Showing posts with label spinach salad. Show all posts
Showing posts with label spinach salad. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

SPICY PEANUT TOFU

SPICY PEANUT TOFU

It was YUMMYYYYYYY

Tofu getting marinated

My delicious plate

Persian brown rice

Spinach

Ingredients:

1 pack firm tofu, cut in cubes
1/4 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp spicy curry powder
1 tsp dried parsley flakes
Dash of salt
Dash of cayenne pepper
2 Tbsp olive oil
1/3 cup of bottled Thai peanut sauce

Mix all ingredients in a bowl and let sit for about 30 minutes to an hour. Place in a baking pan and put into 350 degree oven and bake for 30-45 minutes or until tofu is golden brown. I ate mine with a side of spinach and some Persian brown rice (In the rice was cashews, cloves orange zest and raisins)


Mama 53 years old, mother of 5

Me, 33 years old, mother of 2.  Not wearing makeup has really been good for my skin
You may be wondering why I put these two pictures side by side, I am telling you, my mom inspires me, I only hope I look half as good as her when I'm that age. So I have been away eating and enjoying all of mom's delicious foods and I swear I have gained at least 10 pounds (kinda' not complaining though, the food was out of this world) but it is time for some DETOX, I can feel my body grumbling and I know I need a break from stuffing my face with mama's cooking. So here's the deal I am doing a 40-Day 'Green Stuff' Detox thingy and want to invite you to join me. I will be doing just green smoothies, juicing, salads etc but you don't have to go crazy like me, my challenge is for you to do one or more or all of the 10 things listed below:

1) Add a green smoothie to your diet everyday
2) If you have to drink juice make it fresh with your juicer
3) A fresh salad as one of your meals or part of one of your meals
4) Avoid any type of dairy, absolutely no dairy unless you do soy or almond milk
5) Drink lots of water throughout the day starting with a 16 ounce glass of water first thing in the morning
6) No sugar or 'white' foods (flour, rice, spaghetti etc)
7) Drink a warm cup of tea before bed (I do green tea)
8) No eating after 7 pm (hmm, kinda hard if you're nocturnal but worth trying)
9) Laugh more, do things that make you happy
10) Sleep more ( 7-8 hours rest at night is ideal)

Not too bad huh? Well, did anyone notice I didn't say no meat? okay here's the deal, if you want to go crazy like me stay away from any type of animal flesh. But if you must eat some type of animal flesh try some fish once or twice a week or some lean chicken breast (grilled, steamed, baked etc) and if you must eat animal flesh eat it with a side of veggies or a salad.




ALWAYS STRIVE TO BE HAPPY
ARE YOU READY????

REMEMBER TO EAT & DRINK TO YOUR HEALTH, YOU'LL THANK ME LATER!

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

YOU HAVE THE POWER TO UNLEASH THE ENERGY WITHIN

Yesterday I had to cook food for everyone else in the house and something different for me. It is pretty amazing how rejuvenated and alive one feels on a raw or mostly raw food diet. I wake up feeling like I can carry the world, ALL THIS ENERGY! what a difference. I am still mourning my food processor but I will live for the next few days until I can get a new one :)
My two angels having fun

My mornings starts the same, exercise (with my 8 year old trainer, if you think I'm joking come and get a session with her). Eventhough my thighs were sore from her 'Froggies' I still managed to push through and we had a blast. I do add my own exercises in between but I let her have the upper hand (she feels like a pro). Our juice was quite delicious....

SWEET-VEGGIE Juice





Ingredients:

4 carrots
1 cup red seedless grapes
1 whole lemon
2 red delicious apples
3 HUGE handfuls of spinach leaves

Juice and enjoy!

I had a head of cauliflower in the fridge and I had always wanted to make a mock rice, so I used this opportunity to do just that.

Not- rice and nut-sauce








Ingredients:

1 head cauliflower, (lightly steamed) you can eat it raw but I wanted to steam mine a little
2 Tbsp green onions, chopped
1 heaping Tbsp almond butter
1Tbsp agave nectar
2 Tbsp water
Juice of half a lemon
dash of black pepper
dash of paprika (optional)
dash of salt (optional)

Directions:

Mix first two ingredients and set aside
Mix the rest of the ingredients in a separate bowl until it makes a smooth paste. Pour Nut sauce over cauliflower and mix. This was surprisingly quite satisfying and delicious and also very filling. I definitely will make it again. Feel free to make different variations of this and experiment with another nut, say cashews?

For Supper I had a huge bowl of spinach salad, love my spinach, can you tell?

Simple Spinach Salad





Ingredients:

3 cups of spinach leaves
1/3 cup of walnuts
A handful of dried cranberries or raisins

Dressing:

1/3 cup apple cider vinegar
1/3 cup olive oil
1 tsp agave nectar
1 tsp dried mustard
1 garlic clove, minced

Mix all ingredients well in a bowl, pour on salad and toss. Enjoy!

Okay I made this beautiful veggie juice the other day look what I found after I was done juicing...



Is that pretty or what? what lovely colors...I love beets :) This is what it looked like after I was done:

Looks like blood huh? no worries, no vampires any where close
Here is what I made for everyone else..and yes, they all loved it.

Baked salmon on a bed of raspberry vinegretted (if that's a word) white asparagus and some rice. I may share  the recipe one of these days.

Okay, gotta go, have a great day and remember to EAT & DRINK TO YOUR HEALTH, YOU'LL THANK ME LATER!