Summer Senation Smoothie

Recipe:
-1 champagne mango
-2 cups of kale
-1 1/2 cup of coconut/almond milk
-1 1/2 cup of orange juice
-1 cup of blueberries
-5 large strawberries
-1 white peach
-2 tbsp of grounded flaxseed
-dash of cinnamon
-dash of crushed red peppers
-1/3 cup of chai seeds

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Quinoa Veggie Love

Ingredients:

-1 cup of Quinoa

-2 cups of water

-pinch of salt

-pinch of black pepper

-pinch of grinder garlic

-tsb of hot sauce

-tsb of olive oil

-pinch of dried mint

-1/2 cup of onions, diced

-1/3 cup of unsalted sunflowerseeds 

-1/2 cup of mushrooms, diced

-1/2 cup of cauliflower,diced

-1/2 cup of zucchini, diced 

-1/2 cup of red/orange peppers, diced

-8 slices of green pepper (optional)

-mustard (optional)

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Directions 

-Add quinoa, salt, water in a  nonstick pot and cook on low heat for 25 minutes

-keep it on very low heat to keep warm.

-In A sauce pan add: onions, cauliflower, & mushrooms & olive oil.  Sauté for 5 minutes.

- Add zucchini & sunflowerseeds 

-add red & oranges peppers sauté 

-add spices. And hot sauce 

-sauté everything for a total of 10 minutes 

In a plate add 2 large spoons of Quinoa in the middle.

- Add 1 large spoon mixed veggies on top. 

-add sliced green peppers on side (optional)

-add mustard inbetween the green peppers

-turn off stove

-makes 4 plates 

Walnut mushroom oats burger with eggplant

Ingredients:

-a med sized onion

-3 med sized mushrooms

-a cup of oa

-a half cup of water

-a cup of walnuts

-a cup of spinach

-a  1/2tsp of black pepper

-a tsp of curry

-a 1/2 tsp of crushed red pepper

-a tbsp of oil 

-a eggplant 

-hot sauce 

-1/2 cup of hummus

-mustard (optional)

Directions:

-preheat oven to 350F

-dice onions and mushrooms

-put stove on medium-low heat

-add oil to pan and sauté onions and mushrooms for a few minutes. 

-add chopped spinach

-add spices

Turn off stove 

-mash walnuts to they are soft

-add oats and water in a bowl and mix them with a fork

-add onion, mushroom, spinach mix to the oats. Mix well.

-add mashed walnuts. Mix well.

-make into small balls (makes 7 servings)

-on a nonstick pan, place the balls. Place in oven for 20 minutes.

**when there's 5 minutes left to the patties

-Slice eggplant into thin slices (14 of them)

-turn on stove to low heat

-pan smear eggplants for 45 seconds

-place 7 eggplants slices on a plate

-mix hummus and hot sauce together 

-add a tsp of hummus on 7 eggplants

-take patties out of stove 

-place a patty on on of the hummus covered eggplants

-add a dash of mustard on top of the patties

-add other 7 eggplant slices on top  of the patties 

Enjoy!

Cranberry Almond Kale Smoothie

-1/2 cup of fresh cranberries
-1 banana
-1/2 cup of almonds
-1 small green apple
-3 leavea of kale
-1 cup of almond/coconut milk
-1 cup of water
-a little bigger than a thumb nail piece of freah ginger

Blender her up and drink up!

Meal of the day: Veggie suite for the King (and queen)

Ingredients:
-1/2 an onion
-3 mushrooms
-2 mini peppers
-1/2 can of Bush's vegetarian beans
-4 cloves of garlic
-4 stalks of asparagus
-a half a cucumber
-a cup of peas
-1 tbsp of butter
-2 tbsp of peanut oil (or extra virgin olive oil)
-1/2 tsp of dried mint leaves (or oregano if you don't have it)
-1/3 tsp of McCormick Garlic sea salt grinder

Directions:
-dice up the onion
-bring a big frying pan to medium heat and add the peanut oil in
-put onion inside pan and saute for a minute
-dice mushroom and peppers
- add to onions
-saute for a minute
-add Bush's vegetarian beans to the side of the mixed veggies (don't mix them
-cut asparagus in halves and add on the side of veggies and beans
-let simmer for about a minute on LOW heat
-chop garlic and add to the veggies
-chop up cucumber in halves and put off to the side
-microwave peas in a small bowl for a minute
-place McCormick's garlic & sea salt over all the food and shut off stove
-place the veggies on the side of a plate, Bush's beans in the middle and asparagus on the side.
-place cucumbers on the other side of the plate
-place peas beside the veggies and cucumbers
-add dried mint leaves on the cucumbers
-optional** add some more McCormick's garlic & sea salt

Prep time: 5 minutes Cooking time: 5 minutes Total time: 10 minutes

Nutritional value:

Nutritional Berry-mix-a-lot

Yummmy!!!

-One banana
-2 cups of water
-1/2 cucumber
-8 chunks of melons
-1 cup of mixed berries
-2 tbsp of chunky peanut butter
-1 tsp of coconut oil
-3 dashes of cinnamon

Blend it all together until smooth. Drink up!

Broccoli Coconut berry mix

A nutritional smoothie that will have you energized for the rest of the day!

-1 banana
-4 chunks of a melon
-1 med. Sized tomatoe
-1 cucumber
-1 cup of mixed berries
-1 1/2 cup of broccoli
-1 tbsp of peanut butter
-1 1/2 cup of coconut milk

Blend it in the blender until smooth. Pour into a glass and enjoy!