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warm salad with broccoli, kale and avocado with tahini lime dressing

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avocado / broccoli / kale / meals / salad / salads / seitan

this is an old stand-by summer time meal salad, it’s mostly raw with a few quick cooked components. it also happens the be the first thing i ever cooked for my gentleman friend, so there you go, ROMANCE. it’s pretty filling, has a lot of flavour and it’s EASY. which is what i need, because the past few days have been absolutely bananas. first there was the 22L of soup i made mid week, followed by […]

eggplant, tempeh vietnamese subs

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carrot / eggplant / sandwiches / tempeh

a friend of mine mentioned that she ate an eggplant bahn mi in san francisco and my brain exploded. so i made this. i’ve never made any kind of vietnamese sub, so i’m sure there is room for improvement which i will share when i figure it out. until then, this was pretty delicious. THE SUBS a flat whole wheat baguette, with 2 sub sized segments cut out OR sub buns 1 large italian eggplant 1 square tempeh […]

tomato, chickpea and kale soup

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beans / kale / quick / one-pot / soups / tomato

oh just making my favourite thing, soup. CHICKPEA TOMATO KALE SOUP 1 red onion, diced 1 small can good chickpeas, rinsed and drained 4 cups broth 1 large can marzano tomatoes, chopped roughly 1 fresh tomato, diced 6 large leaves lacinto kale, veined and roughly chopped 6 cloves garlic, minced black pepper and salt 1 tsp smoked paprika squeeze of lemon lemon zest 1/8 c. nutritional yeast dash of cayenne sauté onion. once soft, add tomatoes […]

dragon bowl-z with soba

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avocado / carrot / cauliflower / kale / meals / mushrooms / noodles + pasta / salad / salads

i’ve been making variations on this dish for years now, usually with quinoa or brown rice. lately though: soba! the noodles with the thinness of the vegetables works really well. this is a good dish to make extra of and assemble later. i’ve been doing that quite a lot lately. i eat it for lunch then make it for dinner at work or for the next day. delicious times. it’s super filling and has lots of different fresh […]

crusted, panfried tofu

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meals / snacks / tofu

firstly i have some news to share: I GOT A JUICER AND IT IS BLOWING MY MIND. i juiced a small watermelon with 2 limes and a bunch of mint. it was incredible. then i used it as mixer with hendrick’s gin. NOTHING WILL EVER BE BETTER. moving on, here is a solid food recipe! i’ve always been stoked on breaded tofu. it’s just so good. here, i crusted the tofu with a combination of nuts, […]