Simple 1,2,3, or 4 ingredient Recipes Needed

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Re: Simple 1,2,3, or 4 ingredient Recipes Needed

Postby noelalexis2000 » Thu Mar 31, 2011 6:52 am

Well 1 cup of peanut butter isn't a great choice either! :lol:
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Re: Simple 1,2,3, or 4 ingredient Recipes Needed

Postby AntMontijano » Thu Jun 09, 2011 9:02 am

I love a quinoa "oatmeal" in the morning.
Prepared quinoa, cooked in some milk (I usually go with a half cup of vanilla soymilk for a little extra punch of flavor) and a sprinkle of raisins.

Just cook it over the stove and the quinoa will absorb the milk and become even more delicious. And the raisins plump right up. It's so easy.
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Re: Simple 1,2,3, or 4 ingredient Recipes Needed

Postby Purplefish » Thu Jun 09, 2011 1:19 pm

I made an interesting starch based meal yesterday:

Cube eggplant - press the water out of it
In dry skillet (I have a cast iron), cook leeks, eggplant and shitake mushrooms (all cut into small pieces) - when wilted down, add cooked whole grain couscous and fresh herbs (I have oregano, thyme) and some dried cumin.

It was really tasty!
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Postby Caroveggie » Tue Sep 20, 2011 1:02 am

Banana & Chickpeas

1 ripe banana
1-2 cans chickpeas
(opt.) chopped white onion or garlic sprinkles

Drain and rinse the chickpeas. Eat in a bowl with the sliced banana.
Fast, tasty and healthy

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White Sweet Potato & Hummus

Hummus
1 can chickpeas, drained and rinsed
1 organic red bell pepper, sliced and deseeded
Splash of lemon juice
Water

Grill the red bell pepper slices in the toaster oven, about 10-15 minutes.
Blend ingredients in blender ~ add water to make a smooth consistency.

White Sweet Potato
Peel and slice in 1/2" discs. Cut smaller and put in small microwavable casserole (with lid). Cook 5 minutes and test. (If your microwave doesn't turn, cook 2.5 minutes, turn, and then cook the rest.) Test with fork and if it doesn't go in easily, cook some more.

Dip the white sweet potato chunks into the red bell pepper hummus.

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Yam & Salsa

Poke sweet potato (or small yam), cook in oven, 425 F for about an hour. You can put it on parchment paper so you don't use oil.

Slice long ways and eat with a fresh, natural salsa like Casa Sanchez.

opt. ~ sprinkle with cinnamon

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Yukon Gold

Peel and slice a yukon gold potato. Put in a small casserole with lid, microwave 5-7 minutes. Eat with Herbimare or (a little) garlic salt or nutritional yeast.

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Grapefruit

Pick a ripe grapefruit.

Cut in half along stem line. Cut each half in small wedges, and cut off peel from fruit. Slice each small wedge in half (into bite size chunks) and eat in a bowl.

If you cut off the white parts it tastes great alone, without added sweetener.

opt. ~ add chopped banana.
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Re: Simple 1,2,3, or 4 ingredient Recipes Needed

Postby f1jim » Tue Sep 20, 2011 8:39 pm

Good stuff Caroveggie! Damn, it's good to see you around here.
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Re: Simple 1,2,3, or 4 ingredient Recipes Needed

Postby ETeSelle » Wed Sep 21, 2011 8:31 am

I NEVER woulda thunk of putting salsa on a sweet tater. ??? I'll have to try that (with some trepidation!).
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Re: Simple 1,2,3, or 4 ingredient Recipes Needed

Postby surrealchereal » Wed Sep 21, 2011 2:28 pm

OMG so many recipes! They look wonderful- I'm drooling! :D Thanks to everyone!
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Re: Simple 1,2,3, or 4 ingredient Recipes Needed

Postby surrealchereal » Wed Sep 21, 2011 2:30 pm

ETeSelle wrote:I NEVER woulda thunk of putting salsa on a sweet tater. ??? I'll have to try that (with some trepidation!).

Interesting... I happen to have a sweet potato cooked and waiting for me in the fridge, I wonder if sriracha hot sauce would be similar?
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Re: Simple 1,2,3, or 4 ingredient Recipes Needed

Postby Caroveggie » Wed Sep 21, 2011 8:53 pm

I use a brand called Casa Sanchez (mild). It has fresh ingredients, no preservatives, and no oil. It's not spicy hot and it's great with a lot of things.
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Postby Caroveggie » Wed Sep 21, 2011 9:02 pm

Chard & Black Beans

Chard is a friendly green that doesn't have a bitter taste. I typically use red chard but you can use regular chard also for this.

Chard
can of black beans
opt. ~ onion, garlic, veggie soup powder (or use veg soup stock), Herbamare (a garlic seasoning that tastes less salty than garlic salt - although does contain some salt), black pepper

Drain the black beans. Set in a bowl aside.

Chop the chard. The stem is edible in this recipe, although I do chop off some of it. In a ungreased frying pan boil a layer of water. Saute the onion and garlic in water (optional). Add the veggie powder (add more water if it's boiled away) and wait until the water boils. Add chopped chard. It helps to cook with tongs, stirring and mixing constantly. The chard will shrink and wilt. Take off heat and put on dish, sprinkle with Herbamare to taste.

Microwave the beans 45 sec - 1 minute.

Eat together.

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Chard, Black Beans, and Mushrooms

Same as above, except beforehand cook chopped mushrooms and garlic in the oven at 425 F on parchment paper 15-20 minutes. Add to chard.
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Re: yummies

Postby frozenveg » Thu Sep 22, 2011 7:54 am

Caroveggie wrote:Chard & Black Beans
Chard, Black Beans, and Mushrooms
Same as above, except beforehand cook chopped mushrooms and garlic in the oven at 425 F on parchment paper 15-20 minutes. Add to chard.

Ooh! That sounds good! I wonder if baking the onion would be good, too?!?
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Chard, black beans, garlic, mushrooms, and onion..

Postby Caroveggie » Thu Sep 22, 2011 10:02 pm

I haven't tried it since I like onions generally raw ...except in stews I guess..

Try it! :)
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Postby Caroveggie » Fri Sep 23, 2011 11:35 pm

Brown Rice Mix with Cilantro

2 rice cooker cups of long grain brown rice
1 rice cooker cup of long grain wild rice
lots of chopped fresh cilantro
nutritional yeast
Bragg's amino acids (or soy sauce) or salsa*

Mix the two kinds of brown rice and add water to cook in your rice cooker.

When it's done, put your rice serving in a bowl and add the Bragg's (or salsa). Put the chopped cilantro on top and mix in. Add nutritional yeast on top.

Save the rest of the rice for other meals.

*Bragg's can be too high in sodium for some people, so use Mrs. Dash or another seasoning if you want. You might want to add moisture in that case. It's probably also good with salsa but I haven't tried it that way yet.
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Re: Simple 1,2,3, or 4 ingredient Recipes Needed

Postby secdroid » Sun Oct 09, 2011 9:20 am

Not all 1, 2, 3, or 4, but the "Happy Herbivore" author has "23 Quick, No Fuss Meals" at http://happyherbivore.com/2011/09/23-quick-no-fuss-meals/

She also has a new book scheduled for December 6 -- Everyday Happy Herbivore: Over 175 Quick-and-Easy Fat-Free and Low-Fat Vegan Recipes http://www.amazon.com/Everyday-Happy-Herbivore-Quick-Easy/dp/1936661381
This book will save you money by using "everyday" inexpensive ingredients, save you time with easy, no fuss recipes and improve your health with each nutritional bite.

After vegan chef Lindsay S. Nixon wrapped up her popular cookbook The Happy Herbivore Cookbook last year, she went back to her kitchen in her new home of St. Maarten. Island living encouraged Nixon to come up with simpler fare, which led to a follow-up cookbook focusing on recipes that bring tasty back to quick-and-easy.

Now, in Nixon's much-anticipated follow-up cookbook, Everyday Happy Herbivore, readers will see, once again, that just because plant-based eating is optimal for health, it doesn't have to also be expensive or time-consuming.

Everyday Happy Herbivore includes more than 175 doable recipes--recipes that are so quick and easy, you could cook three healthy meals from scratch every day like Nixon does.
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Re: Simple 1,2,3, or 4 ingredient Recipes Needed

Postby CHEF AJ » Fri Oct 14, 2011 12:18 am

If you are a fan of Lindsay Nixon you can see her live at www.HealthyTasteofLA.com along with Eric Tucker of Millennium and Dr. T. Colin Campbell.
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