I love being the health fairy. Everyone appreciates that one dish that is actually delish AND in alignment with everyones health goals. Hope you get inspired by this to have fun in the kitchen with what you’ve got and make something colorful, healthy, and delish
Ingredients:
1 cup quinoa, rinsed
1 cup lentils, soaked + rinsed
Combine + Boil in 4 cups water + let cool
1-2 bags or bunches of kale
1-2 pomegranates
1-2 cups chopped pecans
4-6 persimmons, the smaller kind, chopped
Dressing:
5-8 dates, pitted
3 Tbsp hemp seed
1-2 chunks fresh ginger
3 Tbsp cashews or tahini
3 Tbsp raw almond butter
3/4-1 cup water
Blend smooth and creamy
1. Massage dressing into kale
2. Add the quinoa, lentils, and rest of ingredients and mix well
3. SHARE WITH EVERYONE!
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
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 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
½ cup mashed ripe banana
¼ cup unsweetened apple sauce
¼ cup canned pumpkin or squash
Ener-G Egg replacer product
2 Tbsp cornstarch + 2 Tbsp water
2 Tbsp potato starch + 2 Tbsp water
2 Tbsp. instant mased potatoes
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.
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
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.
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
Preheat oven to 350*F and line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper
In a food processor with an S blade, blend all ingredients except walnuts
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
Bake for about 15 minutes
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
Deep Dish Mexican Inspiration Pizza and Guacamole! The crust, so flakey, light, and crisp! Absolutely delishh with a nice bite of warm refried beans and soy cheeze with cooling, crunchy, flavor-filled veggies!!
Thank you, Jesse Fabrikant.
Jesse has infinite passion and excitement. He wants nothing more than to share his zest for life- inspiring others. Such a positive light to be around, Jewish Jesse made a beautiful Shabbat dinner for his friends and I. Jesse, the rock-climbing vegetarian, views fears as opportunities. “The more something scares you, the better the opportunity.”
I connected with Jesse in so many ways! He reminded me so much of myself in his mission to find and pursue his purpose on this planet. He, too wants to be the best, happiest, and most passionate version of himself.
(No, there is no pot growing in that hydroponic! Lots of yummy herbs though! 🙂 )
After being on our parents’ path for so long (high school, college…) it is time for us to listen to our hearts, and follow our own paths. What that might be, it is up to us. Let it be challenging, scary, and let everyday be the f&^%ing best day you could ever imagine. It can happen… It is happening right now 🙂 You can get inspired by Jesse by visiting his brand new website at www.themoderncitizen.wordpress.com. He climbs, and composts 😀
For the pizza!?! :
The Dough:
3 cups all purpose flour
1 (.25 ounce) package active dry yeast
2 Tbs vegetable oil (or substitute with apple sauce)
1 tsp salt (optional)
1 Tbs white sugar
1 cup warm water (110 degrees F/ 45 degrees C)
Combine flour, salt, sugar, and yeast in a large bowl. Mix in oil and warm water.
Spread out on a greased and floured deep dish pan.
Bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for 20-25 minutes, or until just golden perfection 🙂
The Toppings:
Up to you!! This is what we did:
Refried beans spread out on the bottom
shredded daiya cheese (then put back in the oven for a minute to melt the cheese a little)
organic frozen corn, thawed
diced tomato
diced bell pepper
cilantro, chopped
guacamole (on the side to dip the crust in, or to dollop on top 😛 NOM!
eat mindfully! Shabbot Shalom!
Guacamole:
3 avocados
1 lime, squeezed for juice
1 tomato, diced
1/2 bell pepper, diced
1/2 bunch cilantro, chopped
1 clove garlic, minced
1 jalapeno, deseeded and minced
Mash avocados with lime juice to form a smooth consistency
Fold in the tomato, bell pepper, cilantro, garlic, and jalapeno
So much fun! The beautiful MEXICAN FIESTA rainbow of veggies at last night’s demo!!! These recipes are so easy and delicious! Really excited that I get to share them! 🙂
1. mix tomatoes pepper garlic, and onion in blender
2. add cilantro and mix again
3. add salt to taste
Guacamole
3-5 avocados
Mild Red Salsa (not blended, just cubed)
Squeeze another lime
mash the avocados in a separate bowl and immediately put lime or lemon juice on avocado to prevent oxidation. Then fold in pico with a rubber spatula and indulge in health filled creamy LDL lowering unsaturated fats! ;D
Thank you 
VITAMIN KATIE 