Chocolate Smoothie
In a Vitamix (or other blender), combine the following:2 handfuls of organic spinach (or other green)
2 cups of non-dairy milk of choice (we generally use organic rice milk from Trader Joes)
2 frozen bananas (my favorite smoothie sweetener...more to come about the AMAZING frozen banana)
2 heaping tablespoons of organic chocolate or cacao powder
Blend until smooth.
Enjoy!
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Chickpea Noodle Soup
Ingredients: (Note: all ingredients are organic...duh!)
*1/2 of a large onion, chopped - use more or less depending on your taste for onions, of course.
*1-2 cups of chopped tomatoes (You could use canned or fresh. I prefer to avoid cans if at all possible....a topic for another post. Instead, I freeze organic whole plum tomatoes in the summer when they are abundant and inexpensive. When I need them, I simply leave them out for a bit or run them under warm water. The skins come right off, and I can chop them up and add them to soups or stews all winter).
*1-2 cups of cooked chickpeas, depending on your love for them. Of course, you could substitute a different bean, but why would you want to mess with perfection? :)
(I buy beans dry and cook up big batches at a time. I then freeze them in mason jars and use them as I would canned. Healthier and cheaper too).
*Chopped up veggies.....I used frozen corn and green beans in this soup. Carrots would also be good, but I was running short.
*1 tbsp. olive oil
*leftover brown rice pasta spaghetti
Put the olive oil and the chopped onions into the crock pot. Turn it on "high" and let cook for about 1/2 hour. Then add all other ingredients and fill to near the top with water. You can add spices at this point, but we like it fairly plain. I leave my crock pot on "high" all day, though it would probably also work at a lower temp. And, of course, you could just make this in a pot on the stove, if you'd rather.
At dinnertime, put a small handful of leftover pasta in the bottom of each bowl and then fill with soup. Add a good amount of nutritional yeast (love this stuff!), a pinch of salt, and a grind of pepper.
Enjoy!
