Water saute every vegetable you have. Add a dash or two of red pepper flakes and cayenne pepper if you like it spicy. Leave the pea pods, bean sprouts, herbs, lime, and scallions raw. After 10 minutes of cooking the veggies, fill the pan with about 5 – 7 cups of water, add 2 tablespoons of rice vinegar, and 3 tablespoons of miso paste (I use white miso). Mix well. Serve over buckwheat or udon noodles (or not if you’re watching your grains). Bon appetite!
1. In a large pot bring water to a boil. Add quinoa and boil for 10 minutes.
2. Remove from heat and drain in fine mesh sieve. Bring a fresh pot of water to boil. Place quinoa in the sieve over it. Cover with a kitchen towel and lid. Steam for 10 minutes. Remove from heat and allow to cool.
4. In a separate bowl, combine black beans, corn, onion, red pepper, jalapenos and cilantro.
5. After quinoa cools, combine with black bean mixture.
Directions: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Lightly oil a baking sheet with a little olive oil on a paper towel.
Chop the sunflower seeds in a food processor or with a hand chopper. Mash the beans in the food processor or with a potato masher and mix with the sunflower seeds. Mix in the remaining ingredients and form into six patties.
Becoming vegetarian or vegan can be a process. My personal shift to Vegan occurred over a period of several years. There is one book which moved me immediately to Vegan, Diet for a New America by John Robbins, heir to the Baskin-Robbins Ice Cream Fortune. “The only son of the founder of the Baskin-Robbins ice cream empire, John Robbins was groomed to follow in his father’s footsteps, but chose to walk away from Baskin-Robbins and the immense wealth it represented to “…pursue the deeper American Dream…the dream of a society at peace with its conscience because it respects and lives in harmony with all life forms. A dream of a society that is truly healthy, practicing a wise and compassionate stewardship of a balanced ecosystem.” Diet for a New America, changed my life more than any other book I have ever read.
In this short video, John shares his feelings which is what convinced me to give up the eggs and cheese I was hanging onto.
Is It Wrong to Eat Animals?
While the Dr Fuhrman, Eat to Live Program allows up 10% of your daily calories to come from animal products, he does not promote them in any way.
*Remove excess liquid from the tofu. Do this by sandwiching the tofu between two plates. Place something heavy on the top plate to help with this (a large can of beans work well) . Set aside for up to 2 hours. We want the tofu as dry as possible.Drain off the liquid.
**Vegetable broth can be made with hot water and vegetables broth powder. If you use bullion select one with NO Sodium. If you have your own vegetable stock … that’s even better!
In a large skillet, saute onion, garlic, zucchini, and red pepper in 1/2 cup of the vegetable broth. Cook on high heat until the broth is almost cooked out.