Month: April 2017
Oh Happy Veggie Days!!!
I spent an hour watching (then documenting, for your convenience) this excellent workshop on how to make veggies irresistible!
Chef AJ’s Veggie Video Synopsis
PREVIOUSLY PREPARED VEGGIES (in airfryer):
* broccoli with roasted garlic
1 lb
* roasted mini bell peppers
1 lb
* roasted mushrooms 1 lb w/ garlic
* roasted cauliflower wings
1 lb
(My air fryer is Avalon brand from Amazon. Sharon)
LIVE DEMOS:
* (Airfryer Brussels)
1 lb raw organic Brussels sprouts (halved) ( also works for broccoli, cauliflower, turnips, butternut squash cubes, potatoes, etc)
1 or 2 T saltfree mustard
1 or 2 T Smokey bbq sauce
(discount code CHEFAJ)
Stir, then airfry at 420 deg for 20 min.
* (Stovetop Onion, mushroom, kale):
10 oz bag onion sauteed slowly in saltfree veggie broth
Then add mushrooms & sauté.
Then lots of garlic & sauté.
Then Trader Joe’s bagged organic kale.
Cover to steam.
Then drizzle garlic-cilantro vinegar.
* (Charles’ Breakfast Veggies):
Cruciferous crunch veggies from Trader Joe’s prepared in iPot (pressure cooker) with 3 C water or veggie broth (to use later like a hot tea – “pot liqueur”)
Cook on manual 5 min, then immediately release pressure.
GENERAL TIPS:
* tip: saltfree mango salsa is a good veggie topping
* tip: add unsweetened pineapple to you steamed kale
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Favorite Flavored Vinegars from Correction for vinegar
(discount code CHEFAJ)
Non-Reduced:
Grapefruit
Apple
Black Cherry
Prickly pear
Habanero pepper
Cucumber melon
White garlic
Garlic cilantro
Reduced (sweet):
Raspberry infused
Strawberry Peach infused
Carbanut (Carmel, banana, walnut)
BBQ Sauce:
Smokey raspberry bbq sauce
Smokey mango tango bbq sauce
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7 secrets to Superior salad satisfaction
Healthy Living Interview w/ Chef AJ – Guest Dr. Alan Goldhamer
High info-dense interview with the director of True North Health Center’s low-density lifestyle program. There’s lots of motivation to live well in this exchange of ideas. Listen, apply, thrive!
Day 14 of Year 3 Low-SOS VEGAN PLAN (Checkin’ In)
EXERCISE:
# Desert Hike 2 hrs
WATER (goal: 75 oz)
(3) × (25.4) = 76.2 oz
EATS:
(A Very Veggie, High Carb Day!)
* grapenut flakes & rolled oats w/ sliced strawberries, banana & almond milk
* sliced orange
* raw veggie ceviche (jicama, celery, radish, green pepper, cabbage, red cabbage, green pepper, broccoli, carrots, avocado, purple onion, cherry tomatoes, edamame, mango, splash of rice vinegar)
* taco salad (Spanish rice, boiled pinto beans; boiled potatoes – red & sweet potato mashed w/ salsa, green salsa, served on a bed of raw broccoli, brussel sprouts, green cabbage, kale, chicory w/ a dab of XL-avocado)
* baked (oil-free) crunchy corn tortilla strips
* pineapple juice mixed w/ XL-lemonade
… SUN HAS SET …
Cmmt: XL indicates uncommon extravagantly luscious food