Roasted Roots with Sea Veggies

Prep Time
15
Cook Time
40
Ingredients
  • 4 cups root vegetables, cut in bite size pieces
  • sesame oil
  • sea salt
  • optional additions: herbs, whole garlic
  • dulse or nori seaweed flakes
Directions
  1. pre-heat oven at 350°F
  2. toss vegetables in a large bowl with oil and a couple pinches of salt
  3. place in baking pan with a small amount of water in bottom of pan, cover, put in oven
  4. cook until tender
  5. remove cover and roast 5-10 min
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Quinoa Porridge

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Prep Time
10
Cook Time
15
Ingredients
  • 1 cup dried Quinoa (any variety)
  • 1 ½ cups water 
  • 4 chopped dried figs or dates (or ¼ cup raisins) 
  • ¼ teaspoon cinnamon (and/or nutmeg or cardamom) 
  • Topping:  Walnuts or other nuts of choice; and/or sliced fruit or fruit compote 
  • Optional:  Non‐dairy milk (almond, coconut, soy, etc.)
Directions
  1. Start heating your water in a medium‐sized pot, while you wash your quinoa with a strainer.
  2. Add quinoa and dried fruit to heating/heated water. 
  3. Simmer quinoa porridge for 15 minutes, until soft. 
  4. Serve in individual bowls. Add non‐dairy milk, if desired, and top with fruit and nuts.

Makes 4 servings

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Rice Porridge

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Prep Time
5
Cook Time
15
Ingredients
  • 2 cups cooked rice
  • optional additions: fresh fruit, dried fruit, nuts or seeds
  • sea salt, a pinch
Directions
  1. place all the ingredients in a small saucepan
  2. add enough water to cover grain
  3. over a high flame bring to a boil
  4. reduce flame to low, cover and let simmer for 15 min
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Pressure Cooker Brown Rice

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Prep Time
10
Cook Time
20
Ingredients
  • 2 cups organic (short, medium or long grain brown rice) 
  • 3 ½ cups spring water 
  • 2 pinches of sea salt or 1‐inch square piece of kombu seaweed 
Directions
  1. Wash the rice gently until the water is clear.  Put the rice with the water in a stainless steel pressure 
    cooker and soak overnight in 3 ½ cups spring water.   
  2. The next day add a pinch of salt or kombu and close the lid. Place on the stove and bring up to  pressure and cook the rice for 20 minutes.  After 20 minutes turn off the flame and allow the pressure to go down. Remove the lid and serve warm.

Makes 4 servings

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Patriotic Berry Chia Pudding

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Prep Time
15
Ingredients
  • 6 Tablespoons chia seeds
  • 1 cup coconut milk
  • 1 cup fruit juice (white grape, apple or pear)
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ½ cup sliced strawberries 
  • ½ cup raspberries
  • ½ cup blueberries
     
Directions
  1. In a bowl or Mason jar, mix together chia seeds, coconut milk, juice and vanilla. 
  2. Once the chia pudding mixture is well combined, let it sit for 5 minutes, give it another stir/shake to break up any clumps of chia seeds, cover and put the mixture in the fridge to “set-up" for 1-2 hours. 
  3. Place strawberries and raspberries in a food processor and blend until smooth. 
  4. Pour berry mixture at the bottom of your serving bowls or bowl. 
  5. Place the chia seed pudding in an even layer on top of the berry blend. 
  6. When ready to serve, top the pudding with blueberries and enjoy!
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Orange-Tahini Ices

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Prep Time
10
Ingredients
  • 10 oranges
  • 2 tablespoons tahini
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
Directions
  1. Extract 2 cups of juice from the oranges.
  2. Combine 1/2 cup orange juice and the tahini in a blender for 1 to 2 minutes.
  3. Transfer to a 1-quart bowl and stir in the remaining juice and vanilla.
  4. Pour into small paper cups and freeze overnight.
  5. To make popsicles, place ice cream sticks in the cups and freeze overnight.
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Ojia

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Prep Time
10
Cook Time
15
Ingredients
  • 2 cups cooked rice
  • optional additions: above ground/below ground/and, or sea vegetables
  • 2 tsp miso
Directions
  1. combine rice and vegetables in a pot
  2. add enough water to cover
  3. over a high flame bring to a boil
  4. reduce flame to low, cover and let simmer for 15 min
  5. dilute miso with a small amount of water in a separate dish
  6. turn off the heat, stir in the miso
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Oat Groat Mushroom Risotto

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Prep Time
20
Cook Time
70
Ingredients
  • 1 cup oat groats 
  • 3 cups water 
  • Pinch of sea salt 
  • ½ cup of your favorite mushrooms, chopped 
  • 1 cup sliced mushrooms  
  • 1 medium yellow onion, sliced 
     

Sauce Ingredients:

  • 1 cup blanched almonds and/or walnuts or cashews 
  • 1 cup water (or more, depending on desired thickness) 
  • 2 teaspoon Dijon mustard 
  • 1 tablespoon Tamari 
  • 1 dash of nutmeg 
  • Garnish with chopped cilantro, green onion or parsley
Directions
  1. Wash groats until the water runs clear. Add groats and water to medium pot with lid and bring to a 
    boil. Add ½ cup chopped mushrooms. Cover, turn flame to low, and cook for 1 hour. 
  2. Blend sauce ingredients until smooth and creamy. Add sea salt to taste. 
  3. Sauté sliced onions in a hot pan with a teaspoon at a time of water and sea salt, or broth, to allow 
    them to caramelize without oil. Add 1 cup sliced mushrooms and sauté until soft.  
  4. Stir sauce into oat groats until well coated.  Stir onion and mushroom sauté in at the end. 
  5. Garnish with chopped cilantro, green onion or parsley and enjoy!

Makes 4 servings

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Nut Dressing

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Prep Time
10
Ingredients
  • 1/2 cup nuts, raw OR dry roasted
  • 2 Tbs umeboshi vinegar
Directions
  1. in a blender grind nuts into a powder
  2. add vinegar, blend
  3. while blending add water to desired thickness, let sit 5 min
  4. add more water if needed, blend
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Nori Condiment

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Prep Time
10
Cook Time
11
Ingredients
  • 4 nori sheets
  • 1⁄2 inch ginger shoyu/tamari
  • 2 scallions, sliced thin
Directions
  1. tear nori into small pieces and place in small saucepan
  2. add enough water to cover nori and cook on medium-low heat for 7 - 10 min
  3. add a little more water if necessary
  4. grate a 1⁄2” piece of ginger, juice by squeezing fiber - strained into pot, add 5 - 10 drops
  5. add a dash shoyu/tamari (about 1/4 tsp), stir
  6. cook another minute and remove from heat
  7. add scallions and serve with grain or noodle dishes
     

Note: Nori condiment will keep in the refrigerator for a few days. With scallions included nori condiment is good for 1 - 2 days, without scallions 3 - 4 days.

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