Recipes
Cooking does not have to be complex or mean spending hours in the kitchen. Nor does healthy eating mean living on lettuce, chicken and egg whites! Enjoy a sampling of Via's Easy and Original Healthy Recipes. She uses organic ingredients in almost all that she prepares, even down to the spices. The following selections are perfect for light Spring fare!
HUMMUS-EGG DELIGHT
Ingredients:
3 Large Brown Organic Hard Boiled Eggs 1/3 of a cup Kalamata Olive Hummus
1/2 cup Organic Black Beans
2 chopped stalks Organic Celery
Dash of Salt, fresh cracked Black Pepper & Red Cayenne Pepper
Directions:
Boil eggs in water over medium heat for 6 minutes
Let cool, then shell
Cut eggs into cubes
In a medium sized glass mixing bowl, combine celery, beans, and eggs
Blend in Hummus
Add salt, pepper and cayenne then mix
Cover bowl with plastic wrap and place in refrigerator
Let flavors sit for 4-12 hours to blend
East as a sandwich with toast, place over salad or just eat as is!
Serves 2
BERRY-LICIOUS ENERGY BOOSTING SMOOTHIE
Ingredients:
1/2 cup of strawberries
1/2 cup blueberries
1 frozen banana
1 cup vanilla coconut milk
1 scoop vanilla vegan protein powder
1 scoop detox digest (Amzing Grass)
1 tbl sp chia seeds
1 tbl sp flax seeds
1/2 cup kale
1 tb sp chlorella powder
1 tsp camu berry powder
Directions:
Put all ingredients in a high speed blender and blend until smooth 15-20 seconds.
Serves 2
CHILI VEGGIE BURGER
Ingredients:
2 cups of veggie leftovers from juicer (kale, carrot, celery, cucumber, ginger beat) If not from a juicer – chop or puree vegetables in a food processor and strain out liquid
1 cup brown rice
2 eggs
1/2 tbl spoon chili
1/2 tbl spoon cumin
1 teaspoon garlic
1 teaspoon salt
Directions:
RICE
Boil 2 cup of water with a dash of salt
Add in 1 cup of brown rice
Bring to a boil, cover and simmer for 40 minutes until rice soaks up all water
Mix together vegetables, rice, spices & eggs
Spray skillet with non stick olive oil
Form veggie mix into patties
Place into skillet and cook 5 minutes on medium heat
Flip over and cook on the other side on medium heat
Serves 4-6 burgers
ASIAN SLAW BOWL
Ingredients
1 cub of cabbage slaw
1 cup of Brussel sprout slaw
2 cups cooked brown rice
4 carrots - diced
8 oz frozen peas – thawed out
1 16 oz. package of firm tofu
1 16 0z jar peanut sauce
1 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper
Directions
Cook rice according to package directions
Dice carrots
Thaw out peas
Blend all ingredients together
Refrigerate for 1 hour and serve chilled!
Serves 4
GREEN ENERGY-DETOX JUICE
Ingredients:
1 apple
4 celery stalks
bunch of cilantro
bunch of kale
1 beet
1 cucumber
1 lemon
1/4 in ginger
Directions:
Clean all vegetables
Trim edges
Juice all in a juicer to extracr juice from pulp
Drink & enjoy!
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