistant pathogens in poultry are found to establish themselves as majority of the gut flora, even when prepared correctly! “Chicken strains were isolated from the faecal sample taken on the day after the bird was handled, prepared, and cooked but before it was eaten. This indicates it was the handling of the uncooked carcass that provided the opportunity for the onward transmission of E. Coli rather than the eating of the cooked product.” 2
3. Since chickens are fed so many antibiotics (routinely feeding antibiotics by the millions of pounds every year) eating chickens can cause multi-drug resistant bacteria and pathogens to amplify in our bodies.
4. Even when using the most sanitary practices, bleaching even!  Pathogenic fecal bacteria like campylobacter and salmonella from chicken  contaminates kitchens surface, sink, and utensils significantly.
5. In just over 50 years, the number of chickens produced annually in the US has increased by more than 1,400%. The average American eats almost 84 pounds of chicken a year, more than twice the amount eaten in 1970. while the number of farms producing those birds has dropped by 98% !!!  , The transformation of the industry to large poultry farms is causing a major pollution problem!
6. In the “Broiler Belt” (the area which extends from eastern Texas through the southeastern US and north to Maryland and Delaware) chickens outnumber people by as much as 400 to 1.
7. In a study involving hundreds of thousands of men and women, “our results indicate that meat intake is positively associated with weight gain during adult life in European subjects. The association persisted after adjustment for total energy intake and underlying dietary patterns. Our results are therefore in favor of the public health recommendation to decrease meat consumption for health improvement. The strongest relation with annual weight change was observed for poultry.” 
8. “Women and men with the highest chicken consumption had a greater increase in BMI compared to those with the lowest intake after 14 years. Data suggest that men and women with the highest chicken consumption had a higher increase in BMI after 14 year of follow up, respectively, compared to those who consumed no chicken at all”
9. Beyond Meat Chicken Strips have 3.5g fat at 130 calories per serving while regular lean chicken strips from Whole Foods have 19g fat and 270 calories per serving!
10. Workers in poultry slaughtering and processing plants have increased risk of dying from certain cancers- new findings were for cancers of the cervix and penis
11. Those who slaughter chickens have about 9 times the odds of getting both pancreatic cancer and liver cancers. (even if you smoke cigarettes for more than 50 years you only about double your odds of getting pancreatic cancer vs. those that slaughter poultry have 9 TIMES THE ODDS!
12. 70% of samples of chicken meat from conventional producers in grocery stores across America DO NOT HAVE prohibitory arsenical drug policies to prevent arsenical drugs from being consumed. (arsenic is a known human carcinogen and the FDA Stated, “any new animal drug that contributes to the overall inorganic arsenic burden is of potential concern”)
13. Since 75% of US population is estimated to be chicken consumers (probably more) estimates suggest industry-wide use of arsenical drugs could result in 8,661 additional cases of cancer over 70 years, or an average of AN UNNECESSARY 124 CANCERS PER YEAR DUE TO CHICKEN!
14. “Annual production of fecal waste from poultry flocks was 8.8 million tons on a dry weight basis plus more than 106,000 metric tons of broiler hatchery waste.  Add this to 37 million dead birds and condemnations at processing plants. When all this waste is added together, the task of keeping the environment clean becomes monumental.”
15. The leading source of sodium in the American diet for adults is chicken
16. “Consuming chicken is the most common cause of Salmonella poisoning.  A 2014 issue of Consumer Reports published that 97% of chicken breasts found in retail stores were contaminated with bacteria that could make people sick, and 38% of the Salmonella found was resistant to multiple antibiotics.”
17. About 90% of retail chicken showed evidence of contamination with fecal matter!
18. 72% increased risk of pancreatic cancer for every 50 grams of chicken consumed daily (about 1/4 of a chicken breast)
19. Growth-promoting drugs fed to chickens could be playing a role in lymphoma and leukemias
20. U.S. Department of Agriculture exempts birds from its enforcement of the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act, which requires that farm animals be insensible to pain before they’re shackled and killed.

I would love to list 80 more tid bits/ articles / info things!! AHH! If you’d like to kick meat and chicken for good, hit me up k.reines1@gmail.com, DM me @vitamin.katie or check out my youtube channel and comment to me here.

PS:

It is the position of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics that appropriately planned vegetarian, including vegan, diets are healthful, nutritionally adequate, and may provide health benefits for the prevention and treatment of certain diseases. These diets are appropriate for all stages of the life cycle, including pregnancy, lactation, infancy, childhood, adolescence, older adulthood, and for athletes. Plant-based diets are more environmentally sustainable than diets rich in animal products because they use fewer natural resources and are associated with much less environmental damage. Vegetarians and vegans are at reduced risk of certain health conditions, including ischemic heart disease, type 2 diabetes, hypertension, certain types of cancer, and obesity. Low intake of saturated fat and high intakes of vegetables, fruits, whole grains, legumes, soy products, nuts, and seeds (all rich in fiber and phytochemicals) are characteristics of vegetarian and vegan diets that produce lower total and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels and better serum glucose control. These factors contribute to reduction of chronic disease. Vegans need reliable sources of vitamin B-12, such as fortified foods or supplements.

GO PATS!

 

 

 

Sources Cited:

1. AVOIDING CHICKEN TO AVOID BLADDER INFECTIONS NUTRITION FACTS VIDEO

Chicken as reservoir for extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli in humans

Is Escherichia coli urinary tract infection a zoonosis? Proof of direct link with production animals and meat

2. The colonization of the human gut by antibiotic resistant Escherichia coli from chickens

3. Food Borne Origines of E. Coli Causing Extra-intestinal Infections

4. The Effectiveness of Hygiene Procedures

5-6. Big Chicken: Pollution and Industrial Poultry Production in America

CHICKEN BIG: POULTRY + OBESITY NUTRITIONFACTS VIDEO

7. Meat consumption and prospective weight change in participants of the EPIC-PANACEA study

8. Longitudinal changes in BMI in older adults are associated with meat consumption differentially, by type of meat consumed

9. Beyond Meat Chicken Strips . vs 365 Whole Foods Wings

10. Cancer mortality in workers employed in cattle, pigs, and sheep slaughtering and processing plants

11. A pilot case-cohort study of liver and pancreatic cancers in poultry workers. & Cigarette smoking and pancreatic cancer: a pooled analysis from the pancreatic cancer cohort consortium

HOW MANY CANCERS HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY ARSENIC-LACED CHICKEN? NUTRITIONFACTS

12-13. Roxarsone, inorganic arsenic, and other arsenic species in chicken: a U.S.-based market basket sample.

14. Poultry production’s environmental impact on water quality.

15. Sodium Intakes of US Children and Adults from Foods and Beverages by Location of Origin and by Specific Food Source

16-19. Chicken- Nutrition Facts Topic

20. The Humane Society 

Two Quick, Easy, Vegan, + Gluten Free Bean Pasta Recipes: Prescription Pesto + Sesame Ginger Sauce

Who doesn’t Love pasta? Yes, love with a capital “L”.  For these recipes I used banza pasta made from chickpeas.  Bean pasta is awesome! It is super high in nutrients like iron and beneficial fiber. Plus it is loaded with protein. It’s gluten free and only takes 7-8 minutes to cook. Obsessed. I particularly like the Banza brand because it looks just like regular pasta and has a really nice consistency.  Some bean pastas that I have tried are a little mealy and chalky, this brand is nice and noodle-y.  I don’t know how else to describe it 😛 Hope you enjoy these recipes! xo

Purchase Your Box Of BANZA Here:

Banza Chickpea Pasta, Variety Case, Shells/Elbows/Penne/Rotini (Pack of 6)

Sesame Ginger Pasta + Veggies

Mmmm when I had this recipe the first time I could have sworn it had peanut butter and sugar in it with its gingery garlic creamy deliciousness.  Its just sesame seeds and dates!? What!? So simple and I can assure you this recipe will not disappoint!

Adapted from Dr. Joel Fuhrman’s Quick and Easy Chilled Sesame Noodles

Serves 6

Ingredients:

• 8 ounces bean pasta, cooked according to package directions, rinsed under cold water, and drained
• 1 pound fresh or frozen broccoli florets, steamed
• 1 pound mushrooms, chopped + steamed (or use another pound of broccoli or any other vegetable you love!)
• 1 large red bell pepper
• 6 scallions thinly sliced

For the Sauce

• 1/4 cup unhulled sesame seeds, lightly pan toasted
• 1 cup water
• 2-3 tablespoons raw almonds or cashews (preferably soaked / sprouted)
• 7 medjool dates or 13-14 regular dates (like deglet noor), pitted
• 1/2 tablespoon minced ginger
• 3-4 cloves garlic, peeled
• 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes, or to taste
• 3 tablespoons lime juice (or rice vinegar / apple cider vinegar)

Steps

1. In a high speed blender, puree all the sauce ingredients until smooth
2. In a large bowl, toss the cooked pasta, bell pepper, scallion, steamed broccoli, and veggies with the sauce until thoroughly coated.
3. Divide among 6 plates and serve immediately or refrigerate until ready to use.

Prescription Pesto

Yaaas pesto :-P. This recipe has got all the medicine in it, and TBH: there is nothing I crave more. This pesto is BOMB. Don’t be fooled by the word, “medicine.” Back in the day when you used to plug your nose to get the stuff down.  This powerful pesto has got the most potent DNA protecting and disease reversing foods like greens, turmeric, beans, walnuts, and garlic.  And this medicine, baby.  Just can’t get enoughhh yuuuuuuuuuuuuummmmmmmmmmm!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Adapted from Dr. Michael Greger‘s Eight Check-Mark Pesto

Serves 4

Ingredients:

• 1 bunch (or about 2 cups) fresh basil
• 1/4 cup raw or sprouted walnuts
• 2-3 cloves fresh garlic
• 1/4 of a peeled lemon
• zest of 1/2 of a lemon
• 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
• 1/4 cup canned pinto beans (I recommend no salt added like Eden’s Organic)
• 1/4 cup liquid from canned beans or water
• 1 tablespoon sweet white miso (equal to or less than 270mg sodium / serving)
• Pepper to taste

Combine all ingredients in a food processor.  Blend until smooth. Scoop onto a cup and a half of cooked bean pasta.

SNICKERDOODLES + How To Bake No Flour, No Oil, No Sugar, Vegan

Growing up in a home with a perpetual aroma of freshly baked bread and an ever-replenishing plate of homemade muffins, cookies, or brownies, I could never give up milk, butter or eggs. No way. How could I? Oh, and I definitely could not ever give up muenster cheese. The divine moldy cow teet fluid suffocated in sodium and grease, in between sour dough smothered in 100% cow fat, and grilled. Divine. Delicious acne. Heavenly mood swings, bouts of depression, energy crashes, and stomachaches.

Although I am not a French trained gourmet baker, my taste buds do not lie. There are certainly ways to enjoy baking, without the harmful baggage. Here, you will learn how to make scrumptious baked goods taste the way you like, and make you feel that glowing radiant health that you deserve. What is life without energy. Only alive radiant energy in my baked goods. peace sign  

1. Flour

“The whiter the bread, the sooner you’re dead.” ~Dr. Joel Fuhrman. Ideally, we want to transition from white flours to more wholesome flours or products.

Instead of 100% white flour, try:

• ½ whole grain or bean flour + ½ white flour
• Make your own oat flour: blend rolled or quick oats in the blender or food processor until flour consistency

Does what you are making really require flour? I used to think that cookies and brownies needed flour until I tried white bean snickerdoodles and black bean brownies that use beans for a base instead.

Little cholesterol and saturated fat bombs. There are lots of healthier alternatives.

The tried and true is the flax or chia egg:

1 Tbsp ground flaxseeds + 3 Tbsp water

1 Tbsp chia seeds + 3 Tbsp water

Mix until well combined and let sit until it forms a gel.

For a light and fluffy product, instead of 1 egg, try:

1. 2 tsp baking soda + 2 Tbsp warm water
2. 1 tsp aluminum free baking powder + 1 tsp. vinegar
3. 1 tsp. baker’s yeast dissolved in ¼ cup warm water

Mix until well combined and gelatinous

For thick and dense products, like brownies and cookies, instead of 1 egg, try

4. ½ cup mashed ripe banana
5. ¼ cup unsweetened apple sauce
6. ¼ cup canned pumpkin or squash
7. Ener-G Egg replacer product
8. 2 Tbsp cornstarch + 2 Tbsp water
9. 2 Tbsp potato starch + 2 Tbsp water
10. 2 Tbsp. instant mased potatoes
11. 2 Tbsp cornstarch + 2 Tbsp water

Mix until well combined and gelatinous

Tip: if you need to replace just an egg white, try:

Aquafaba: Don’t pour the canned bean liquid down the drain! Aquafaba in latin means “water bean”. It is the bean water from a can or from cooking beans.

Use a hand mixer or a stand mixer to whip it up and after beating for five minutes, the liquid will start to form stiff peaks, just like egg whites. To stabilize the aquafaba, add an acid such as lemon juice, vinegar, or cream or tartar. Use ½ teaspoon of lemon juice or vinegar or ¼ teaspoon of cream of tartar for ¾ cup of bean liquid. Adding an acid is especially helpful when you are making something that will not be eaten right away as it helps the aquafaba to remain aerated.

Aquafaba in Recipes:

• 1 tablespoon for one yolk
• 2 tablespoons for one egg white
• 3 tablespoons for a whole egg

Another egg white alternative:

1 Tbsp plain agar powder dissolved in 1 Tbsp water, whipped, cooled, and whipped again for each egg white.

There are lots of other egg replacements out there. Have you tried tofu scramble? For quiches and custards ¼ cup of pureed soft tofu works tremendously.

3. Milk

For a cholesterol, hormone, and unfavorable protein-free alternative try unsweetened and unflavored varieties of plant milks. Soy, almond, and rice milks are common neutral good ones.

Instead of buttermilk, try:

• 1 cup unsweetened soy milk + 2 Tbsp lemon juice or vinegar.

Combine ingredients in a mixing bowl and whisk until well combined and creamy. Equal to 1 cup buttermilk

4. Butter / Oil

            Solid or liquid, animal or plant, it is still 100% fat, absorbed way too quickly, very calorie dense, and not health promoting. Usually, these are added to moisten the product. What’s fabulous about vegan baked goods, is that they do not need to be cooked all the way since the ingredients do not harbor food born illnesses like salmonella. So, they will certainly be ooey, gooey, and moist. Yet instead of doing so with butter or oil, replace with applesauce, mashed banana, or another chia egg.

5. Sugar

            White sugar is stimulating, like a drug. It excites us and gets us addicted so we can’t stop thinking about it. After we have a hit of white sugar and our blood glucose levels spike, a crash follows. Leading to fatigue, depression, anxiety, and even headaches post-sugar hit. My recommendation? Stay away from drugs. Crack. Cocaine. White sugar. Etc.

Whole fruit is sweet enough! Dates are loaded with potassium (more potassium than bananas), fiber, and even have great iron and calcium too! Instead of sugar, blend pitted dates into your recipe. Make sure they are moist enough by soaking them in warm water for at least 15 minutes before using if they are too hard. They should be nice and mushy and combine easily.

Baking healthy vegan is the best. It’s super easy cleanup, no grease, no scrubbing, no flour everywhere. I love it. You actually feel like you did a service sharing these goodies with people too. No more giving away stomach aches and post-eating purging episodes. This is a real issue people. Now’s the time to inspire others with how delicious healthy baked goods can be! Your homework: Fail. Try and try again. I am certain you will make some incredible things. And I am certain some things won’t be the bees knees. That’s ok. Don’t let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game. Have fun!

SNICKERDOODLES

Makes 10-12 cookies
Equipment:
– 2 baking sheets
– parchment paper
– food processor
– oven

Ingredients:
– 1 can white beans
– 1/3 – 1/2 cup pitted dates
– 1 ripe banana
– 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
– 1/4 cup nut butter (1 ingredient only)
– 1/2 vanilla bean or 2 tsp vanilla extract
– 1 tsp baking powder
– 1 tsp baking soda
– chopped raw walnuts to garnish

1. Preheat oven to 350*F and line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper
2. In a food processor with an S blade, blend all ingredients except walnuts
3. Scoop out about 1/4 cup of dough onto parchment and using the back of a spoon or a knife, spread into a cookie shape
4. Bake for about 15 minutes
5. Once cookies are dry enough to get off of the parchement easily with a spatula, press walnuts into cookies and transfer to a plate or cooling rack
6. Enjoy 😛

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