Category: REAL Recipes

Here are our newest REAL recipes. All Vegan, mostly Gluten-Free.

Roasted Red Pepper Cauliflower Torte

This recipe starts with another recipe. We made Dr. Dean Ornish’s Roasted Cauliflower with Curried Red Pepper Glaze. We posted the recipe in Day 443 of What Vegans Eat. It was nice enough but for lots of reasons it sat in the refrigerator uneaten. Then Gary got creative and made this Roasted Red Pepper Cauliflower…

Chipotle Sauce

This is a special sauce that goes great with burgers, over whole grains or vegetables. 3/4 cup raw whole cashews 1 roasted red pepper, diced, or raw red pepper 1 clove garlic or 1 teaspoon garlic powder 2 chipotle peppers packed in adobo sauce, rinsed or 1/2 teaspoon chipotle powder 2 Tablespoons Apricot Butter or…

Ginger Juice Ice Cubes and Ginger Tea

Ginger juice ice cubes are a fun and delicious way to jazz up any drink. The remaining pulp is great to use for making hot ginger tea. Ingredients Ginger Root Water Using the back of a spoon or a peel, remove the outer brown skin of the ginger root. Put the ginger through a juicer…

Creamy Kale Pesto

This no-oil pesto is a powerfully nutritious sauce packed with superfoods: Kale, Walnuts, Garlic. And it’s as delicious as it is nutritious. This is a new must-have all the time sauce in our house. Serve on everything! More please! 2 cups loosely packed kale leaves 3/4 cups walnuts 1/4 cup nutritional yeast 1 cup unsweetened…

Cha Cha Chickpea Chowder

2 cups of dried chickpeas, soaked in water for at least 5 hours 1 onion, chopped 5 carrots, chopped 6 celery stalks, chopped 1 Tablespoon ground turmeric 1 Tablespoon dried Herbes de Provence 1 teaspoon fennel 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes 1 teaspoon ground black pepper 1 – 2 teaspoons salt (optional) 1 pound organic…

Dark Vegetable Stock

4 red onions (peeled and quartered) 4-6 carrots (purple are preferred but orange are fine) 4-6 stalks of celery (leaves on) 2-4 cobs of corn (optional) 1 celery root (scrubbed and quartered) 1 rutabaga (scrubbed and quartered) 1 purple turnip (scrubbed and quartered) 1 fennel bulb (washed and quartered) 2 leeks, split and washed 2…

Maple Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies

This is a no guilt, good-for-you cookie made with real foods. 1 tablespoon ground flax seeds 2 tablespoons water 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract 1/2 cup peanut butter 1/2 cup maple syrup 6 Tablespoons pumpkin seeds 3/4 cups rolled oats plus 1 1/2 cups rolled oats 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon Preheat…

Roasted Vegetable Pizza

Recipes from “The End of Heart Disease” by Joel Fuhrman, M.D. Copyright 2016. Serves: 2 2 cups broccoli florets 1 large red bell pepper, sliced 1 inch thick 1 large portobello mushroom, cut into ½-inch slices 1 teaspoon garlic powder 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar 1 teaspoon Mrs. Dash seasoning or Spike no-salt seasoning 5 ounces…

Chili Pie with Cornbread Topping

Recipes from “The End of Heart Disease” by Joel Fuhrman, M.D. Copyright 2016. Serves: 8 For the Chili: 2 cups low-sodium or no-salt-added vegetable broth 1 onion, chopped 4 cloves garlic, chopped 3 tablespoons tomato paste, in BPA-free packaging 1½ cups diced tomatoes 2 tablespoons chili powder 2 teaspoons cumin 3 cups frozen chopped broccoli,…