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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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Mustard Dressing

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Prep Time
5
Ingredients
  • 2 Tbs stone ground mustard
  • 2 Tbs brown rice vinegar
  • optional additions – herbs, scallions, blueberries, honey
  • sea salt
Directions
  1. in a blender combine mustard, vinegar and any optional ingredients
  2. while blending add water to desired thickness
  3. add a couple pinches salt, blend
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​Miso Soup (Single Portion)

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Prep Time
10
Cook Time
10
Ingredients
  • 1 tsp miso
  • 1 inch wakame (seaweed)
  • 2 Tbs or more vegetables, cut small
  • 1 tsp scallion, sliced thin
  • 1 tsp parsley, chopped
Directions
  1. Cut wakame into small pieces and place in small pot with 1 cup water.
  2. Over a high flame bring to a boil. Add vegetables to boiling broth, reduce heat to medium high, simmer 3-5 min.
  3. In a separate dish dilute miso with a small amount of broth.
  4. Lower flame to low and add miso, do not boil once miso is added.
  5. Cook 2-5 minutes, when the miso is “blooming” in the pot it is done.
  6. Garnish with scallions and parsley to serve.
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Millet Mash

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Prep Time
10
Cook Time
30
Ingredients
  • 1 cup millet
  • 2 cups cauliflower, cut in chunks
  • sea salt
Directions
  1. rinse millet, place in saucepan with cauliflower and 4 cups of water
  2. bring to boil over high flame, reduce heat to low, place flame tamer, cover, cook 30 min
  3. add a pinch of sea salt, mash
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Massaged Green Salad

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Prep Time
15
Course
Ingredients
  • 4 cups greens or cabbage, sliced thin
  • 2 cups shredded or sliced thin root vegetables
  • optional additions: raw or dry roasted nuts or seeds
  • sea salt
Directions
  1. in a large bowl combine greens and root vegetables with a few pinches of sea salt
  2. massage together with hands until greens begin to shift to a brighter color, releasing moisture
  3. add any additional above ground vegetables, nuts or seeds, toss
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Maple-glazed Tempeh

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Prep Time
10
Cook Time
25
Ingredients
  • 1 package tempeh, cut into thin slices
     

Orange Marinade:

  • 1 orange, zested and juiced
  • ¼ cup maple syrup or barley malt
  • 1 tablespoon tamari
  • 1 tablespoon brown rice or sherry vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon mirin
  • 1 teaspoon ground coriander
  • Pinch of sea salt and black pepper
Directions
  1. Whisk together ingredients and place into an 8x8 baking dish.
  2. Marinate tempeh for more than an hour, turning occasionally.
  3. Bake at 300 degrees F for 25 minutes. Flip once at halfway point.
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Mac and Cheeze

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Prep Time
20
Cook Time
30
Ingredients
  • 4 cups butternut squash, peeled, seeded, and cubed
  • 1 teaspoon tamari
  • 16 oz. brown rice or other whole-grain pasta (macaroni, spirals, shells)
  • 1 cup of your favorite nuts (cashews, almonds, walnuts, macadamia, etc.)
  • 2 tablespoons tahini
  • 1 small lemon, juiced
  • 2 tablespoons tamari, shoyu or soy sauce
  • ¼ cup nutritional yeast
  • ½ teaspoon turmeric powder
  • Dash of black pepper (to taste)
  • Paprika, for garnish
Directions
  1. Boil 2 cups of water in a medium-sized pot with steamer basket.  If you don’t have a steamer basket, don’t worry, you may omit it.
  2. Place chopped squash in pot and cook until tender, adding a dash of sea salt before covering with the lid.
  3. In another large pot, boil pasta according to package instructions. 
  4. Blend ½ cup water with 1 cup nuts, until smooth.
  5. Add cooked squash, tahini, lemon juice, tamari, nutritional yeast, turmeric and black pepper in a food processor until smooth.
  6. Mix sauce with pasta and bake in a casserole dish at 350 degrees F for 15 minutes.
  7. Sprinkle with paprika for garnish and serve!
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