Banana Cinnamon Spiced Muffins

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Prep Time
15
Cook Time
25
Ingredients
  • 3 ripe bananas (mashed)
  • ½ cup non-dairy milk 
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 10 dates, pits removed
  • 2 cups whole-grain flour (e.g. oat, millet, etc.)
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon cinnamon 
  • ¼ teaspoon cloves
  • ¼ teaspoon sea salt
Directions
  1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F. 
  2. In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg. Food process or blend in a blender your dates, non-dairy milk, and vanilla.  
  3. In a medium bowl, mash up your 3 super ripe bananas, then pour in your date-milk-vanilla mixture.  Whisk until smooth.  
  4. Fold the wet mixture with the dry and stir until fully mixed. 
  5. Line cupcake/muffin pan with unbleached liner.  
  6. Using a tablespoon, measure out two heaping scoops of batter per cup/liner. 
  7. Bake for 22-26 minutes or until golden brown and cooked in the middle.
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Baked Falafel with Tzatziki Sauce

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Prep Time
20
Cook Time
23
Ingredients

Falafel:

  • 1.5 cups or 1 15-oz can chickpeas, drained and rinsed 
  • ½ cup white onion, finely diced 
  • 1 cup fresh parsley (lightly packed) 
  • 1 cup fresh cilantro (lightly packed)
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1 teaspoon coriander
  • 2 teaspoon cumin
  • 2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 2 tablespoon ground flaxseed
  • 1 tablespoon oil (optional, for coating your pan) 

Tzatziki Sauce:

  • 1 package of silken tofu
  • 2 tablespoons lemon juice
  • 1 tablespoon dill weed
  • 1 tablespoon tamari
  • Dash of black pepper
  • Dash of paprika
  • 1 teaspoon maple syrup
  • 1 tablespoon nutritional yeast
  • 2 tablespoons fresh parsley1/3 cup pickles, finely diced
Directions
  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
  2. Add chickpeas, onions, parsley and cilantro to your food processor. Process until well combined (but still chunky). 
  3. Add salt, pepper, garlic powder, coriander, cumin, baking powder and flaxseed. Process until well mixed and fine. (mixture will ball up in the processor). 
  4. Oil a large baking sheet with oil (olive, sesame, or coconut). Or use parchment paper if avoiding oil.
  5. Roll about 2 tablespoons of falafel mixture into balls and then flatten into discs and place on baking sheet evenly spaced.
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Arame Sauté

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Prep Time
15
Cook Time
12
Ingredients
  • 1⁄4 cup arame (seaweed)
  • 1 cup leek, sliced thin
  • 2 cups zucchini, sliced in thin quarter moons
  • 1 Tbs shoyu
  • 1⁄4 cup tahini
  • sesame oil
Directions
  1. place arame in bowl of water to soak 10 min
  2. strain arame, set aside
  3. in a sauté pan over high heat warm a small amount of oil
  4. once oil is hot sauté leeks for 2 min, reduce heat to medium high
  5. add zucchini, sauté 5 min
  6. add arame sauté 5 min
  7. in a separate bowl combine shoyu and tahini, add to sauté, mix thoroughly
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Arame & Corn

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Prep Time
15
Cook Time
25
Ingredients
  • 1⁄4 cup arame (seaweed)
  • 1 cup onion
  • 1 cup corn
  • 1 Tbs shoyu/tamari
  • 2 scallions, sliced thin (optional)
Directions
  1. soak arame in a bowl of water until tender, 5 - 10 min
  2. strain arame, set aside
  3. in a saucepan layer onion, then corn, then arame on top
  4. add 1⁄2 cup water to the side of the pan, gently, not to disrupt the layering
  5. bring to a boil over high flame, reduce low, cover, simmer 20 min
  6. add shoyu/tamari, stir, cook a couple more minutes, done
  7. remove from heat, add scallions, toss
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