Orange & Green Veggie Baby Food Purees
G’s Purees
- 2 1/2 cups pumpkin - diced
- 3/4 cup carrot - diced
- 1/4-1/3 cup chickpeas
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 1/2- 1 3/4 cup broccoli florets
- 3 1/2 cup spinach
- 3/4 cup potato - diced
- 1/3- 1/2 cup firm tofu
- 3/4 cup water
- Steam all ingredients for about 5 minutes at most
- Puree (I use my Baby Bullet - it's magical)!
- Pour into 2.5 ounce jars or keep each one in a large tupperware and serve how you'd like
- Not only do I mix these with rice cereal, but as my little man grows older I use them as sauces mixed in with pastas and other grains. You can even smear on toasts with smashed avocado!
Asian Inspired Black Rice Bowl with Sesame and Orange Marinated Tofu
- 2 1/2 C dried black rice
- 2 slices of lime
- 4 heads of bok choy
- 1 small carrot sliced thin
- 4 shitake mushrooms
- 4 Tbl cilantro
- 2 slices of orange
- 1/2 cup edamame de-shelled
- 1 pomegranate- remove seeds to use for dish
- 1/2 pckg extra firm tofu
- 2 oranges diced
- 1 lime-squeezed
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 1/2 Tbl sesame paste or tahini
- 1/2 C soy sauce
- 2 Tbl cilantro
- 1 stalk green onion- diced loosely
- 1/4 c water
- Put all the ingredients of marinade in a blender and blend until smooth
- Cook tofu slices and put in marinade. Sit and refrigerate for approx 2 hours.
- Cook rice and then add marinade to rice when cooked (to taste)
- Steam edamame and bok choy
- Cook shitakes and edamame in marinade (to taste) and the add to rice
- Add carrot slices to side of bowl
- Garnish with cilantro, sliced orange & lime (one per bowl), and pomegranate seeds
- You don't have to let the tofu sit in marinade if you don't have time. Also, I often use Dr. Braggs Liquid Amino instead of soy sauce.
Creamy Vegan Broccoli Soup
A delicious Creamy Vegan Broccoli Soup. Vitamin and protein packed! Healthy, quick, easy to make, and delish! Slurp up and enjoy on a cold day!
- 3 Tbl olive oil
- 2-3 C vegetable broth (depending on the thickness you prefer)
- 1 onion- diced
- 2 heads of broccoli
- 1 carrot-diced
- 1 can of cannellini beans
- 2-3 Tbl flour (depending on thickness wanted)
- salt & pepper to taste
- Heat the oil in the pot and add the onion. Let cook for 3-5 minutes
- Add the carrot and cook for another 3-5 minutes
- Add the broccoli and cook for 2-3 minutes
- Add the flour and cook for about 1 minute
- Add a pinch salt, white beans, and broth. Let cook for 3 minutes
- Take your immersion blender and blend until smooth
- Heat, stirring occasionally, the soup for about another 5-10 minutes. Add the rest of the salt & pepper
- This is so easy and delicious! Perfectly creamy soup for a cold day.
Amazing Hummus Veggie Sandwich
- 2 slices whole wheat bread
- 1/4 cup Hummus
- 1 small carrot (shredded)
- Approximately 1/4 cucumber sliced thin
- 1/2 of an avocado
- Pinch of salt (optional)
- Shred carrot
- Slice cucumber very thin
- Smash your avocado on both pieces of bread and then top with hummus
- Add cucumber
- Add carrot
- This is a delicious, healthy, and easy vegan sandwich. I do not recommend toasting the bread.
Lentil & Tofu Breakfast Quesadillas
- 2 eight inch sized tortillas
- 1 slice of jack cheese (you can use shredded as well)
- 1/4 slice of firm tofu brick
- 3 Tbl cooked lentils
- 2 Tbl cilantro
- 1 1/2 tsp oregano
- 1/2 tsp cumin
- 1/2 tsp garlic salt
- Pinch of chili powder
- Tbl olive oil
- Heat the olive oil in the pan
- Crumble the tofu and stir
- Add oregano and garlic salt and stir again
- Cook for 2 minutes
- Add lentils, cumin,and chili powder then stir
- Cook for 2 minutes
- Put in bowl and keep pan on
- Put one tortilla topped with cheese on the pan and place the ingredients from the bowl on tortilla
- Put the other tortilla on top of the filling
- Cook on each side until tortilla is slightly crisped
- Cut quesadillas in half both ways creating four triangles.
- Want to simplify this? Use taco seasoning instead of the recommended herbs and spices.
- Want to make it vegan? Scratch the cheese! You can smash & spread some white bean on either side of tortilla to help it bind together.
Lentil & Tofu Breakfast Quesadilla
Hello food lovers, bloggers, and fellow veg-heads!
I am a vegetarian food blogger who is just skimming the surface of how this blog stuff functions and am learning the ins and outs of food photography. I am an elementary music teacher at an international school, a new mom, a wife, and an expat. I live in Beijing, China and have been living the craziest and wildest adventures for over four years now. This is my fifth and final year here and then off to Oregon (though I’m a native New Yorker). I’ve decided that during my last year in Asia I want to finally get this blog going, chronicle my last year of travels, and become an amateur food photographer. Though I have no formal training as a cook or a chef, it is a hobby that I have had for about 15 years now. It really blossomed when I lived in OR and spent many a day cooking with my fabulous vegan friend, April. We’d drink wine, listen to loads of music (back then we were really into Feist & Rodrigo y Gabriela), create food and cocktails, and cook for all of our friends. More about that in future posts on the fantastic reflections and recollections of my life (there are many). My BS is in Classical Piano Performance and my Med is in Music Education. Thus far, creating this blog with the very little experience and understanding of the deep and inner workings of this blog-o-sphere world has been my most challenging education yet! I rarely use recipes when I cook and my philosophy is to never waste food, therefore I am often concocting dishes from what is left in my fridge. I wanted to finally write down my creations and actually be able to give people a solid recipe when they’d ask me for one of my dishes that didn’t sound like “oh you know, a little of this, a pinch of that” etc. So, I shall leave you with this… Expect some awesomely weird, fun, and ridiculous posts. I hope you both enjoy and join me on this blogging adventure!
Mangia!
Heather
