Month: January 2025

Ingredients

2 cups chickpeas
3 cups oats
1 courgette (zucchini)
2 ripe bananas
3 tbsp cacao powder
8 medjool dates
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup water

1. Add 1.5 cups chickpeas to a bowl with oats, grated courgette.
2. Add the remaining ingredients into a blender and blitz until smooth. Add to the oat, chickpea bowl and mix well.
3. Spread out on parchment paper and pop into the oven for 30mins at 180 Celsius (350° F). Let cool and store for the week!

Oilfree/Nutfree Pepper Jack Cheese

Ingredients:
2 C water
1/2 C rolled oats
1/4 C nutritional yeast
Salt to taaste, or Kathy’s homemade salt substitute powder (recipe: 1 T ground onion, 1 T ground garlic, 1 t ground celery powder)
1 1/2 t lactic acid (from Amazon), or vinegar
1 pinch mustard powder
1/4 t garlic powder
1/4 t onion powder
BLEND, then add
3 T tapioca starch (flour)
2 T capacarrageenan or agar*
BLEND again, then add
1 jalapeño pepper (seeded & chopped)
1(+) t cushed red pepper
HEAT & STIR CONSTANTLY
Pour into glass mold
Cool & slice

* https://ginobiotech.com/agar-vs-carrageenan/

[Omit oil]

1/2 cup chopped onion

2 tablespoons ginger garlic paste, or 5 cloves garlic, minced and 1” of ginger, minced

2 teaspoons Kashmiri chili powder, or use paprika

1 tablespoon soy sauce, , use tamari for gluten-free or omit

1 tablespoon ketchup

1/4 teaspoon black pepper

1/2 red or green bell pepper, chopped or thinly sliced, or use a mix of both

1/4 cup chopped carrots

1 cup dry quinoa, washed and drained

15 ounce can chickpeas, drained, or 1 1/2 cups of cooked chickpeas
2 1/4 cup water or stock, heated until boiling

1/2 teaspoon salt

green onion, pepper flakes, chopped nuts and/or seeds, fresh herbs, and lemon or lime juice, for garnish


bake for 40 to 45 minutes. Check in at the 35-minute mark to see if the quinoa is done or not and also lightly stir the mixture, if the edges are starting to scorch. Cover with parchment again, and continue to bake for another 5 minutes, if the quinoa isn’t done yet.

Take the baking dish out of the oven, let it sit for another 5 minutes or so. You can add in about 1/2 cup of finely-chopped broccoli while the quinoa is still hot, mix in, and then cover it with parchment and let it sit for 5 to 6 minutes. The heat of the casserole will blanch and cook the broccoli. If you would like a creamier version, then fold in 1/4 cup of non-dairy cream or non-dairy yogurt at this point, and mix in.

Mix and fluff the quinoa really well, then serve in bowls topped with some crunchy green onion, cilantro, or chopped onion and some pepper flakes or black pepper and a good dash of lime juice or lemon juice. Some nuts or seeds will also be great garnish