 Hey there ya'll! How are ya? Hope very well :)
I've been thinking a lot lately about how people have this idea that veganism is super hard and expensive. This irritates me. First off- cause thats just isn't true. However, I will say if you live in a certain area that doesn't have much going on in the grocery store with options, then I do get it. I don't think it'd be as easy to be vegan if I still lived back home in my small town. It was hard to find tofu at the grocery store when I last visited. BUT that being said, there is a grocery store about 30 minutes from there that does have everything. I understand you have to go out of your way to make things work- but thats just it. There is a way around everything. And no, it's not always the easy way. Ahem- any who. This is what I have been eating for lunch for the past few days. I don't get sick of it that much- since I LOVE it. :) But I do switch it up occasionally. Don't get me wrong. This bowl consists of very plain and simple things that are all cheap and easy to prepare and quick BY the way. THE DAILY KALE'S QUINOA LOVE BOWL
DIRECTIONS Toss all ingredients in a bowl and enjoy! So eassssssy! You must try it. It's so good. By the way this is before I added a bunch of Cholula sauce ;) I love that sauce! And I love spicy. You can add any veggies to this bowl, to make it the way you like best. Have fun with it! Buy all the veggies you can find at your grocery store and make it a point to use them all in everything you make. Thats why I love being vegan. I feel I have more fun with recipes cause I can be more creative. Not to mention the beautiful colors of natural living vibrant fruits and veggies. Have a great Friday!
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 One of my favorite things is MATCHA powder.
I LOVE love love it. I finally bought some a couple months ago at Whole Foods. It's very expensive, so I think you can understand my hesitation. I've been rolling my cacao balls in the powder & making my favorite tea, iced or hot. It's very simple. I highly suggest you try it! All you need for this recipe is: MAGICAL MATCHA TEA LATTE
DIRECTIONS *Heat water to right before boiling in small sauce pan. Turn heat off. Add in the matcha powder and stir with whisk until blended. If having it iced, pour mixture over cold milk in glass and then add ice. If having it as hot tea, steam your milk in sauce pan or with espresso machine and pour your matcha/water mix over that. Most of all..... ENJOY! : D     Don't get mad at me ya'll! Go ahead and make this yourself ;) VEGAN MEXICAN FIESTA PIZZA For the amazing SIMPLE cornmeal crust:
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*Note* I do go crazy with the spices. By all means, use whichever ones you'd like. I like to go for a very flavorful crust : )     Now take it out of the oven and spread the bean puree on top. Sort of like your icing a cake :) Make sure it's even spread on top. I made two pizzas, so I blended 1 can of cooked organic beans with no added salt. I also added spices into that while it was processing. Such as paprika, chipotle powder, a pinch of sea salt, cayenne, garlic powder and cumin. But you can add whatever you'd like. Next up you want to spread salsa on top of the bean spread. Then add your toppings. The toppings are totally up to you! But I added chopped onions, chopped bell peppers and jalapeños. Then put back in the oven for about 7-10 minutes. Until desired crispiness. I don't like mine to well done, so I did about 7 minutes. But some people like their crust extra crispy (Like my boyfriend). Once that is done now you want to add your final toppings, the ones you won't be cooking. I added chopped green onions, chopped cilantro, jalapeño cashew cheeze and avocado. I love this crust so much. I will probably never attempt a yeast crust again, cause this is way to simple & fast for all that time you wait for yeast to rise. No thank you. I absolutely love cornmeal crust & this hits the spot. Enjoy!     I don't know about you... but I really love creating. When I say that, I mean it in all aspects. But obviously creating recipes. If your not into it, I hope you'll at least try it out. I'm not noe of those people who sit back and just let others create for me and go about my business. No no. My business is creating. I LOVE IT. I love art in all forms. But now on to what this post is really about. The post title is REAL. and I'm about to let you in on it. I have been loving banana bread for not very long, I'll admit. I love morning pastries & donuts, don't get me wrong. But I've never ventured into the banana bread realm really. Never sounded great or bad. But I tried a vegan/gluten free banana bread recently and was blown away. It was however, kinda dry & way to sweet for my liking. ( I really don't like sweet stuff that much.) If you've read my dessert recipes before, I'm pretty sure you understand that. So look, if you love sugar, then this might not be for you. But it is FOR ME. And that is why, I do this. Cause I'm sick of having to go with the normal recipes for desserts & cakes, etc that ALWAYS have sugar, coconut sugar, blah blah, loads of agave. NO! I'm putting an end to this. Because to me, it's excessive. Like bananas are sweet enough, are they not? Call me crazy- but um, a banana is freaking sweet. I have seen people dip bananas in sugar and I am BAFFLED AT WHY they do this. Totally unnecessary. And I grew up drinking gallons of Mnt. Dew, so believe me- it has nothing to do with anything else besides, I guess, your taste buds. But hey- my heart does not like a lot of sweets all at once. And when I say sweets, I mean like 1 banana in my smoothie- yeah, thats right. I put only half. I get shaky. Sugar is crack ya'll! Lol. On that note, heres a lovely recipe for banana bread ;) No but really, in all seriousness. I'm proud of this recipe :) No added sugar. Just good ole' natural sugar. Like bananas and maple syrup & dark cacao nibs:)     CHOCOLATE WALNUT BANANA BREAD
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And THEN... E N J O Y. I will be enjoying this today, yes. But even more so for breakfast with some coffee. MHMMMM.    So I realized that I have been hiding something from you and I'll hope you'll forgive me. I've been making home made guac for about six years now. I must say- back in the day, you couldn't get me to try a taste of guacamole if you tried. To me it was this green mushy stuff my mom liked a lot. And there was NO WAY. But man, I'm so thankful I live in California now and gave it a try again. Cause now, there isn't a day I go with out avocados. And if there is- believe me, it's probably not a good day. I put it on my toast sometimes for breakfast, or as a snack - or on top of whatever I made for lunch. It's a staple. ANYWHO. What is extremely gross to me though, is store bought guacamole. They put way to much lemon in it, because thats a way of preserving it and keeping it on the shelf. The also weird thing about it is, when I make home made guacamole, it only lasts for that day. There is no storing it over night- cause it'll turn a little darker, and get a weird, not so fresh taste. Again- reasoning behind store bought not tasting so great. But this recipe is super easy, and you can adjust the spicy-ness of it to your like ness! Thats the best! So sure, take a look at my recipe, but do less or more of something if you like things a certain way : ) Thats the fun in making something yourself. You get to decide how it comes out :) I put these on our tacos for our cinco de mayo dinner :) Yum.  THE DAILY KALE'S HOLY GUACAMOLE
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